Where: Slovakia (48.7° N, 20.7° E: paleocoordinates 26.7° N, 24.4° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Vandaites sturzenbaumi ammonoid zone, Bleskovy pramen Formation, Rhaetian (208.5 - 201.3 Ma)

• Although the locality is described in the literature as of the Norian age, ammonites indicate the Vandaites sturzenbaumi Zone, i.e., the Lower Rhaetian. The shell-rich beds are formally assigned to the Bleskovy pramen Formation, but actually they form interlayers in otherwise "Lofer"-type cycles typical of the Dachstein Formation.

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; lithified, shelly/skeletal rudstone

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils, microfossils

Preservation: cast

Collection methods: mechanical,

Primary reference: M. Siblik. 1967. The brachiopods of the Norian locality Drnava (southern Slovakia). Geologicke Prace, Zpravy 43:81-97 [F. Fursich/A. Tomasovych/S. Bruning]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 49455: authorized by Franz Fursich, entered by Adam Tomasovych on 16.04.2005, edited by Loic Villier

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