Svilaja, calcaires dolomitiques (Triassic of Croatia)

Where: Croatia (43.7° N, 16.5° E: paleocoordinates 4.0° N, 23.4° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Fassanian (242.0 - 235.0 Ma)

• Age based on ammonoids in Balini et al. (2006).

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lithified, dolomitic, cherty/siliceous limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: replaced with silica

Primary reference: J. Chorowicz and G. Termier. 1975. Une faunule silicifiée nouvelle dans le Trias moyen de la Svilaja (Yougoslavie). Annales de la Société Géologique du Nord 95:231-242 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 174766: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 27.11.2015

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Protoheterastraeidae
Remismilia granadensis Beauvais 1972 stony coral
Gastropoda
 Murchisoniina - Wortheniellidae
"Worthenia munsteri" = Rinaldoella muensteri
"Worthenia munsteri" = Rinaldoella muensteri Klipstein 1843 snail
 Neritoidea - Neritariidae
Neritaria calcitica Kittl 1894 snail
Bivalvia
 Arcida - Arcidae
"Barbatia" sp. Gray 1842 clam
 Myalinida - Mysidiellidae
"? Tommasina sp." = Protopis
"? Tommasina sp." = Protopis Kittl 1903 clam
 Myalinida - Myalinidae
? Myalina sp. de Koninck 1842 clam
 Cardiida - Anthracosiidae
Unionites sp. Wissman 1841 clam
 Cardiida - Kalenteridae
Netschajewia svilajiensis n. sp. Chorowicz and Termier 1975 clam
 Cardiida - Arcticidae
Arcticidae indet. Newton 1891 clam
Rhynchonellata
 Spiriferinida - Bittnerulidae
Flabellocyrtia flabellulum n. gen. n. sp. Chorowicz and Termier 1975