Stitnik (Triassic of Slovakia)

Where: Slovakia (48.0° N, 20.0° E: paleocoordinates 1.4° N, 31.1° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Pelsonian (247.2 - 242.0 Ma)

• Pelsonian

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lithified limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: original calcite

Collection methods: mechanical,

Primary reference: M. Siblik. 1971. Anisian rhynchonellids from the Slovak Karst region. Geologicke Prace, Spravy 56:163-184 [F. Fursich/A. Tomasovych/A. Tomasovych]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 23861: authorized by Franz Fursich, entered by Danica Hempfling on 23.07.2002, edited by Simone Hicks

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Taxonomic list

Rhynchonellata
 Spiriferinida - Mentzeliidae
Mentzelia mentzeli Dunker 1851
determined as subspecies M. mentzeli mentzeli
 Spiriferinida - Pennospiriferinidae
Punctospirella fragilis Schlotheim 1814
determined as Spiriferina
 Athyridida - Neoretziidae
Schwagerispira schwageri Bittner 1890
determined as Neoretzia ? schwageri
 Athyridida - Diplospirellidae
Tetractinella trigonella Schlotheim 1820
 Rhynchonellida - Sinorhynchiidae
Volirhynchia vivida Bittner 1890
determined as Decurtella vivida
 Rhynchonellida - Austrirhynchidae
 Rhynchonellida - Cyclothyrididae
""Rhynchonella" mentzeli" = Costirhynchopsis mentzeli
""Rhynchonella" mentzeli" = Costirhynchopsis mentzeli von Buch 1843
 Rhynchonellida - Norellidae
Norella "sp. nov." Bittner 1890
 Terebratulida - Zeilleriidae
? Silesiathyris angusta Schlotheim 1820
determined as Aulacothyris angusta
Aulacothyris incurvata Bittner 1902
 Terebratulida - Dielasmatidae
Coenothyris vulgaris Schlotheim 1820
 Terebratulida - Angustothyrididae