Where: Hungary (48.5° N, 20.7° E)
• Paleocoordinates: 9.7° N, 40.8° E (Wright 2013)
• coordinate stated in text
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Unit C Member (Szin Marl Formation), Spathian (251.3 - 247.2 Ma)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: sand shoal; lithified, ooidal grainstone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: mold/impression
Collected by W. Foster in 2012, 2013
Collection methods: peel or thin section
• Specimens identified from polished slabs
Primary reference: W. J. Foster, S. Danise, A. Sedlacek, G. D. Price, K. Hips and R. J. Twitchett. 2015. Environmental controls on the post-Permian recovery of benthic, tropical marine ecosystems in western Palaeotethys (Aggtelek Karst, Hungary). Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 440:374-394 [W. Foster/W. Foster]more details
Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis
PaleoDB collection 177442: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 26.03.2016
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Crinoidea | |
Holocrinus sp. Wachsmuth and Springer 1886 Sea lily | |
Bivalvia | |
Costatoria costata Zenker 1833 clam
Neoschizodus ovatus Goldfuss 1838 clam | |
Bakevellia cf. incurvata Lepsius 1878 oyster | |
Scaphopoda | |
Dentaliidae indet. Gray 1834 tusk shell | |
Gastropoda | |
Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795 snail | |
Tentaculita | |
Microconchus sp. Murchison 1839 |