Where: Hungary (48.5° N, 20.7° E: paleocoordinates 0.3° N, 32.4° E)
• coordinate stated in text
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Unit B Member (Szin Marl Formation), Spathian (251.3 - 247.2 Ma)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: transition zone or lower shoreface; lithified sandstone
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 177436: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 26.03.2016
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Ophiuroidea | |
Ophiuroidea indet. Gray 1840 brittle star | |
Gastropoda | |
Natiria costata Munster 1841 snail |