PW58(2), Perkupa West (Triassic of Hungary)

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

• Mid-ramp, storm sheet

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
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Ophiuroidea indet. Gray 1840 brittle star
Gastropoda
 Euomphalina - Codonocheilidae
Natiria costata Munster 1841 snail