Han Orahovica, SSE of Prača (Permian of Bosnia and Herzegovina)

Also known as Orahovice

Where: Bosnia and Herzegovina (43.7° N, 18.7° E: paleocoordinates 1.3° S, 27.8° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Bellerophon Formation, Lopingian (259.9 - 252.2 Ma)

• Described as part of the Carboniferous beds by Kittl (1903), but "Bellerophonschichten" is Late Permian, and fauna matches this age

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: E. Kittl. 1903. Geologie der Umgebung von Sarajevo. Jahrbuch der kaiserlich-königlichen Geologischen Reichsanstalt 53:515-748 [A. Dunhill/B. Allen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 206739: authorized by Alex Dunhill, entered by Bethany Allen on 25.11.2019

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Echinoidea
 Cidaroida - Miocidaridae
"Archaeocidaris keyserlingi" = Eotiaris keyserlingi
"Archaeocidaris keyserlingi" = Eotiaris keyserlingi Geinitz 1848 pencil urchin
  - Archaeocidaridae
? Eocidaris sp., Archaeocidaris ladina
? Eocidaris sp. Desor 1856 sea urchin
Archaeocidaris ladina Stache 1877 sea urchin
Crinoidea
 Cyathocrinida - Cyathocrinitidae
"Cyathocrinus ? ramosus" = Cyathocrinites ramosus
"Cyathocrinus ? ramosus" = Cyathocrinites ramosus von Schlotheim 1816 Sea lily
Bivalvia
 Nuculida - Nuculidae
"Nucula cf. beyrichi" = Nuculopsis beyrichi
"Nucula cf. beyrichi" = Nuculopsis beyrichi von Schauroth 1854 nut clam
 Trigoniida - Schizodidae
Schizodus truncatus
Schizodus truncatus King 1844 clam
 Pholadomyida - Edmondiidae
Edmondia cf. rudis
Edmondia cf. rudis McCoy 1878 clam
 Cardiidia - Sanguinolitidae
Sanguinolites bellerophontium n. sp.
Sanguinolites bellerophontium n. sp. Kittl 1903 clam
 Cardiida - Anthracosiidae
"Cleidophorus jacobi" = Unionites jacobi
"Cleidophorus jacobi" = Unionites jacobi Stache 1878 clam
 Ostreida - Posidoniidae
Steinmannia sp.
Steinmannia sp. Fischer 1886 oyster
 Ostreida - Bakevelliidae
"Avicula (Oxytoma) waehneri n. sp." = Towapteria peracuta, Bakevellia kingi n. sp.
"Avicula (Oxytoma) waehneri n. sp." = Towapteria peracuta Stache 1878 oyster
Bakevellia kingi n. sp. Kittl 1903 oyster
 Ostreida - Pterineidae
"? Leiopteria sp." = Leptodesma (Leiopteria)
"? Leiopteria sp." = Leptodesma (Leiopteria) Hall 1883 oyster
 Myalinida - Myalinidae
Promyalina hindi n. gen. n. sp.
Promyalina hindi n. gen. n. sp. Kittl 1903 clam
Scaphopoda
 Dentaliida - Dentaliidae
"Entalis cf. ingens" = Minodentalium ingens
"Entalis cf. ingens" = Minodentalium ingens de Koninck 1843 tusk shell
  -
Entalis turcica n. sp., Entalis orahovicensis n. sp., Entalis multiplicans n. sp.
Entalis turcica n. sp. Kittl 1903 tusk shell
Entalis orahovicensis n. sp. Kittl 1903 tusk shell
Entalis multiplicans n. sp. Kittl 1903 tusk shell
Cephalopoda
 Orthocerida -
Cycloceras waageni n. sp.
Cycloceras waageni n. sp. Kittl 1903
 Orthocerida - Orthoceratidae
Orthoceras sp.
Orthoceras sp. Breynius 1832
 Nautilida - Nautilidae
? Nautilus sp.
? Nautilus sp. Linnaeus 1758
 Nautilida - Temnocheilidae
"Nautilus (Temnocheilus) sp." = Temnocheilus
"Nautilus (Temnocheilus) sp." = Temnocheilus M'Coy 1844
Gastropoda
 Heterostropha - Gordenellidae
Promathildia permiana n. sp.
Promathildia permiana n. sp. Kittl 1903 snail
 Murchisoniina - Phymatopleuridae
Worthenia dyadica n. sp.
Worthenia dyadica n. sp. Kittl 1903 snail
 Murchisoniina - Loxonematidae
Loxonema sp.
Loxonema sp. Phillips 1841 snail
 Bellerophontida - Bucaniidae
Bucania suhaensis
Bucania suhaensis Kittl 1903 snail
Anthozoa
 Stauriida - Polycoeliidae
"Geinitzella (Stenopora) columnaris" = Calophyllum columnare
"Geinitzella (Stenopora) columnaris" = Calophyllum columnare von Schlotheim 1813 horn coral