Aszofo II-28 (Triassic of Hungary)

Where: Hungary (46.9° N, 17.8° E: paleocoordinates 1.4° N, 29.2° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Horoghegy Member (Felsõörs Formation), Pelsonian (247.2 - 242.0 Ma)

• "Recoaro"-type beds of the Horoghegy Member

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: slope; lithified limestone

• bioclasts transported along slope from platform margin
• biodetrital limestone with a very diverse brachiopod assemblage (taphocoenosis from different habitats)

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: original calcite

Collection methods: mechanical,

Primary reference: J. Palfy. 2003. The Pelsonian brachiopod fauna of the Balaton Highland. Geologica Hungarica, Series Palaeontologica 55:139-158 [W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 40642: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Wolfgang Kiessling on 26.06.2004, edited by Uta Merkel

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Rhynchonellata
 Spiriferinida - Mentzeliidae
 Spiriferinida - Balatonospiridae
Dinarispira avarica Bittner 1890
 Athyridida - Diplospirellidae
Tetractinella trigonella Schlotheim 1820
 Rhynchonellida - Sinorhynchiidae
 Rhynchonellida - Cyclothyrididae
 Rhynchonellida - Norellidae
 Terebratulida - Dielasmatidae
 Terebratulida - Angustothyrididae
Cephalopoda
 Ceratitida - Balatonitidae
Balatonites sp. Mojsisovics 1879 ceratite
Balatonites balatonicus Mojsisovics 1873 ceratite