Aszofo II-40 (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: Felsõörs Formation, Pelsonian (247.2 - 242.0 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: slope; lithified, calcareous marl

• redeposited sediments along submarine slope
• yellow-mottled calcareous nodular marl

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 40646: 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
 Rhynchonellida - Sinorhynchiidae
Cephalopoda
 Ceratitida - Acrochordiceratidae
Acrochordiceras cf. damesi Noetling 1880 ceratite
 Ceratitida - Balatonitidae
Balatonites sp. Mojsisovics 1879 ceratite
"Balatonites jovis" = Balatonites egregius Arthaber 1896 ceratite
Balatonites cf. ottonis von Buch 1848 ceratite