Mencshely (Cser-tetõ III),, Hungary (Triassic of Hungary)

Where: Hungary (47.0° N, 17.7° 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: open shallow subtidal; lithified limestone

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 40648: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Wolfgang Kiessling on 26.06.2004, edited by Bethany Allen

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• Brachiopods only
Cephalopoda
 Ceratitida - Ptychitidae
Ptychites domatus2 Hauer 1850 ceratite
Bivalvia
 Ostreida - Halobiidae
Enteropleura guembeli1 Mojsisovics 1874 oyster
Rhynchonellata
 Spiriferinida - Mentzeliidae
Mentzelia mentzeli Dunker 1851
 Rhynchonellida - Norellidae
? Norella sp. Bittner 1890
"Piarorhynchella trinodosi" = Nudirostralina trinodosi Bittner 1890
 Terebratulida - Angustothyrididae