Bed 9 of the Csovar Limestone Formation in Hungary (Triassic to of Hungary)

Where: Hungary (47.8° N, 19.3° E)

• Paleocoordinates: 24.6° N, 33.5° E (Wright 2013)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Csovar Limestone Formation, Rhaetian to Rhaetian (208.5 - 199.3 Ma)

• At present, more than 57m of strata are exposed and 124 beds distinguished.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified, calcareous marl and lithified, ooidal limestone

• Laminated calcareous marl alternating with thin-bedded limestone. Also includes oodial limestone.

Primary reference: J. Pálfy and L. Dosztály. 2000. A New Marine Triassic-Jurassic Boundary Section in Hungary. GeoResearch Forum 6:173-180 [A. Miller/D. Schramm/J. Pálfy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 42783: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Danielle Schramm on 05.08.2004

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Taxonomic list

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Cephalopoda
 Ammonitida - Psiloceratidae
Psiloceras sp.
 Phylloceratida - Phylloceratidae
"Phylloceras" "triasicum"
"Phylloceras" "triasicum" Suess 1865 ammonite
ex. situ.