Vrsic, Vr 3 (Triassic to of Slovenia)

Where: Slovenia (46.4° N, 13.8° E: paleocoordinates 7.3° N, 23.1° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• hand sample-level geographic resolution

When: Fassanian to Fassanian (242.0 - 235.0 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: basinal (); lithified, green, cherty/siliceous limestone

• greenish-grey micritic nodular cherty limestone

Size class: microfossils

Preservation: original silica

Collection methods: chemical, hydroflouric,

Primary reference: S. Gorican and S. Buser. 1990. Middle Triassic radiolarians from Slovenia (Yugoslavia). Geologija 31/32:133-197 [W. Kiessling/M. Riess/M. Riess]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 54025: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Martin Riess on 22.09.2005

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Protozoa
 Nassellaria - Ultranaporidae
Silicarmiger aff. costatus Dumitrica et al. 1980 radiolarian
 Nassellaria - Ruesticyrtiidae
Triassocampe scalaris Dumitrica et al. 1980 radiolarian
 Entactinaria - Hindeosphaeridae
Pseudostylosphaera goestlingensis Kozur and Mostler 1979 radiolarian
 Entactinaria - Eptingiidae
Cryptostephanidium cornigerum Dumitrica 1978 radiolarian
 Spumellaria - Stylosphaeridae
Zhamojdasphaera sp. Kozur and Mostler 1979 radiolarian
? Dumitricasphaera sp. Kozur and Mostler 1979 radiolarian
? Dumitricasphaera pennata Gorican and Buser 1990 radiolarian
? Dumitricasphaera cf. trispinosa Kozur and Mostler 1979 radiolarian
 Spumellaria - Relindellidae
 Spumellaria - Gomberellidae
"Gomberellus bispinosus" = Karnospongella bispinosa
"Gomberellus bispinosus" = Karnospongella bispinosa Kozur and Mostler 1981 radiolarian
 Spumellaria - Oertlispongidae
Falcispongus hamatus Dumitrica 1982 radiolarian
Falcispongus rostratus Dumitrica 1982 radiolarian
Falcispongus calcaneum Dumitrica 1982 radiolarian
 Spumellaria - Spongopalliidae
Spongopallium contortum Dumitrica et al. 1980 radiolarian
 Spumellaria - Capnuchosphaeridae
Sarla sp. Pessagno et al. 1979 radiolarian