Baun, Timor, M1 (Triassic of Indonesia)

Where: Nusa Tenggara Timur, Indonesia (10.3° S, 123.7° E: paleocoordinates 31.2° S, 91.2° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Tuvalian (232.0 - 221.5 Ma)

• basal layer M1 of a 70x80x60 cm red limestone block (20 cm thick), topmost Tuvalian

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: deep subtidal; lithified limestone

• lumachelle of broken ammonite shells (Hallstatt facies)

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: L. Krystyn and M. Siblik. 1983. Austriellula robusta n. sp. (Brachiopoda) from the Upper Carnian Hallstatt limestone of Timor (Indonesia). in H. Zapfe, ed., Neue Beiträge zur Biostratigraphie der Tethys-Trias [New Contributions to the biostratigraphy of the Tethyan Triassic], Schriftenreihe der Erdwissenschaftlichen Kommissionen 5:259-266 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 85150: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 03.12.2008

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Taxonomic list

Rhynchonellata
 Rhynchonellida - Norellidae
Bivalvia
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Bivalvia indet. Linnaeus 1758 clam
Cephalopoda
 Ceratitida - Arcestidae
Arcestes sp. Suess 1865 ceratite
 Ceratitida - Sphingitidae
Sphingites sp. Mojsisovics 1879 ceratite
 Ceratitida - Tropitidae
Anatropites cf. spinosus Mojsisovics 1893 ceratite
 Ceratitida - Tropiceltitidae
 Ceratitida - Juvavitidae
Gonionotites cf. italicus Gemmellaro 1904 ceratite
Projuvavites sp. Tozer 1971 ceratite
 Ceratitida - Gymnitidae
Placites placodes von Mojsisovics 1873 ceratite
 Ceratitida - Pinacoceratidae
 Phylloceratida - Discophyllitidae
Discophyllites cf. patens von Mojsisovics 1873 ammonite
Conodonta
 Ozarkodinida - Gondolellidae
Epigondolella abneptis Huckriede 1958 conodont
Metapolygnathus communisti Hayashi 1968 conodont