Mezica, Karavanke Mountains, first shale bed (Triassic of Slovenia)

Where: Slovenia (46.5° N, 14.9° E: paleocoordinates 11.2° N, 21.8° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Julian (235.0 - 232.0 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: deltaic; lithified shale and lithified marl

• 20 m thick

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: B. Jurkovsek, T. Kolar-Jurkovsek, and G. S. Jaecks. 2002. Makrofavna karnijskih plasti meziskega prostora [Macrofauna of the Carnian beds in the Mezica area]. Geologija 45(2):413-418 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 85174: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 05.12.2008

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Cephalopoda
 Ceratitida - Joannitidae
Joannites cymbiformis Wulfen 1793 ceratite
 Ceratitida - Arcestidae
Arcestes sp., "Arcestes gaytani" = Proarcestes gaytani
Arcestes sp. Suess 1865 ceratite
"Arcestes gaytani" = Proarcestes gaytani Klipstein 1843 ceratite
 Ceratitida - Megaphyllitidae
Megaphyllites jarbas Münster 1841 ceratite
 Ceratitida - Carnitidae
Carnites floridus Wulfen 1793 ceratite
 Nautilida - Tainoceratidae
Pleuronautilus gaudryi von Mojsisovics 1902
Gastropoda
 Caenogastropoda - Coelostylinidae
Coelostylina sp. Kittl 1894 snail
 Murchisoniina - Zygopleuridae
Bivalvia
 Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
Nuculana cf. tyrolensis pointed nut clam
 Carditida - Myophoricardiidae
Myophoricardium lineatum von Wöhrmann 1889 clam
 Ostreida - Cassianellidae
"Hoernesia sturi" = Cassianella sturi
"Hoernesia sturi" = Cassianella sturi von Wöhrmann 1889 oyster
Echinoidea
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Echinoidea indet. Leske 1778 sea urchin