Aszofo II-3: Pelsonian, Hungary

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferinida - Mentzeliidae
Koeveskallina koeveskalyensis (Stur 1865)
1 specimen
Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Dielasmatidae
Coenothyris vulgaris (Schlotheim 1820)
4 specimens
Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Balatonitidae
Balatonites sp. Mojsisovics 1879
Vörös 2003 147 specimens
Balatonites jovis Arthaber 1896
Vörös 2003 1 specimen
Balatonites zitteli von Mojsisovics 1882
Vörös 2003 5 specimens
Balatonites balatonicus (Mojsisovics 1873)
Vörös 2003 4 specimens
Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Noritidae
Norites sp. Mojsisovics 1869
Vörös 2003 15 specimens
Norites gondola (Mojsisovics 1869)
Vörös 2003 3 specimens
Cephalopoda - Ceratitida
Proavites sp. Arthaber 1896
Vörös 2003 2 specimens
see common names

Geography
Country:Hungary
Coordinates: 46.9° North, 17.8° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:1.4° North, 29.2° East
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period: Triassic Epoch: Middle Triassic
Stage: Anisian 10 m.y. bin: Triassic 2
Key time interval: Pelsonian
Age range of interval: 244.7 - 243.8 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Felsõörs
Local section:Aszofo II Local bed:3
Local order:top to bottom
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified "limestone"
Lithology description: dark-grey or dark-brown, well-bedded, sometimes laminated, highly bituminous limestone
Environment:offshore indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body,original calcite
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Preservation of anatomical detail:good
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:mechanical,field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Database number:40620
Authorizer:W. Kiessling Enterer:W. Kiessling, U. Merkel
Modifier:U. Merkel Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2004-06-26 09:49:06 Last modified:2009-10-27 05:29:46
Access level:the public Released:2004-06-26 09:49:06
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
10954. J. Palfy. 2003. The Pelsonian brachiopod fauna of the Balaton Highland. Geologica Hungarica, Series Palaeontologica 55:139-158 [W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling]

Secondary references:

30952 A. Vörös. 2003. The Pelsonian ammonoid fauna of the Balaton Highland. Geologica Hungarica, Series Palaeontologica 55:71-121 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]