Kcira: Spathian, Albania

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Paranannitidae
Arianites musacchi n. gen., n. sp. Arthaber 1911
Kummel 1969
Prosphingites ali n. sp. Arthaber 1911
Kummel 1969
Epiceltites gentii n. gen., n. sp. Arthaber 1911
Kummel 1969
Protropites hilmi n. gen., n. sp. Arthaber 1911
Kummel 1969
Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Dinaritidae
Dagnoceras nopcsanum n. gen., n. sp. Arthaber 1911
Kummel 1969
Dagnoceras zappanense n. sp. Arthaber 1911
Kummel 1969
Dagnoceras lejanum n. sp. Arthaber 1911
Kummel 1969
Cephalopoda - Ceratitida
Metahedenstroemia kastriatae n. gen., n. sp. (Arthaber 1911)
Kummel 1969
Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Xenoceltitidae
Subvishnuites enveris n. sp. (Arthaber 1911)
Kummel 1969
Preflorianites sulioticus n. sp. (Arthaber 1911)
Kummel 1969
Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Hemilecanitidae
Lecanites discus n. sp. Arthaber 1908
Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Prionitidae
Meekoceras marginale n. sp. Arthaber 1908
Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Proptychitidae
Proptychitoides decipiens n. sp. Spath 1930
Kummel 1969
'Proptychites latifimbriatus' of Arthaber (1911)
Proptychitoides kraffti (Arthaber 1911)
Spath 1934
Proptychitoides hakki (Arthaber 1911)
Spath 1934
Proptychitoides trigonalis n. sp. (Arthaber 1911)
Kummel 1969
Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Dieneroceratidae
Dieneroceras skutarensis n. sp. (Arthaber 1911)
Kummel 1969
Xenaspis mediterranea n. sp. Arthaber 1908
Celtites kcirensis n. sp. Arthaber 1908
Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Albanitidae
Albanites arbanus n. sp. (Arthaber 1911)
Germani 1997
(2 measurements)
Pronorites arbanus n. sp. Arthaber 1911
Kummel 1969
Pronorites osmanicus n. sp. Arthaber 1911
Kummel 1969
Pronorites triadicus n. sp. Arthaber 1908
Includes 'Aspidites hasserti' of Arthaber (1911)
Dagnoceras komanum n. sp. Arthaber 1911
Kummel 1969
Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Columbitidae
Columbites perrinismithi n. sp. Arthaber 1908
(2 measurements)
Columbites mirditensis Arthaber 1911
Spath 1934
Subcolumbites dusmani n. sp. (Arthaber 1911)
Kummel 1969
Columbites europaeus n. sp. Arthaber 1908
(1 measurement)
Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Hellenitidae
Hellenites praematurus (Arthaber 1911)
Kummel 1969
Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Tirolitidae
Tirolites seminudus von Mojsisovics 1882
Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Paragoceratidae
Prenkites malsorensis n. sp. Arthaber 1911
Kummel 1969
Tunglanites alexi n. sp. Kummel 1969
Kummel 1969
'Styrites lilangensis' of Arthaber (1911)
Isculitoides originis n. sp. (Arthaber 1911)
Kummel 1969
Nannites heberti Diener 1897
    = Arnautoceltites mediterraneus Arthaber 1911
Spath 1934
Arnautoceltites mediterraneus n. sp. (Arthaber 1911)
Kummel 1969
Paragoceras dukagini n. sp. Arthaber 1911
Kummel 1969
Celtites arnauticus n. sp. Arthaber 1911
Spath 1934
Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Khvalynitidae
Metadagnoceras terbunicum n. sp. (Arthaber 1911)
Kummel 1969
Includes 'Meekoceras radiosum' of Arthaber (1911)
Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Gymnitidae
Eogymnites arthaberi n. sp. (Diener 1915)
Kummel 1969
'Japonites sugriva' of Arthaber (1911)
Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Procarnitidae
Parapopanoceras kokeni n. sp. Arthaber 1908
(1 measurement)
Hedenstroemia sp. Waagen 1895
    = Procarnites acutus n. sp. Spath 1934
Germani 1997
Procarnites skanderbegis n. sp. Artyaber 1911
Kummel 1969
Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Hedenstroemiidae
Hedenstroemia skipetarensis n. sp. Arthaber 1911
Spath 1934
Sageceras albanicum n. sp. Arthaber 1908
Pseudosageceras multilobatum Noetling 1905
    = Pseudosageceras drinense Arthaber 1911
Germani 1997
Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Aspenitidae
Beatites berthae n. gen., n. sp. Arthaber 1911
Kummel 1969
Cephalopoda - Phylloceratida - Palaeophyllitidae
Leiophyllites variabilis n. sp. (Spath 1934)
Kummel 1969
'Monophyllites pitamaha' of Arthaber (1911)
Monophyllites dieneri n. sp. Arthaber 1908
Ussurites decipiens n. sp. Spath 1934
Kummel 1969
'Monophyllites kingi' of Arthaber (1911)
Monophyllites nopcsai n. sp. Arthaber 1908
Monophyllites hara Diener 1895
    = Eophyllites refractus n. sp. Spath 1934
Germani 1997
see common names

Geography
Country:Albania
Coordinates: 42.0° North, 19.8° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:1.5° South, 26.4° East
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period: Triassic Epoch: Early Triassic
Stage: Olenekian 10 m.y. bin: Triassic 1
Key time interval: Spathian
Age range of interval: 248.9 - 247.2 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Han-Bulog
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified "limestone"
Environment:marine indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Database number:97000
Authorizer:M. Clapham, A. Dunhill Enterer:M. Clapham, B. Allen
Modifier:M. Clapham Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2010-07-16 15:12:38 Last modified:2013-11-25 13:02:06
Access level:the public Released:2010-07-16 15:12:38
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
33126. G. Arthaber. 1908. Ueber die Entdeckung von Untertrias in Albanien und ihre faunistische Bewertung. Mitteilungen der Geologischen Gesellschaft in Wien 1:245-289 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]

Secondary references:

33151 D. Germani. 1997. New data on ammonoids and biostratigraphy of the classical Spathian Kcira sections (Lower Triassic, Albania). Rivista Italiana di Paleontologie e Stratigrafia 103(3):267-292 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
36275 B. Kummel. 1969. Ammonoids of the late Scythian (Lower Triassic). Bulletin of the Museum of Comparative Zoology 137:311-702 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
24353 L. F. Spath. 1934. Catalogue of Fossil Cephalopoda in the British Museum (Natural History), Part IV, The Ammonoidea of the Trias. 1-521 [A. McGowan/A. McGowan/B. Allen]