Mesici, Dinarides (Triassic of Bosnia and Herzegovina)

Also known as Reef 3610

Where: Bosnia and Herzegovina (43.8° N, 19.0° E: paleocoordinates 20.2° N, 18.4° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Norian (228.0 - 208.5 Ma)

• sample KD B32

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified limestone

• reef limestone

Size class: microfossils

Collection methods: peel or thin section,

Primary reference: L. Zaninetti, G. Ciarapica, S. Cirilli and J. P. Cadet. 1985. Miliolechina stellata, n. gen., n. sp. et Hirsutospirella pilosa, n. gen., n. sp. (Foraminiferes), dans le Trias Superieur (Norien) a facies recifal des Dinarides [Miliolechina stellata, n. gen., n. sp. and Hirsutospirella pilosa, n. gen., n. sp. (Foraminifera) from the Upper Triassic (Norian) reef facies of the Dinarides]. Revue de Paleobiologie 4(2):331-341 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 73907: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 12.07.2007

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Taxonomic list

Foraminifera
  -
Ophthalmidium sp. Kübler and Zwingli 1870
Hirsutospirella pilosa n. gen. n. sp.
Tubothalamea
 Miliolida - Miliolidae
 Miliolida - Hauerinidae
? Quinqueloculina sp. d'Orbigny 1826
 Miliolida - Ophthalmidiidae
 Miliolida - Nubeculariidae
 Miliolida - Miliolechinidae
Miliolechina stellata n. gen. n. sp.
Miliolechina stellata n. gen. n. sp.
 Miliolida - Milioliporidae
Nodosariata
 Robertinida - Duostominidae
Duostominidae indet. Brotzen 1963
Foraminifera
  -
Foliotortus spinosus Senowbari-Daryan 1980
 Endothyroidea - Endothyridae
 Lituolacea - Ataxophragmiidae
Hydrozoa
  - Nigriporellidae
Tubiphytes sp. Maslov 1956
Paraeolisaccus endococcus
  -
Paraeolisaccus endococcus Senowbari-Daryan and Schaefer 1980
Actinotubella gusici
  -
Actinotubella gusici Senowbari-Daryan 1984