Mezica, Karavanke Mountains, limestone below third shale bed (Triassic of Slovenia)

Where: Slovenia (46.5° N, 14.8° E: paleocoordinates 12.1° N, 21.4° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Carnian (237.0 - 228.0 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; lithified limestone

• oolitic and oncoidal limestone below the third shale and marl bed, 11 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 85177: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 05.12.2008

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
Lopha sp. Röding 1798 oyster
 Ostreida - Bakevelliidae
 Trigoniida - Myophoriidae
"Myophoria inaequicostata" = Costatoria inaequicostata
"Myophoria inaequicostata" = Costatoria inaequicostata Klipstein 1843 clam
 Megalodontida - Dicerocardiidae
Cornucardia hornigii Bittner 1901 clam
Echinoidea
  -
Echinoidea indet. Leske 1778 sea urchin
Crinoidea
 Isocrinida - Isocrinidae
Tyrolecrinus sp. Klikushin 1982 Sea lily
Tyrolecrinus tyrolensis Laube 1865 Sea lily