Aggtelek-Josvafö, central reef (Triassic to of Hungary)

Also known as Reef 477

Where: Hungary (48.5° N, 20.5° E: paleocoordinates 1.5° N, 31.6° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Wetterstein Formation, Pelsonian to Pelsonian (247.2 - 242.0 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

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

• central reef part with calcareous sponges, corals and hydrozoans; bivalves in lenses; exposed in a width greater than 1 km

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: peel or thin section,

Primary reference: G. Scholz. 1972. An Anisian Wetterstein reef in north Hungary. Acta Mineralogica-Petrographica 20(2):337-362 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 81050: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 30.05.2008, edited by Wolfgang Kiessling

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Chlorophyceae
 Dasycladales - Dasycladaceae
Dasycladaceae indet. Kutzing 1843
Demospongiae
 Agelasida - Solenolmiidae
"Dictyocoelia manon" = Solenolmia manon
"Dictyocoelia manon" = Solenolmia manon Münster 1841 demosponge
 Agelasida - Pharetrospongiidae
"Leiospongia reticularis" = Leiofungia reticularis
"Leiospongia reticularis" = Leiofungia reticularis Münster 1841 demosponge
 Verticillitida - Colospongiidae
Colospongia catenulata Ott 1967 demosponge
n. subsp. macrocatenulata
Calcarea
 Calcaronea - Stellispongiidae
Peronidella sp. Hinde 1893 calcareous sponge
listed as Poronidella
Anthozoa
 Hexacorallia -
Scleractinia indet. Bourne 1900 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Stylophyllidae
Pinacophyllum cf. parallelum Frech 1890 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Volzeiidae
""Thecosmilia" subdichotoma" = Volzeia subdichotoma
""Thecosmilia" subdichotoma" = Volzeia subdichotoma Münster 1841 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Protoheterastraeidae
Protoheterastrea pseudocolumellaris n. sp. Scholz 1972 stony coral
Hydrozoa
 Milleporina - Axoporidae
Axopora aggtelekensis n. sp. Scholz 1972 fire coral
Bivalvia
 Ostreida - Posidoniidae
"Posidonia cf. wengensis" = Bositra wengensis
"Posidonia cf. wengensis" = Bositra wengensis Wissmann 1841 oyster
 Ostreida - Halobiidae
Daonella boeckhi Mojsisovics 1874 oyster
Daonella moussoni Merian 1853 oyster
Gastropoda
 Euomphalina - Euomphalidae
"Euomphalus sp." = Euomphalus, "cf. Schizostoma sp." = Euomphalus
"Euomphalus sp." = Euomphalus Sowerby 1814 snail
"cf. Schizostoma sp." = Euomphalus Sowerby 1814 snail
 Caenogastropoda - Coelostylinidae
Omphaloptychia sp. von Ammon 1893 snail
 Murchisoniina - Phymatopleuridae
Worthenia sp. de Koninck 1883 snail
Crinoidea
  -
Entrochus silesiacus Hagdorn et al. 1997 Sea lily
 Isocrinida - Isocrinidae
Isocrinus sp. von Meyer 1836 Sea lily
 Encrinida - Dadocrinidae
Dadocrinus sp. von Meyer 1847 Sea lily
 Encrinida - Encrinidae
Encrinus sp. Lamarck 1801 Sea lily