Belski dol quarry, Ivanscica Mt., NW Croatia (Triassic of Croatia)

Where: Croatia (46.2° N, 16.3° E: paleocoordinates 4.1° N, 25.9° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• hand sample-level geographic resolution

When: Anisian (247.2 - 242.0 Ma)

• Pelsonian-Lower Illyrian; lower part of the section

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

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

• agitated reef environment
• "pseudo-oncoidal" limestone, similar to Ladinian reefal Esino Limestone of Lombardia (N Italy) = "Evinosponge"

Size classes: mesofossils, microfossils

Collection methods: peel or thin section,

Primary reference: T. Grgasovic, B. Sokac, and J. Halamic. 2002. Scinderella scopuliformis nov. gen., nov. sp. (Dasycladales, green algae) from the middle Triassic of Croatia. GĂ©obios 35(3):303-312 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel/J. Alroy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 61238: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 01.06.2006

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Chlorophyceae
 Dasycladales - Dasycladaceae
Physoporella pauciforata Guembel 1872
var. pauciforata
 Dasycladales - Polyphysaceae
 Dasycladales - Diploporaceae
 Dasycladales - Triploporellaceae
Tubothalamea
 Miliolida - Cornuspiridae