Where: Hungary (47.0° N, 17.8° E: paleocoordinates 0.3° N, 30.0° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• hand sample-level geographic resolution
When: Lower Member (Csopak Marl Formation), Spathian (251.3 - 247.2 Ma)
• Presence of Tirolites indicates a Spathian age.
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: transition zone or lower shoreface; gray, argillaceous siltstone
Size class: microfossils
Collection methods: bulk,
Primary reference: C. Broglio Loriga, F. Goczan, J. Haas, K. Lenner, C. Neri, A.S. Oravecz, R. Posenato, I. Szabo, and A.M. Toth. 1990. The lower Triassic sequences of the Dolomites (Italy) and transdanubian mid-mountains (Hungary) and their correlation. Memorie di Scienze Geologiche 42:41-103 [L. Villier/J. Millet/J. Millet]more details
Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis
PaleoDB collection 139961: authorized by Martin Aberhan, entered by Thomas Schossleitner on 25.02.2013
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
Unionites fassaensis Wissmann 1841 clam | |
Costatoria costata Zenker 1833 clam
Neoschizodus ovatus Goldfuss 1838 clam | |
Cephalopoda | |
Tirolites cassianus Quenstedt 1845 ceratite | |
Gastropoda | |
Natiria costata Munster 1841 snail |