Alshóhegy plateau, Western Carpathians, Hungary (Triassic to of Hungary)

Also known as Reef 100

Where: Hungary (48.6° N, 20.7° E: paleocoordinates 10.0° N, 27.6° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Wetterstein reef limestone Formation, Ladinian to Ladinian (242.0 - 221.5 Ma)

• member-level stratigraphic resolution

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

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: recrystallized

Collection methods: peel or thin section

Primary reference: S. Kovács. 1978. New Sphinctozoan sponges from the North Hungarian Triassic. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie, Monatshefte 1978(11):685-697 [W. Kiessling/B. Brenneis/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 38050: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Benjamin Brenneis on 03.04.2004

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Taxonomic list

Demospongiae
 Agelasida - Aphrosalpingidae
Vesicocaulis multisiphonatus n. sp. Kovács 1978 demosponge
 Agelasida - Solenolmiidae
 Hadromerida - Celyphiidae
Paravesicocaulis concentricus n. gen. n. sp. Kovacs 1978 demosponge