Köveskál (Horog-hegy), Lower Recoaro (Triassic of Hungary)

Also known as Koveskal

Where: Hungary (46.9° N, 17.6° E: paleocoordinates 1.4° N, 29.1° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Felsõörs Formation, Pelsonian (247.2 - 242.0 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: open shallow subtidal; lithified limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: original calcite

Collected by J. Pálfy in the 1980s

Collection methods: mechanical,

Primary reference: J. Palfy. 2003. The Pelsonian brachiopod fauna of the Balaton Highland. Geologica Hungarica, Series Palaeontologica 55:139-158 [W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 40616: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Wolfgang Kiessling on 26.06.2004

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Taxonomic list

• Brachiopods only
Rhynchonellata
 Spiriferinida - Lepismatinidae
 Spiriferinida - Balatonospiridae
Dinarispira avarica Bittner 1890
 Spiriferinida - Pennospiriferinidae
Punctospirella fragilis Schlotheim 1814
 Spiriferinida - Sinucostidae
Sinucosta pectinata Bittner 1890
 Spiriferinida - Mentzeliidae
 Spiriferinida - Bittnerulidae
Thecocyrtella horogensis n. sp. Palfy 2003
 Terebratulida - Dielasmatidae
Coenothyris vulgaris Schlotheim 1820
 Terebratulida - Angustothyrididae
 Rhynchonellida - Austrirhynchidae
 Rhynchonellida - Norellidae
? Norella sp. Bittner 1890
 Rhynchonellida - Rhynchonellidae
? Homoeorhynchia sp. Buckman 1917
 Rhynchonellida - Cyclothyrididae
 Rhynchonellida - Sinorhynchiidae
Volirhynchia vivida Bittner 1890
Volirhynchia tommasi Bittner 1890
 Athyridida - Diplospirellidae
Tetractinella trigonella Schlotheim 1820
 Athyridida - Neoretziidae