Fichtenwald, near Sóly (Triassic of Hungary)

Also known as Fichten Forest

Where: Bakony, Hungary (47.1° N, 18.0° E: paleocoordinates 8.1° N, 26.0° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Julian (235.0 - 232.0 Ma)

• Described as "[Lower Carnian]" in age (Frech 1912)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: F. Frech. 1912. Die Leitfossilien der Werfener Schichten und Nachträge zur Fauna des Muschelkalkes der Cassianer und Raibler Schichten sowie des Rhaet und des Dachsteindolomites (Hauptdolomit) [The main fossils of the Werfen Formation]. Resultate der Wissenschaftlichen Erforschung des Balatonsees, II Band: Paläontologie der Umgebung des Balatonsees 1(6):1-95 [A. Dunhill/B. Allen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 203717: authorized by Alex Dunhill, entered by Bethany Allen on 22.08.2019

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Cephalopoda
 Orthocerida - Orthoceratidae
Orthoceras sp. Breynius 1832
 Ceratitida - Lobitidae
Lobites cf. ellipticus Hauer 1860 ceratite
 Ceratitida - Joannitidae
Joannites cf. cymbiformis Wulfen 1793 ceratite
 Ceratitida - Arcestidae
"Arcestes (Proarcestes) cf. ausseeanus" = Proarcestes ausseeanus
"Arcestes (Proarcestes) cf. ausseeanus" = Proarcestes ausseeanus Hauer 1847 ceratite