Korytnica Limestones, 1km S of Liptovska Osada (Triassic of Slovakia)

Where: Slovakia (48.9° N, 19.3° E: paleocoordinates 9.1° N, 27.8° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Korytnica Limestones Formation, Julian (235.0 - 232.0 Ma)

• Julian

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: deep subtidal; lithified, black, gray wackestone and lithified, gray grainstone

• The limestones are dark-grey to black, rusty-brown, regularly bedded, containing thin intercalations of marls, thickness of banks is 2-70cm, bedding planes are even...The limestones are often organogenic-lumachelle with weathering out organic detritus.

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils, microfossils

Collection methods: bulk, surface (float), surface (in situ), mechanical, peel or thin section, acetic, sieve,

• This collection probably overlies the Ladinian reef collections already entered from the Raming limestones

Primary reference: J. Pevny. 1979. Brachiopoda of the genus Aulacothyris from the Carnian of the West Carpathians. Zapadne Karpaty seria paleontologia 4:65-80 [A. McGowan/A. McGowan]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 57037: authorized by Alistair McGowan, entered by Alistair McGowan on 01.12.2005, edited by Loic Villier

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

unclassified
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Nodosariata
 Robertinida - Duostominidae
Duostomina sp. Kristan-Tollmann 1960
 Nodosariida - Nodosariidae
Astacolus sp. de Montfort 1808
Nodosaria sp. Lamarck 1812
Dentalina sp. d'Orbigny 1826
 Vaginulinida - Lagenidae
Darbyella sp. Howe and Wallace 1932
 Vaginulinida - Vaginulinidae
Lenticulina sp. Lamarck 1804
Foraminifera
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Ophthalmidium sp. Kübler and Zwingli 1870
 Lituolida - Lituolidae
? Ammobaculites sp. Cushman 1910
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 Ammodiscoidea - Ammodiscidae
 Lituolacea - Haplophragmoiidae
Tubothalamea
 Miliolida - Hemigordiopsidae
Agathammina sp. Neumayr 1887
Agathammina austroalpina Kristan-Tollmann and Tollmann 1964
 Miliolida - Milioliporidae
Foraminifera
 Fusulinina - Earlandiidae
 Endothyroidea - Endothyridae
 Nodosinellacea - Earlandinitidae
 Involutinina - Involutinidae
Demospongiae
 Lithistida -
Pharetronida
 Pharetronida -
Pharetronida indet. Zittel 1878
Shamovella
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"Tubiphytes obscurus" = Shamovella obscura
"Tubiphytes obscurus" = Shamovella obscura Maslov 1956
Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Limidae
 Ostreida - Halobiidae
Halobia cf. rugosa Guembel 1861 oyster
Rhynchonellata
 Spiriferinida - Sinucostidae
"Spiriferina gregaria" = Sinucosta gregaria
"Spiriferina gregaria" = Sinucosta gregaria Suess 1867
 Athyridida - Koninckinidae
Amphiclina amoena Bittner 1890
 Athyridida - Diplospirellidae
 Terebratulida - Angustothyrididae
 Terebratulida - Terebratulidae
 Terebratulida - Aulacothyropsidae
 Terebratulida - Zeilleriidae
Echinoidea
 Cidaroida - Cidaridae
Cidaris hausmani pencil urchin
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Cidaris dorsata Braun 1841 sea urchin
Holothuroidea
 Dendrochirotida - Calclamnidae
Eocaudina ramosa Kozur and Mostler 1971 sea cucumber
Eocaudina liptovskaensis n. sp. Gazdzicki et al. 1978 sea cucumber
Eocaudina cassianensis Frizzell and Exline 1955 sea cucumber
Calclamna nuda Mostler 1971 sea cucumber
Praecaudina mostleri n. sp. Gazdzicki et al. 1978 sea cucumber
 Dendrochirotida -
"Calclamna germanica" = Binoculites terquemi
"Calclamna germanica" = Binoculites terquemi Deflandre-Rigaud 1952 sea cucumber
 Apodida - Achistridae
Achistrum triassicum Frizzell and Exline 1955 sea cucumber
 Apodida - Chiridotidae
Theelia guembeli Kristan-Tollmann 1963 sea cucumber
Theelia aff. lata Kozur and Mostler 1971 sea cucumber
Theelia liptovskaensis n. sp. Gazdzicki et al. 1978 sea cucumber
"Theelia immisorbicula" = Theelia immissorbicula Mostler 1968 sea cucumber
Theelia undata Mostler 1968 sea cucumber
Theelia trammeri n. sp. Gazdzicki et al. 1978 sea cucumber
Theelia koeveskalensis Kozur and Mostler 1971 sea cucumber
 Apodida - Myriotrochidae
Acanthotheelia spinosa Frizzell and Exline 1955 sea cucumber
Acanthotheelia aff. ladinica Kozur and Mostler 1971 sea cucumber
  - Priscopedatidae
Priscopedatus triassicus Mostler 1968 sea cucumber
  - Kuehnitidae
Kuehnites slovakensis n. sp. Gazdzicki et al. 1978 sea cucumber
Conodonta
 Ozarkodinida - Gladigondolellidae
Gladigondolella tethydis Huckriede 1958 conodont
 Ozarkodinida - Gondolellidae
Gondolella navicula Huckriede 1958 conodont
Neospathodus sp. Mosher 1968 conodont
"Gondolella polygnathiformis" = Paragondolella polygnathiformis Budurov and Stefanov 1965 conodont
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