Silty fine-grained sandstone, Eger - David (1999) (Oligocene of Hungary)

Also known as Silty fine-grained sandstone

Where: Hungary (47.9° N, 20.4° E)

• Paleocoordinates: 40.6° N, 24.0° E (Wright 2013)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Late/Upper Oligocene (27.3 - 23.0 Ma)

• The lithological sequence is as followes: glauconitic, tuffaceous sandstone; molluscan clay; layers of marine SILTY, FINE-GRAINED SANDSTONE (x layer); layers of marine limonitic sandstone (k layer); alternation fo coarse sand, carbonaceous clay and a thin gravelly intercalation (c layer)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: coastal; fine-grained, silty sandstone

• No comments.
• Silty fine-grained sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: original aragonite, original calcite

Collection methods: bulk, quarrying,

• Collected for investigation of boreholes

Primary reference: A. David. 1999. Predation by naticid gastropods on late Oligocene (Egerian) molluscs collected from Wind Brickyard, Eger, Hungary. Malakologiai Tajekoztato 17:11-19 [A. Miller/A. Hendy/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 41533: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 15.07.2004

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Taxonomic list

• Representative of molluscan taxa. Many non-predated gastropods, bivalves, and some cephalopods are not mentioned.
Gastropoda
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
 Cerithioidea - Diastomatidae
unclassified
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Gastropoda
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
 Neogastropoda - Conidae
Scaphopoda
 Dentaliida - Dentaliidae
Dentalium simplex tusk shell
 Dentaliida - Fustiariidae
 Gadilida - Gadilidae
Bivalvia
 Cardiida - Veneridae
Pitar polytropa venus clam
 Pholadida - Corbulidae
"Corbula gibba" = Corbula (Varicorbula) gibba, "Corbula basteroti" = Caryocorbula basteroti
"Corbula gibba" = Corbula (Varicorbula) gibba Oliva 1792 clam
"Corbula basteroti" = Caryocorbula basteroti Hörnes 1870 clam
 Carditida - Crassatellidae
 Arcida - Glycymerididae
Glycymeris latiradiata bittersweet clam
 Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
Nuculana anticeplicata pointed nut clam
Gastropoda
 Neogastropoda - Nassariidae
"Hinia schlotheimi" = Nassarius (Hinia), Bullia hungarica
"Hinia schlotheimi" = Nassarius (Hinia) snail
Bullia hungarica Gábor 1936 snail
 Neogastropoda - Costellariidae
"Turricula regularis" = Orthosurcula regularis
"Turricula regularis" = Orthosurcula regularis Koninck 1837 ribbed mitre
 Neogastropoda - Borsoniidae
 Neogastropoda - Terebridae
"Terebra simplex" = Neoterebra danai
"Terebra simplex" = Neoterebra danai Berry 1958 Dana's augur
 Neogastropoda - Clavatulidae
 Neogastropoda - Turridae
 Neogastropoda - Volutidae
Athleta ficulina Lamarck 1811 volute
 Neogastropoda - Muricidae
Typhis cuniculosus, "Typhis pungens" = Typhis (Typhis) pungens, "Hadriana egerensis" = Hadriania, Chicoreus trigonalis
Typhis cuniculosus murex snail
"Typhis pungens" = Typhis (Typhis) pungens Solander in Brander and Brander 1766 murex snail
"Hadriana egerensis" = Hadriania murex snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Tornidae
 Cerithioidea - Cerithiidae
Cerithium egerense cerith snail
 Architaenioglossa - Ampullinidae
"Ampullina crassatina" = Ampullinopsis crassatina
"Ampullina crassatina" = Ampullinopsis crassatina Lamarck 1804 snail