Limonitic sandstone, Eger - David (1999): Late/Upper Oligocene, Hungary

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda - Cerithiidae
Cerithium egerense
2 specimens
Gastropoda - Diastomatidae
Diastoma grateloupi
6 specimens
Subspecies: Diastoma grateloupi turritoapenninica
Gastropoda - Turritellidae
Turritella beyrichi
128 specimens
Subspecies: Turritella beyrichi percarinata
Turritella venus d'Orbigny 1852
192 specimens
recombined as Turritella (Haustator) venus
Subspecies: Turritella venus margarethae
Gastropoda - Ampullinidae
Ampullina crassatina (Lamarck 1804)
2 specimens
recombined as Ampullinopsis crassatina
Gastropoda - Strombidae
Rostellaria dentata
1 specimen
synonym of Tibia
Gastropoda - Aporrhaidae
Drepanocheilus speciosus
2 specimens
Subspecies: Drepanocheilus speciosus digitatus
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae
Euthriofusus burdigalensis (Defrance 1820)
1 specimen
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Terebridae
Terebra simplex (Carpenter 1864)
1 specimen
replaced by Neoterebra danai
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae
Hadriana egerensis
1 specimen
original and current combination Hadriania
Gastropoda - Naticidae
Polinices catena
12 specimens
Subspecies: Polinices catena helicana
Polinices josephinia (Risso 1826)
4 specimens
recombined as Neverita josephinia
Subspecies: Polinices josephina olla
Bivalvia - Arcida - Glycymerididae
Glycymeris latiradiata
1 specimen
Subspecies: Glycymeris latiradiata subfichteli
Glycymeris pilosa (Linnaeus 1767)
1 specimen
Subspecies: Glycymeris pilosa lunulata
Bivalvia - Pholadida - Corbulidae
Corbula basteroti Hörnes 1870
6 specimens
recombined as Caryocorbula basteroti
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Arcticidae
Cyprina islandica (Linnaeus 1767)
2 specimens
recombined as Arctica islandica
Subspecies: Cyprina islandica rotunda
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Pitar polytropa
110 specimens
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae
Laevicardium cyprium
1 specimen
Scaphopoda - Dentaliida - Dentaliidae
Dentalium kickxi
1 specimen
see common names

Geography
Country:Hungary
Coordinates: 46.0° North, 17.0° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:44.0° North, 15.7° East
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Paleogene Epoch:Oligocene
Stage:Chattian 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 4
Key time interval:Late/Upper Oligocene
Age range of interval:28.40000 - 23.03000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Local section:Wind Brickyard Local bed:K Layer
Regional section:Eger
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: 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)
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:sideritic sandstone
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: Limonitic sandstone
Environment:coastal indet.
Geology comments: No comments.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body,original aragonite,original calcite
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes:some macrofossils
Collection methods:bulk,selective quarrying,field collection
Reason for describing collection:biostratigraphic analysis
Collection method comments: Collected for investigation of boreholes
Taxonomic list comments:Representative of molluscan taxa. Many non-predated gastropods, bivalves, and some cephalopods are not mentioned.
Metadata
Also known as:Limonitic sandstone
Database number:41534
Authorizer:A. Hendy Enterer:A. Hendy
Modifier:A. Hendy Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2004-07-16 00:09:19 Last modified:2013-11-25 13:37:23
Access level:the public Released:2004-07-16 00:09:19
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

11127. 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]