Limonitic sandstone, Eger - David (1999): Late/Upper Oligocene, Hungary
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda
- Cerithiidae
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Cerithium egerense
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2 specimens | |||||||||
Gastropoda
- Diastomatidae
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Diastoma grateloupi
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6 specimens | |||||||||
Subspecies: Diastoma grateloupi turritoapenninica | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Turritellidae
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Turritella beyrichi
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128 specimens | |||||||||
Subspecies: Turritella beyrichi percarinata | ||||||||||
Turritella venus
d'Orbigny 1852
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192 specimens | |||||||||
recombined as Turritella (Haustator) venus | ||||||||||
Subspecies: Turritella venus margarethae | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Ampullinidae
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Ampullina crassatina
(Lamarck 1804)
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2 specimens | |||||||||
recombined as Ampullinopsis crassatina | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Strombidae
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Rostellaria dentata
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1 specimen | |||||||||
synonym of Tibia | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Aporrhaidae
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Drepanocheilus speciosus
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2 specimens | |||||||||
Subspecies: Drepanocheilus speciosus digitatus | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Fasciolariidae
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Euthriofusus burdigalensis
(Defrance 1820)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Terebridae
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Terebra simplex
(Carpenter 1864)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
replaced by Neoterebra danai | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Muricidae
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Hadriana egerensis
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1 specimen | |||||||||
original and current combination Hadriania | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Naticidae
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Polinices catena
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12 specimens | |||||||||
Subspecies: Polinices catena helicana | ||||||||||
Polinices josephinia
(Risso 1826)
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4 specimens | |||||||||
recombined as Neverita josephinia | ||||||||||
Subspecies: Polinices josephina olla | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Glycymerididae
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Glycymeris latiradiata
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Subspecies: Glycymeris latiradiata subfichteli | ||||||||||
Glycymeris pilosa
(Linnaeus 1767)
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Subspecies: Glycymeris pilosa lunulata | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Pholadida
- Corbulidae
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Corbula basteroti
Hörnes 1870
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6 specimens | |||||||||
recombined as Caryocorbula basteroti | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Arcticidae
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Cyprina islandica
(Linnaeus 1767)
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2 specimens | |||||||||
recombined as Arctica islandica | ||||||||||
Subspecies: Cyprina islandica rotunda | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Veneridae
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Pitar polytropa
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110 specimens | |||||||||
Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Cardiidae
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Laevicardium cyprium
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1 specimen | |||||||||
Scaphopoda
- Dentaliida
- Dentaliidae
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Dentalium kickxi
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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] |