Kisujbanya, Mecsek Mts., Hungary (Cretaceous of Hungary)

Where: Hungary (46.2° N, 18.3° E: paleocoordinates 28.9° N, 24.7° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Hidasivölgy Marl Formation, Late/Upper Valanginian (140.2 - 136.4 Ma)

• Age based on ammonites. Could be younger upsection

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: deep subtidal shelf; lithified marl

• Flank of reef atoll

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Primary reference: G. Csázár and D. Turnsek. 1996. Vestiges of atoll-like formations in the Lower Cretaceous of the Mecsek Mountains , Hungary. Cretaceous Research 17:419-442 [W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 25152: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Wolfgang Kiessling on 30.08.2002

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Taxonomic list

unclassified
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Rhodophyceae
  - Solenoporaceae
Solenopora sp. Dybowski 1877
Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Pachyphylliidae
Columnocoenia ksiazkiewiczi Morycowa 1964 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Haplaraeidae
Dimorphastraeopsis patellaris Stoliczka 1873 stony coral
Gastropoda
 Neritoina - Neritopsidae
Neritopsis sp. Grateloup 1832 snail
 Trochoidea - Turbinidae
 Seguenzioidea - Eucyclidae
Eucyclus sp. Eudes-Deslongchamps 1860 snail
 Vetigastropoda - Discohelicidae
Nummocalcar sp. Cossmann 1896 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Tylostomatidae
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
Gyrodes sp. Conrad 1860 moon snail
 Heterostropha - Nerineidae
Nerinea sp. Deshayes 1827 snail
 Heterostropha - Nerinellidae
Nerinella sp. Sharpe 1849 snail
 Neritoidea - Neritidae
Nerita sp. Linnaeus 1758 snail
Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Limidae
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Chlamys sp. Röding 1798 scallop
 Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
"Aetostreon sp." = Exogyra (Aetostreon)
"Aetostreon sp." = Exogyra (Aetostreon) Bayle 1878 oyster
 Lucinida - Lucinidae
 Lucinida - Mactromyidae
 Hippuritida - Epidiceratidae
 Hippuritida - Monopleuridae
Monopleura sp. Matheron 1842 rudist
 Cardiida - Ungulinidae
Diplodonta sp. Bronn 1831 clam
 Hiatellida - Hiatellidae
 Carditida - Astartidae