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
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
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Rhodophyceae | |
Solenopora sp. Dybowski 1877 | |
Anthozoa | |
Columnocoenia ksiazkiewiczi Morycowa 1964 stony coral | |
Dimorphastraeopsis patellaris Stoliczka 1873 stony coral | |
Gastropoda | |
Neritopsis sp. Grateloup 1832 snail | |
Semisolarium moniliferum snail
Semisolarium conoideum snail | |
Eucyclus sp. Eudes-Deslongchamps 1860 snail | |
Nummocalcar sp. Cossmann 1896 snail | |
Tylostoma bulimoides snail | |
Gyrodes sp. Conrad 1860 moon snail | |
Nerinea zumoffeni snail
Nerinea sp. Deshayes 1827 snail | |
Nerinella lomparti snail
Nerinella sp. Sharpe 1849 snail | |
Nerita sp. Linnaeus 1758 snail | |
Bivalvia | |
Ctenostreon probiscideum file clam | |
Chlamys landeronensis scallop
Chlamys sp. Röding 1798 scallop | |
"Aetostreon sp." = Exogyra (Aetostreon)
"Aetostreon sp." = Exogyra (Aetostreon) Bayle 1878 oyster | |
Fimbria cf. gaultina clam | |
Thetis renevieri clam | |
Megadiceras hofmanni rudist
Heterodiceras sp. rudist | |
Monopleura sp. Matheron 1842 rudist | |
Diplodonta sp. Bronn 1831 clam | |
Panopea carteroni clam | |
Astarte dimidiata clam |