Limonitic sandstone, Eger - David (1999) (Oligocene of Hungary)

Also known as Limonitic sandstone

Where: Hungary (46.0° N, 17.0° E: paleocoordinates 44.0° N, 15.7° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Late/Upper Oligocene (28.4 - 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; sideritic sandstone

• No comments.
• Limonitic 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 41534: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 16.07.2004

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• Representative of molluscan taxa. Many non-predated gastropods, bivalves, and some cephalopods are not mentioned.
Bivalvia
 Pholadida - Corbulidae
"Corbula basteroti" = Caryocorbula basteroti
"Corbula basteroti" = Caryocorbula basteroti Hörnes 1870 clam
 Cardiida - Arcticidae
"Cyprina islandica" = Arctica islandica
"Cyprina islandica" = Arctica islandica Linnaeus 1767 clam
Subspecies: Cyprina islandica rotunda
 Cardiida - Veneridae
Pitar polytropa venus clam
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
 Arcida - Glycymerididae
Glycymeris latiradiata clam
Subspecies: Glycymeris latiradiata subfichteli
Glycymeris pilosa Linnaeus 1767 clam
Subspecies: Glycymeris pilosa lunulata
Scaphopoda
 Dentaliida - Dentaliidae
Dentalium kickxi tusk shell
Gastropoda
 Architaenioglossa - Ampullinidae
"Ampullina crassatina" = Ampullinopsis crassatina
"Ampullina crassatina" = Ampullinopsis crassatina Lamarck 1804 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
Polinices catena, "Polinices josephinia" = Neverita josephinia
Polinices catena moon snail
Subspecies: Polinices catena helicana
"Polinices josephinia" = Neverita josephinia Risso 1826 moon snail
Subspecies: Polinices josephina olla
 Sorbeoconcha - Strombidae
"Rostellaria dentata" = Tibia
"Rostellaria dentata" = Tibia true conch
 Sorbeoconcha - Aporrhaidae
Drepanocheilus speciosus snail
Subspecies: Drepanocheilus speciosus digitatus
 Neogastropoda - Terebridae
"Terebra simplex" = Neoterebra danai
"Terebra simplex" = Neoterebra danai Berry 1958 auger snail
 Neogastropoda - Muricidae
"Hadriana egerensis" = Hadriania
"Hadriana egerensis" = Hadriania murex snail
 Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae
Euthriofusus burdigalensis Defrance 1820 snail
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
"Turritella venus" = Turritella (Haustator) venus d'Orbigny 1852 turret shell
Subspecies: Turritella venus margarethae
Turritella beyrichi turret shell
Subspecies: Turritella beyrichi percarinata
 Cerithioidea - Diastomatidae
Diastoma grateloupi snail
Subspecies: Diastoma grateloupi turritoapenninica
 Cerithioidea - Cerithiidae
Cerithium egerense cerith snail