Somssich-hegy, Villány, Pliensbachian faunal horizon (Jurassic of Hungary)

Where: Hungary (45.9° N, 18.5° E: paleocoordinates 27.4° N, 24.7° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Somssichhegy Formation, Jamesoni (189.6 - 183.0 Ma)

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: cast

Primary reference: B. Géczy. 1998. Lower Pliensbachian ammmonites of Villány (Hungary). Hantkeniana 2:5-47 [J. Pálfy/A. Kocsis]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 108314: authorized by József Pálfy, entered by Adam Kocsis on 27.04.2011

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Taxonomic list

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Cephalopoda
 Phylloceratida - Phylloceratidae
Partschiceras cf. striatocostatum, Phylloceras cf. hebertinum
Partschiceras cf. striatocostatum Meneghini 1853 ammonite
Phylloceras cf. hebertinum Reynes 1868 ammonite
 Ammonitida - Polymorphitidae
Uptonia cf. jamesoni
Uptonia cf. jamesoni Sowerby 1827 ammonite
 Ammonitida - Phricodoceratidae
Phricodoceras taylori, Villania galaczi n. sp., Epideroceras beggingensis
Phricodoceras taylori Sowerby 1826 ammonite
Villania galaczi n. sp. Géczy 1998 ammonite
Epideroceras beggingensis Schlatter 1991 ammonite
 Ammonitida - Coeloceratidae
? Tetraspidoceras loczyi n. sp.
? Tetraspidoceras loczyi n. sp. Géczy 1998 ammonite
 Ammonitida - Lytoceratidae
Lytoceras cf. fimbriatum
Lytoceras cf. fimbriatum Sowerby 1817 ammonite
 Ammonitida - Oxynoticeratidae
Radstockiceras cf. buvignieri, Radstockiceras cf. involutum
Radstockiceras cf. buvignieri d'Orbigny 1844 ammonite
Radstockiceras cf. involutum Pompeckj 1907 ammonite