Harsány-hegy (Jurassic of Hungary)

Also known as Nagyharsány-hegy, Nagyharsányhegy, Szársomlyó

Where: Hungary (48.9° N, 18.4° E: paleocoordinates 29.6° N, 26.7° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Pliensbachian (190.8 - 182.7 Ma)

• Domerian Substage

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified limestone and lithified, nodular, cherty/siliceous limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: I. Szente and A. Vörös. 1992. A Pliensbachian (Early Jurassic) Bivalve Faunula from the Harsány-hegy: First Record of the Domerian Substage from the Villány Hills (southern Hungary). Fragmenta Mineralogica et Palaeontologica 15:95-106 [J. Pálfy/M. Bosnakoff]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 128375: authorized by József Pálfy, entered by Mariann Bosnakoff on 06.06.2012

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Taxonomic list

Rhynchonellata
 Spiriferinida - Spiriferinidae
 Rhynchonellida - Rhynchonellidae
Bivalvia
 Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
Gryphaea gigantea Sowerby 1823 oyster
 Pectinida - Limidae
Plagiostoma sp. Sowerby 1814 file clam
Limea (Pseudolimea) pectinoides Sowerby 1815 file clam
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
"Chlamys (Chlamys) textoria" = Chlamys textoria Schlotheim 1820 scallop
 Pectinida - Entoliidae
"Entolium (Entolium) cf. lunare" = Entolium lunare
"Entolium (Entolium) cf. lunare" = Entolium lunare Roemer 1839 scallop