Where: Hungary (47.0° N, 17.3° E: paleocoordinates 40.9° N, 15.1° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Szoc Limestone Formation, Lutetian to Lutetian (47.8 - 38.0 Ma)
• Position within formation unknown. Classic stratigraphic data based on nummulitids, nannoplankton and plankton foraminifer studies indicate a Lutetian and Early Bartonian age for the Szoc Limestone Formation (NP 15-16 zones)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: lithified, massive, shelly/skeletal, gray, yellow limestone
•Operculina, Alveolina, Discocyclina) commonly in rock-forming quantities. Lithified based on fossil preservation.
Size class: macrofossils
Collected by J. Noszky, R. Streda
• Repository: Geological Museum of the Hungarian Geological Institute (GMHGI), Paleontological and Geological Department of the Hungarian Natural History Museum (HNHM)
Primary reference: M. A. Bitner, A. Dulai, and A. Galácz. 2011. Middle Eocene brachiopods from the Szoc Limestone Formation (Bakony Mountains, Hungary), with a description of a new genus. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie - Abhandlungen 259:113-128 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 190266: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 03.12.2017
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Rhynchonellata | |
Gryphus kickxii Galeotti 1837 |