Bed 214; Section C - Bersek Quarry [Bersek Marl]: Late Hauterivian, Hungary
collected by Fulop 1963-1964

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Cephalopoda - Belemnitida - Mesohibolitidae
Hibolithes inae
2 specimens
"Belemnites" pistiliformis (Blainville 1827)
1 specimen
"Belemnites" marginatus Raspail 1829
2 specimens
Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Holcodiscidae
Jeanthieuloyites sp. Cooper 1981
1 specimen
Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Lytoceratidae
Lytoceras sp. Suess 1865
1 specimen
Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Olcostephanidae
Olcostephanus (Jeannoticeras) jeannoti (d'Orbigny 1841)
1 specimen
Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Haploceratidae
Neolissoceras grasianum (d'Orbigny 1841)
1 specimen
Cephalopoda - Phylloceratida - Phylloceratidae
Phylloceras sp. Suess 1865
3 specimens
see common names

Geography
Country:Hungary
Coordinates: 47.8° North, 18.5° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:29.4° North, 26.0° East
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period: Cretaceous Epoch: Early Cretaceous
Stage: Hauterivian 10 m.y. bin: Cretaceous 2
Key time interval: Late Hauterivian
Age range of interval: 132.6 - 125.77 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Bersek Marl
Local section:Bersek Quarry Local bed:214
Local order:top to bottom
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the Bersek Marl Formation, which is unconformably overlain by the Labatlan Sandstone Fm. AGE: Late Hauterivian. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From bed 214, near top of formation.
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified marl
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Marl? LITHIFICATION: Lithified, on the basis of figured specimens and taphonomic description.
Environment:marine indet.
Geology comments: ENVIRONMENT: Not discussed in text.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body,cast,mold/impression
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Spatial orientation:preferred
Preservation of anatomical detail:medium
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes:some macrofossils,ichnofossils
Collection methods:bulk,survey of museum collection
Reason for describing collection:biostratigraphic analysis
Collectors:Fulop Collection dates:1963-1964
Collection method comments: COLLECTOR: Fülöp, 1963-1964. REPOSITORY: Hungarian Geological Survey.
Taxonomic list comments:COVERAGE: Exhaustive for Ammonoidea; belemnites, bivalves, brachiopods, solitary corals and trace fossils also present, but not listed. NOMENCLATURE: Not an authoritative publication, but identified by taxonomic authorities on Ammonoidea, to species resolution.
Metadata
Database number:86362
Authorizer:A. Hendy Enterer:A. Hendy
Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2009-02-01 03:08:38 Last modified:2013-11-25 13:37:23
Access level:the public Released:2009-02-01 03:08:38
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

29102. I. Fözy and N. M. M. Janssen. 2009. Integrated Lower Cretaceous biostratigraphy of the Bersek Quarry, Gerecse Mountains, Transdanubian Range. Hungary. Cretaceous Research 30:78-92 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]