Sümeg, Bakony Mts. (Cretaceous of Hungary)

Also known as Reef 1287

Where: Hungary (47.0° N, 17.3° E: paleocoordinates 31.8° N, 18.7° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Ugod Formation, Campanian (83.6 - 72.1 Ma)

• mostly from beds 12 and 13

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified limestone

• several horizons with rudist biostromes in a back reef environment with marly intercalations

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: L. Czabalay. 1982. La faune des rudistes des environs de Sümeg (Hongrie) [The rudist fauna from Sümeg (Hungary)]. Geologica Hungarica, Series Palaeontologica 41:3-221 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 74809: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 31.08.2007, edited by Pete Wagner

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Demospongiae
 Clavulina - Clionaidae
Cliona vastifica demosponge
Anthozoa
 Hexacorallia -
Scleractinia indet. Bourne 1900 stony coral
Gastropoda
 Heterostropha - Acteonellidae
"Actaeonella caucasiea" = Acteonella
"Actaeonella caucasiea" = Acteonella snail
subsp. styriacus
 Heterostropha - Acteonidae
Trochactaeon lamarcki snail
subsp. brandenburgensis
Trochactaeon giganteus snail
subsp. sublobosus and giganteus
 Heterostropha - Nerineidae
 Heterostrophia -
Bivalvia
 Arcida - Arcidae
 Arcida - Cucullaeidae
 Arcida - Glycymerididae
 Pectinida - Limidae
Lima pichleri Bittner 1895 file clam
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Spondylus spinosus Schreibers 1793 scallop
 Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
"Pycnodonta vesiculosa" = Pycnodonte, "Lopha semiplana" = Hyotissa semiplana, Ceratostreon matheronianum
"Pycnodonta vesiculosa" = Pycnodonte oyster
"Lopha semiplana" = Hyotissa semiplana Sowerby 1825 oyster
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
"Lopha dichotoma" = Oscillopha dichotoma, Lopha lombardi
"Lopha dichotoma" = Oscillopha dichotoma Bayle 1849 oyster
Lopha lombardi Dartevelle and Freneix 1957 oyster
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
Modiolus typicus Forbes 1846 mussel
 Pholadomyida - Pholadomyidae
Pholadomya rostrata clam
and var. royana
 Hippuritida - Hippuritidae
"Hippurites lapeirousei" = Hippuritella lapeirousei Goldfuss 1840 rudist
Vaccinites cornuvaccinum rudist
subsp. gaudryi
Vaccinites oppeli rudist
and subsp. santoniensis
Vaccinites archiaci Munier-Chalmas 1892 rudist
Vaccinites sulcatus Defrance 1821 rudist
Vaccinites vredenburgi Kuehn 1932 rudist
Vaccinites vesiculosus Woodward 1855 rudist
"Hippurites crassicostatus" = Hippurites canalicatus Roquand 1841 rudist
Hippurites colliciatus Woodward 1855 rudist
 Hippuritida - Radiolitidae
 Hippuritida - Plagioptychidae
Plagioptychus sp. Matheron 1842 rudist
Plagioptychus aguilloni d'Orbigny 1840 rudist
 Cardiida - Kalenteridae
 Cardiida - Veneridae
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
 Cardiida - Psammobiidae
"Psammobia suessi" = Gari (Psammobia), "Psammobia impar" = Gari (Psammobia)
"Psammobia suessi" = Gari (Psammobia) clam
"Psammobia impar" = Gari (Psammobia) clam
 Hiatellida - Hiatellidae
"Panopaea frequens" = Panopea
"Panopaea frequens" = Panopea clam
 Carditida - Crassatellidae
"Crassatella sulcifera" = Crassatella macrodonta, Crassatella austriaca
"Crassatella sulcifera" = Crassatella macrodonta Sowerby 1835 clam
var. sulcifera
Crassatella austriaca Zittel 1863 clam
 Trigoniida - Megatrigonioidae
Bryozoa
  -
Bryozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1831
Polychaeta
 Sabellida - Serpulidae
Serpulidae indet. Rafinesque 1835
Cirripedia
  -
Echinoidea
  -
Echinoidea indet. Leske 1778 sea urchin