Echinoidea, Marnes argileuses, Zirc-Tündérmajor (Cretaceous of Hungary)

Where: Hungary (47.3° N, 17.9° E: paleocoordinates 28.2° N, 25.4° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• hand sample-level geographic resolution

When: Early/Lower Aptian (125.5 - 122.5 Ma)

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: offshore; poorly lithified, argillaceous marl

Primary reference: E. Szörenyi. 1960. Echinides du Crétacé inférieur de la Hongrie. Geologica Hungarica 32:326-367 [L. Villier/L. Villier]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 66039: authorized by Loic Villier, entered by Loic Villier on 27.09.2006

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Taxonomic list

Echinoidea
 Holectypoida - Holectypidae
Coenholectypus macropygus Agassiz 1836 sea urchin
 Spatangoida - Toxasteridae
Heteraster zircensis1 heart urchin
 Irregularia - Archiaciidae