Bed 201; Section C - Bersek Quarry (Cretaceous of Hungary)

Where: Hungary (47.8° N, 18.5° E: paleocoordinates 28.8° N, 26.0° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Labatlan Sandstone Formation, Early/Lower Barremian (130.0 - 125.5 Ma)

• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the Labatlan Sandstone Formation, which unconformably overlies the Bersek Marl Fm. AGE: Early Barremian. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From bed 201, at very base of formation.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified sandstone and lithified mudstone

• ENVIRONMENT: Not discussed in text.
• SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Sandstone? LITHIFICATION: Lithified, on the basis of figured specimens and taphonomic description.

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: cast, mold/impression

Collected by Fulop in 1963-1964

Collection methods: bulk,

• COLLECTOR: Fülöp, 1963-1964. REPOSITORY: Hungarian Geological Survey.

Primary reference: 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]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 86348: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 31.01.2009

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Taxonomic list

• 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.
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Cephalopoda
 Belemnitida - Duvaliidae
Duvalia gagrica
Duvalia gagrica belemnite
 Belemnitida - Mesohibolitidae
Hibolithes jaculiformis
Hibolithes jaculiformis Shvetsov 1913 belemnite
 Phylloceratida - Phylloceratidae
Phylloceras sp., "Phylloceras infundibulum" = Phyllopachyceras infundibulum
Phylloceras sp. Suess 1865 ammonite
"Phylloceras infundibulum" = Phyllopachyceras infundibulum d'Orbigny 1840 ammonite
 Ammonoidea - Hamulinidae
Hamulina sp., Anahamulina sp.
Hamulina sp. d'Orbigny 1850 ammonite
Anahamulina sp. Hyatt 1900 ammonite
 Ammonitida - Desmoceratidae
Plesiospitidiscus sp., Melchiorites sp., Abrytusites neumayri
Melchiorites sp. Spath 1923 ammonite
 Ammonitida - Protetragonitidae
Protetragonites sp.
Protetragonites sp. Hyatt 1900 ammonite
 Ammonitida - Holcodiscidae
Taveraidiscus hugii, Taveraidiscus intermedius
 Ammonitida - Crioceratitidae
Crioceratites sp., "Crioceratites duvali" = Crioceratites duvalii
Crioceratites sp. Leveillé 1837 ammonite
"Crioceratites duvali" = Crioceratites duvalii Léveillé 1837 ammonite
 Ammonitida - Bochianitidae
Euptychoceras sp.
Euptychoceras sp. Breistroffer 1952 ammonite
Ostracoda
 Myodocopida - Polycopidae
Discoidella tavrei