Kiscell, Budapest (Oligocene of Hungary)

Where: Hungary (47.5° N, 19.0° E: paleocoordinates 45.1° N, 17.5° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Kiscell Clay Formation, Oligocene (33.9 - 23.0 Ma)

• Kiscell clay spans late Rupelian-early Chattian interval.

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: offshore; lithified, bioturbated, gray, calcareous claystone

• A transtensional origin was generally proposed for the Paleogene Basin of Hungary, assuming an origin analogous to that of the overlying Neogene Pannonian Basin. We suggest an alternative geodynamic scenario for the development of the Paleogene basin complex, as we think that the observations are better understood in terms of a retroarc foredeep basin model. According to this, a flexural basin developed south of the backthrust inner West Carpathian units. (Tari et al. 1993)
• The Kiscell Clay consists of grey calcareous clay and clayey marl, which is not stratified or laminated but well bioturbated

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: adpression

Collection methods: Repository: Hungarian Natural Museum

Primary reference: A. Pongrácz. 1928. Die fossilen Insekten von Ungarn, mit besonderer Berücksichtigung der Entwicklung der europäischen Insekten-fauna. Annales Musei Nationalis Hungarici 25:91-194 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 156757: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 30.05.2014, edited by Mark Uhen

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Malacostraca
 Decapoda - Calappidae
Calappilia tridentata
Calappilia tridentata Beurlen 1939 box crab
 Decapoda - Panopeidae
Glyphithyreus sulcatus
Glyphithyreus sulcatus Berulen 1939 crab
 Decapoda - Lyreididae
Lyreidus hungaricus
Lyreidus hungaricus Beurlen 1939 crab
 Decapoda - Callianassidae
Lepidophthalmus crateriferus
Lepidophthalmus crateriferus Lorenthey 1926 decapod
 Decapoda - Ctenochelidae
Ctenocheles rupeliensis
Ctenocheles rupeliensis Beurlen 1939 decapod
Insecta
 Hemiptera - Scutelleridae
? Eurygaster sp.
? Eurygaster sp. Laporte 1833 metallic shield bug