Ujlak clay pits (Oligocene of Hungary)

Also known as brick kiln clay pits Újlak, Nagybátony district, Budapest, Hungary

Where: Hungary (47.5° N, 19.1° E: paleocoordinates 44.4° N, 17.2° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: NP 23 nannofossil zone, Tard Clay Formation, Early/Lower Oligocene (33.9 - 28.4 Ma)

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: adpression

Collection methods: chemical, mechanical, hydroflouric,

Primary reference: Z. Kvacek. 2002. A new Tertiary Ceratozamia (Zamiaceae, Cycadopsida) from the European Oligocene. Flora 197:303-316 [N. Nagalingum/N. Nagalingum]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 96458: authorized by Nathalie Nagalingum, entered by Nathalie Nagalingum on 08.06.2010

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Cycadopsida
 Cycadales - Zamiaceae
Ceratozamia floersheimensis Kvacek 2002 cycads