Hidegkut section, Bed 3 (Triassic of Hungary)

Where: Hungary (47.0° N, 17.8° E: paleocoordinates 0.3° N, 30.0° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• hand sample-level geographic resolution

When: Lower Member (Csopak Marl Formation), Spathian (251.3 - 247.2 Ma)

• Presence of Tirolites indicates a Spathian age.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: transition zone or lower shoreface; gray limestone and gray, argillaceous siltstone

• deposited in a quiet subtidal zone below the fair-weather base

Size classes: macrofossils, microfossils

Collection methods: bulk,

Primary reference: C. Broglio Loriga, F. Goczan, J. Haas, K. Lenner, C. Neri, A.S. Oravecz, R. Posenato, I. Szabo, and A.M. Toth. 1990. The lower Triassic sequences of the Dolomites (Italy) and transdanubian mid-mountains (Hungary) and their correlation. Memorie di Scienze Geologiche 42:41-103 [L. Villier/J. Millet/J. Millet]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 139952: authorized by Martin Aberhan, entered by Thomas Schossleitner on 25.02.2013

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Taxonomic list

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Cephalopoda
 Ceratitida - Tirolitidae
Tirolites cassianus
Tirolites cassianus Quenstedt 1845 ceratite
Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Avichlamys csopakensis
Avichlamys csopakensis Frech 1905 scallop
 Pectinida - Aviculopectinidae
Eumorphotis telleri
Eumorphotis telleri Bittner 1899 scallop