Hidegkut section, Bed 9 (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 in the lowest beds of the section indicates a Spathian age.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

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

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

Size class: 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 139959: authorized by Martin Aberhan, entered by Thomas Schossleitner on 25.02.2013

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Aviculopectinidae
Eumorphotis telleri Bittner 1899 scallop
 Trigoniida - Myophoriidae
Neoschizodus ovatus Goldfuss 1838 clam
Neoschizodus laevigatus Ziethen 1830 clam