Hidegkut section, Bed 11 (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, 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 139961: authorized by Martin Aberhan, entered by Thomas Schossleitner on 25.02.2013

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Cardiida - Anthracosiidae
Unionites fassaensis Wissmann 1841 clam
 Trigoniida - Myophoriidae
Costatoria costata Zenker 1833 clam
Neoschizodus ovatus Goldfuss 1838 clam
Cephalopoda
 Ceratitida - Tirolitidae
Tirolites cassianus Quenstedt 1845 ceratite
Gastropoda
 Euomphalina - Codonocheilidae
Natiria costata Munster 1841 snail