Patacs Member boreholes M4, M13-14 Mescek Mountains Hungary (Triassic of Hungary)

Where: Hungary (46.1° N, 18.1° E: paleocoordinates 0.8° S, 29.7° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Early/Lower Triassic (252.2 - 247.2 Ma)

• ...on which the firstly red, then variegated, well bedded, fine grained sandstones, silt- and mudstones of the Patacs Member rest conformably.In the upper part thin dolomarl interbeds.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: fluvial; gray, green siltstone and gray, green mudstone

• The Patacs member lies conformarbly on top of the Jakabhegy formation. Conformably followed by the Magyarurog anhydrite member.
• ...on which the firstly red, then variegated, well bedded, fine grained sandstones, silt- and mudstones of the Patacs Member rest conformably.

Size class: microfossils

Preservation: original sporopollenin

Collection methods: core, chemical,

Primary reference: A. Barabas-Stuhl. 1981. Microflora of the Permian and Lower Triassic sediments of the Mecsek Mountains (south Hungary). Acta Geologica Academiae Scientarum Hungaricae 24(1):49-97 [C. Looy/C. Looy/C. Looy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 24547: authorized by Cindy Looy, entered by Cindy Looy on 09.08.2002

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

unclassified
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Leschikisporites aduncus
(Leschik) Potonie 1958
Saturnisporites pravius
Visscher 1966
Retitriles jenensis
(Reinhardt-Schmitz) Schultz 1965
Triadiaspora crassa
Klaus 1964
Tubantiapollenites balmei
(Klaus) Visscher 1966
Striatoabieites aytungii
Visscher 1966
Angustisulcites gorpii
Visscher 1966
Angustisulcites klaussi
(Freudenthal) Visscher 1966
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Alisporites
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cf. Alisporites ovatus
Jansonius 1962
Alisporites grauvogeli Klaus 1964
Klaus 1964
Sphenopsida
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Calamospora sp. Schopf et al.
Stellapollenites
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Limitisporites
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Limitisporites moersensis
(Grebe) Klaus 1963
Chordasporites
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Chordasporites sp. Klaus 1960
Lundbladispora
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Guttatisporites guttatus
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Guttatisporites guttatus Visscher 1966
Visscher 1966