Ajka boreholes: Santonian, Hungary
collected by Z. Partényi 1980
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
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Sauropsida indet.
Huxley 1864
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1 specimen | |||||||||
bone fragment, MFGI V.18765 | ||||||||||
Reptilia
- Testudines
- Bothremydidae
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Bothremydidae indet.
Baur 1891
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2 specimens | |||||||||
shell fragments, MFGI V.18763; MFGI V.18764 | ||||||||||
Reptilia
- Nodosauridae
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Nodosauridae indet.
Marsh 1890
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1 specimen | |||||||||
osteoderm, MFGI V.18762 | ||||||||||
Actinopteri
- Lepisosteiformes
- Lepisosteidae
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Lepisosteidae indet.
Cuvier 1825
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1 specimen | |||||||||
vertebra, MFGI V.18761 | ||||||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | Hungary | State/province: | Veszprém | County: | Sümegi |
Coordinates: | 47.1° North, 17.6° East (view map) | ||||
Paleocoordinates: | 30.9° North, 18.5° East | ||||
Basis of coordinate: | stated in text | ||||
Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Late/Upper Cretaceous |
Stage: | Santonian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 6 |
Key time interval: | Santonian | ||
Age range of interval: | 86.30000 - 83.60000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Formation: | Ajka Coal | ||||
Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds | ||||
Stratigraphy comments: Kf-2 from 803 m down; Gy-12 from 473 m down. |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | argillaceous marl |
Secondary lithology: | sandstone |
Includes fossils? | Y |
Includes fossils? | Y |
Lithology description: "an alternation of lignite beds, marls, sands and sandstone beds, and grey to brownish carbonaceous to argillaceous pelitic sediments with interbedded molluscan lumachelles" | |
Environment: | lacustrine delta plain |
Geology comments: freshwater, swampy and lacustrine settings, "lacustrine, peat-fen" (lacustrine-palustrine) |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils,mesofossils |
Preservation of anatomical detail: | good |
Fragmentation: | occasional |
Spatial resolution: | parautochthonous |
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods: | core,survey of museum collection | ||
Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis | ||
Collectors: | Z. Partényi | Collection dates: | 1980s |
Collection method comments: Fossils discovered in 1980s by Zoltán Partényi, but date of coring is unknown. |
Metadata
Also known as: | Káptalanfa-2, Kf-2, Gyepükaján-12, Gy-12 | ||
Database number: | 173314 | ||
Authorizer: | M. Carrano | Enterer: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
Created: | 2015-09-16 10:48:37 | Last modified: | 2015-09-16 10:48:37 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2015-09-16 10:48:37 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
56346. | A. Osi, E. R. Bodor, L. Makádi and M. Rabi. 2015. Vertebrate remains from the Upper Cretaceous (Santonian) Ajka Coal Formation, western Hungary. Cretaceous Research 57:228-238 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |