Ajka boreholes: Santonian, Hungary
collected by Z. Partényi 1980

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Sauropsida indet. Huxley 1864
1 specimen
bone fragment, MFGI V.18765
Reptilia - Testudines - Bothremydidae
Bothremydidae indet. Baur 1891
2 specimens
shell fragments, MFGI V.18763; MFGI V.18764
Reptilia - Nodosauridae
Nodosauridae indet. Marsh 1890
1 specimen
osteoderm, MFGI V.18762
Actinopteri - Lepisosteiformes - Lepisosteidae
Lepisosteidae indet. Cuvier 1825
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]