Bed 247; Section C - Bersek Quarry [Bersek Marl]: Late/Upper Valanginian, Hungary
collected by Fulop 1963-1964
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Cephalopoda
- Phylloceratida
- Phylloceratidae
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Phylloceras sp.
Suess 1865
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20 specimens | ||||||
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Phylloceras infundibulum
(d'Orbigny 1840)
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1 specimen | ||||||
| recombined as Phyllopachyceras infundibulum | |||||||
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Phylloceras winkleri
Uhlig 1882
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7 specimens | ||||||
| recombined as Phyllopachyceras winkleri | |||||||
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Phylloceras tethys
(d'Orbigny 1841)
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1 specimen | ||||||
| recombined as Euphylloceras thetys | |||||||
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Cephalopoda
- Ammonitida
- Lytoceratidae
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Lytoceras sp.
Suess 1865
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4 specimens | ||||||
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Lytoceras subfimbriatum
(d'Orbigny 1841)
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1 specimen | ||||||
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Lytoceras lepidum
(d'Orbigny 1840)
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1 specimen | ||||||
| recombined as Eulytoceras lepidum | |||||||
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Cephalopoda
- Ammonitida
- Holcodiscidae
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Jeanthieuloyites sp.
Cooper 1981
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7 specimens | ||||||
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Cephalopoda
- Ammonitida
- Olcostephanidae
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Olcostephanus densicostatus
(Wegner 1909)
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1 specimen | ||||||
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Cephalopoda
- Ammonitida
- Haploceratidae
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Neolissoceras grasianum
(d'Orbigny 1841)
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5 specimens | ||||||
| recombined as Haploceras grasianum | |||||||
| see common names | |||||||
Geography
| Country: | Hungary |
| Coordinates: | 47.8° North, 18.5° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 30.1° North, 25.9° East |
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark |
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Early/Lower Cretaceous |
| Stage: | Valanginian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 1 |
| Key time interval: | Late/Upper Valanginian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 139.80000 - 132.60000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Bersek Marl | ||||
| Local section: | Bersek Quarry | Local bed: | 247 | ||
| Local order: | top to bottom | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the Bersek Marl Formation, which is unconformably overlain by the Labatlan Sandstone Fm. AGE: Late Valanginian. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From bed 247, in lower part of formation. | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | lithified marl |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Marl? LITHIFICATION: Lithified, on the basis of figured specimens and taphonomic description. | |
| Environment: | marine indet. |
| Geology comments: ENVIRONMENT: Not discussed in text. | |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body,cast,mold/impression |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Spatial orientation: | preferred |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | medium |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection excludes: | some macrofossils,ichnofossils | ||
| Collection methods: | bulk,survey of museum collection | ||
| Reason for describing collection: | biostratigraphic analysis | ||
| Collectors: | Fulop | Collection dates: | 1963-1964 |
| Collection method comments: COLLECTOR: Fülöp, 1963-1964. REPOSITORY: Hungarian Geological Survey. | |||
| Taxonomic list comments:COVERAGE: Exhaustive for Ammonoidea; belemnites, bivalves, brachiopods, solitary corals and trace fossils also present, but not listed. NOMENCLATURE: Not an authoritative publication, but identified by taxonomic authorities on Ammonoidea, to species resolution. | |||
Metadata
| Database number: | 86377 | ||
| Authorizer: | A. Hendy | Enterer: | A. Hendy |
| Modifier: | A. Hendy | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2009-02-01 03:19:18 | Last modified: | 2013-11-25 13:37:23 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2009-02-01 03:19:18 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 29102. | I. Fözy and N. M. M. Janssen. 2009. Integrated Lower Cretaceous biostratigraphy of the Bersek Quarry, Gerecse Mountains, Transdanubian Range. Hungary. Cretaceous Research 30:78-92 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy] |
Secondary references:
| 23858 | A. J. W. Hendy. 2007. Circum-Pacific Late Cenozoic Paleobiogeography: Consideration of latitudinal gradients, provincialism and beta diversity (Unpublished taxonomic opinions). [A. Hendy/A. Hendy/P. Wagner] |