Echinoidea, Gray limestone, Kalvaria hills, Tata (Cretaceous of Hungary)

Where: Hungary (47.7° N, 18.3° E: paleocoordinates 27.9° N, 25.5° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• hand sample-level geographic resolution

When: Aptian (125.0 - 113.0 Ma)

• Calcaires gris à Crinoïdes

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: coastal; poorly lithified, gray limestone

Primary reference: E. Szörenyi. 1960. Echinides du Crétacé inférieur de la Hongrie. Geologica Hungarica 32:326-367 [L. Villier/L. Villier]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 66026: authorized by Loic Villier, entered by Loic Villier on 27.09.2006

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Taxonomic list

Echinoidea
 Cidaroida - Cidaridae
"Stereocidaris malum" = Temnocidaris (Stereocidaris)
"Stereocidaris malum" = Temnocidaris (Stereocidaris) pencil urchin
 Euechinoidea - Hemicidaridae
 Holectypoida - Discoididae
 Holectypoida - Holectypidae
"Holectypus cf. neocomiensis" = Coenholectypus neocomiensis
"Holectypus cf. neocomiensis" = Coenholectypus neocomiensis Gras 1848 sea urchin
 Irregularia - Disasteridae
Collyropsis globosus n. sp. sea urchin
 Echinoneoida - Echinoneidae
Pyrina spp. Desmoulins sea urchin
 Echinoneoida - Conulidae
Conulus tataensis n. sp. sea urchin
 Calycina -
 Calycina - Phymosomatidae
Phymosoma loryi sea urchin
 Salenioida - Saleniidae