Wind Brickyard, Eger (Oligocene of Hungary)

Where: Hungary (47.9° N, 20.4° E: paleocoordinates 45.8° N, 19.0° E)

• coordinate stated in text

When: NP 25 nannofossil zone, Eger Formation, Chattian (28.1 - 23.0 Ma)

• This outcrop represents the stratotype of the Egerian Regional Stage of the Central Paratethys. The sequence exposed belongs to nanoplankton zone NP 25 and the Paragloborotalia opima opima Biozone, corresponding to the Chattian.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: offshore; poorly lithified sandstone

• "Deep littoral-shallow bathyal"
• Poorly lithified sand from "Molluscan clay" unit

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: Repository: Matra Museum of Hungarian Natural History Museum at Gyöngyös, Hungary

Primary reference: M. Hyžný and A. Dávid. 2017. A remarkably well-preserved terrestrial isopod (Peracarida: Isopoda: Armadillidiidae) from the upper Oligocene of Hungary, with remarks on the oniscidean taphonomy. Palaeontologia Electronica 20(1.5A):1-11 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 184477: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 05.03.2017, edited by Mark Uhen

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

unclassified
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Malacostraca
 Isopoda - Armadillidiidae
Armadillidium sp. Brandt 1833 isopod
MM 2015.513.1
Actinopteri
 Gadiformes - Merlucciidae
Merluccius sp. Rafinesque 1810
 Gadiformes - Lotidae
Phycis sp. Walbaum 1792
 Gadiformes - Bregmacerotidae
Bregmaceros sp. Thompson 1840
 Gadiformes - Ranicipitidae
 Ophidiiformes - Carapidae
Echiodon sp. Thompson 1837
 Ophidiiformes - Ophidiidae
Neobythitinae indet. Radcliffe 1913
 Kurtiformes - Apogonidae
aff. Apogon sp. Lacépède 1802 Cardinalfish
Apogon moyesi Steurbaut 1982 Cardinalfish
 Gobiiformes - Gobiidae
aff. Lesueurigobius sp. Whitley 1950 goby
 Acanthomorphata - Sillaginidae
 Acanthuriformes - Sciaenidae
Sciaena sp. Linnaeus 1758
 Acanthomorphata - Leiognathidae
Gazza orthensis Steurbaut 1982
 Spariformes - Sparidae
Sparidae indet. Cuvier 1817
 Spariformes - Centracanthidae
Spicara sp. Rafinesque 1810
 Perciformes - Cepolidae
Cepola aff. rubescens Linnaeus 1764 perch-like fish
 Perciformes - Sparidae
Dentex aff. gregarius Koken 1891 perch-like fish
Pagellus sp. Cuvier and Valenciennes 1830 perch-like fish
 Pleuronectiformes - Citharidae
Citharus sp. Reinhardt 1838 flatfish
 Myctophiformes - Myctophidae
Diaphus sp. Eigenmann and Eigenmann 1890 lanternfish
 Clupeiformes - Clupeoidei
Clupeidarum sp. Cuvier 1817 herring
 Anguilliformes - Congridae
 Albuliformes - Albulidae
Pterothrissus umbonatus Koken 1884 bonefish