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Templon-hegy, Villany: Late/Upper Bathonian, Hungary

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Zeilleriidae
Aulacothyris cf. pala
1 specimen
Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Loboidothyrididae
Cererithyris intermedia
1 specimen
Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Lissajousithyrididae
Dorsoplicathyris dorsoplicata
2 specimens
? Dorsoplicathyris sp.
1 specimen
Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Acanthothirididae
Acanthorhynchia cf. panacanthina
1 specimen
Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Cyclothyrididae
Lacunaerhynchia palma
1 specimen
see common names
Geography
Country:Hungary
Coordinates: 45.9° North, 18.5° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:28.5° North, 25.7° East
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Jurassic Epoch:Middle Jurassic
Stage:Bathonian 10 m.y. bin:Jurassic 4
Key time interval:Late/Upper Bathonian
Age range of interval:167.7 - 164.7 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Villany Member:Altaro
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: Upper Bathonian Retrocostatum and Discus Zones; lowermost part of the Villany Formation, informally called "Altaro Member"
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified sandy grainstone
Lithology description: 8-10 cm thick lense of sandy calcarenite with a rich ammonoid and bivalve fauna
Environment:deep subtidal indet.
Taphonomy
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Preservation of anatomical detail:medium
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Database number:92056
Authorizer:W. Kiessling Enterer:U. Merkel
Modifier:U. Merkel Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2009-10-28 05:34:55 Last modified:2009-10-28 07:41:33
Access level:the public Released:2009-10-28 05:34:55
Reference information
Primary reference:
30977 A. Vörös. 2004. Bathonian brachiopods from Villany (south Hungary). Fragmenta Palaeontologica Hungarica 22:1-8 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]