Tertiary cephalopods from Hungary
Informations
- Funding country
Hungary- Acronym
- -
- URL
- -
- Start date
- 2/1/2003
- End date
- 12/31/2006
- Budget
- 13,185 EUR
Fundings
| Name | Role | Start | End | Amount |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Thematic Programme | Grant | 2/1/2003 | 12/31/2006 | 13,185 EUR |
Abstract
Within the rich Tertiary invertabrate faunas the group of Cephalopods is remained neglected until now. Apart from some classical, nearly 100 year old publications, there are no detailed studies on these fossils. The aim of the present research is to make up for this lack of knowledge. The relatively better-known members of the groups of Tertiary cephalopods are the Nautiloids, but even about these the literature is scattered and rather poor, not only in Hungary, but also in Europe. Even poorer is the literature on the other cephalopods, i.e. on Sepiids and Teuthoids. Thus an important element of this research is the collecting and evaluation of the existing relevant literature of this topic. Additionally, it is important to collect all specimens of Tertiary cephalopds from the Hungarian collections and museums. A revisiting and possible collecting from the old and possibly new localities is similarly important. The final goal is to describe systematically and evaluate paleogeographically and paleoecologically the whole known material.