Somes Odorhei (Cretaceous of Romania)

Also known as Someş-Odorhei

Where: Salaj, Romania (47.3° N, 23.3° E: paleocoordinates 34.4° N, 21.7° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Jibou Formation, Late/Upper Maastrichtian (70.6 - 66.0 Ma)

• basal third of formation

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: fluvial; red, silty claystone and medium-grained sandstone

• "red silty clays, coarse to medium quartz arenites and micro-conglomerates"

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by Nopcsa, Codrea, Godefroit in 1905

Primary reference: V. Codrea, M. Vremir, C. Jipa, P. Godefroit, Z. Csiki, T. Smith, and C. Farcas. 2010. More than just Nopcsa's Transylvanian dinosaurs: A look outside the Hateg Basin. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 293:391-405 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 115075: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 27.08.2011, edited by Philip Mannion

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Testudines -
Testudines indet. Batsch 1788 turtle
 Loricata -
 Ornithischia - Rhabdodontidae
"Mochlodon suessi" = Rhabdodon suessi, Zalmoxes shqiperorum
"Mochlodon suessi" = Rhabdodon suessi Bunzel 1871 rhabdodontid
Nopcsa 1905 ID; MAFI Ob.1954
Zalmoxes shqiperorum Weishampel et al. 2003 rhabdodontid