Bahna, marls: Badenian, Romania

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Faviidae
Favia magnifica Reuss 1871
6 specimens
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Merulinidae
Tarbellastraea conoidea (Reuss 1871)
7 specimens
Scaphopoda
Dentalium (Entalis) badensis
7 specimens
original and current combination Entalis
Scaphopoda - Dentaliida - Dentaliidae
Dentalium (Dentalium) micheloti
2 specimens
Bivalvia - Pholadida - Corbulidae
Corbula (Varicorbula) gibba (Oliva 1792)
4 specimens
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Venus (Ventricoloidea) multilamella (Lamarck 1818)
3 specimens
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Chamidae
Chama (Psilopus) griphoides
1 specimen
Bivalvia - Arcida - Glycymerididae
Glycymeris (Glycymeris) deshayesi
1 specimen
Bivalvia - Arcida - Arcidae
Anadara (Anadara) diluvi
1 specimen
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Ringiculidae
Ringicula (Ringicula) auriculata Morlet 1954
5 specimens
synonym of Ringicula minor
var. buccinea
Gastropoda - Turbinidae
Astraea carinata
3 specimens
sup. spe. labiosa
Gastropoda - Ranellidae
Charonia (Sassia) tarbelliana
1 specimen
spelled with current rank as Sassia
Charonia (Sassia) apenninica (Sassi 1827)
1 specimen
recombined as Sassia apenninica
Gastropoda - Strombidae
Strombus coronatus Defrance 1827
1 specimen
recombined as Persististrombus coronatus
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Ancillariidae
Ancilla (Baryspira) glandiformis (Lamarck 1810)
3 specimens
recombined as Amalda glandiformis
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Costellariidae
Vexilum (Uromitra) cupresianum
4 specimens
Mitra (Vexilum) plicatula Brocchi 1814
3 specimens
recombined as Vexillum (Uromitra) plicatulum
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Mitridae
Mitra (Tiara) supstriatula
1 specimen
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Buccinidae
Nassa (Tritia) restitutiana
1 specimen
Neptunea sp. Röding 1798
1 specimen
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Nassariidae
Fusus crispoides
1 specimen
Fusus sp. Bruguière 1789
2 specimens
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Columbellidae
Columbella (Mitrella) nassoides
10 specimens
original and current combination Mitrella
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae
Latirus (Dolicholatirus) bilineatus
6 specimens
original and current combination Dolicholatirus
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Turridae
Pleurotoma coronata
26 specimens
synonym of Turris
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Drilliidae
Pleurotoma (Drillia) allioni
1 specimen
original and current combination Drillia
Pleurotoma (Drillia) spinescens Bellardi 1947
1 specimen
recombined as Spirotropis spinescens
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Conidae
Conus (Conolithus) dujardini Deshayes 1845
6 specimens
Conus (Cheliconus) fuscocingulatus
3 specimens
spelled with current rank as Conus (Chelyoconus)
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Terebridae
Terebra (Subula) fuscata
1 specimen
synonym of Terebra
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae
Murex (Muricanthus) pomiformis (Eichwald 1853)
1 specimen
recombined as Hexaplex (Phyllonotus) pomiformis
Murex (Pteronotus) swainsoni Michelotti 1841
1 specimen
recombined as Pterynotus swainsoni
Muricopsis cristata
1 specimen
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Volutidae
Lyria taurinia
1 specimen
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Cancellariidae
Cancellaria (Trigonostoma) spinifera
1 specimen
original and current combination Trigonostoma
Cancellaria lyrata
1 specimen
Gastropoda - Naticidae
Natica (Euspira) helicina Brocchi 1814
1 specimen
recombined as Euspira helicina
Natica milleounctata
1 specimen
Gastropoda - Turritellidae
Turritella (Archimediella) pulchra
2 specimens
original and current combination Archimediella
Turritella subangulata
23 specimens
Gastropoda - Potamididae
Potamides (Terebralia) bidentata (Defrance 1832)
1 specimen
Gastropoda - Cycloneritida - Neritopsidae
Nerita radula Linnaeus 1758
1 specimen
recombined as Neritopsis radula
see common names

Geography
Country:Romania
Coordinates: 44.8° North, 22.5° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:44.2° North, 22.0° East
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Neogene Epoch:Miocene
Stage:Serravallian 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 5
Key time interval:Badenian
Age range of interval:13.82000 - 12.80000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Curchia
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: marl-limy level of the lower sandy horizon
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified marl
Lithology description: dark grey-violet bluish colour, schistose, very compact, sandy and micaceous
Environment:deep subtidal shelf
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Preservation of anatomical detail:good
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:field collection
Reason for describing collection:paleoecologic analysis
Metadata
Database number:86875
Authorizer:W. Kiessling Enterer:S. Jankowski, M. Nimke
Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2009-02-23 07:32:40 Last modified:2009-02-23 09:32:40
Access level:authorizer only Released:2010-01-08 10:39:56
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

29239. R. Tita. 2007. Commets on the Badenian Fauna (Middle Miocene) from Bahna (Southern Carpathians, Romania). Travaux du Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle Grigore Antipa 50:543-554 [W. Kiessling/S. Jankowski/P. Wagner]