Cluj (Oligocene of Romania)

Where: Romania (46.8° N, 23.6° E: paleocoordinates 43.6° N, 21.4° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Mera Formation, Rupelian (33.9 - 28.1 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; lithified marl

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: N. Meszaros. 1957. Fauna de moluste a depozitelor Paleogene din nord-vestul Transilvaniei [Molluscan fauna from Paleogene deposits from NW Transilvania]. Biblioteca de Geologie si Paleontologie 1:1-174 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 101975: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 06.01.2011

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Taxonomic list

unclassified
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Gastropoda
 Trochoidea - Turbinidae
 Cerithioidea - Diastomatidae
Diastoma costellatum Lamarck 1804 snail
var. martini
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
"Turritella (Haustator) granulosa" = Haustator granulosa
"Turritella (Haustator) granulosa" = Haustator granulosa Deshayes 1832 turret shell
 Sorbeoconcha - Strombidae
Terebellum (Terebellum) fusiforme Lamarck 1802 true conch
 Neogastropoda - Melongenidae
"Galeodes pypuloides" = Melongena
"Galeodes pypuloides" = Melongena snail
Bivalvia
 Arcida - Arcidae
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
"Chlamys (Chlamys) biarritzensis" = Chlamys biarritzensis
"Chlamys (Chlamys) biarritzensis" = Chlamys biarritzensis d'Archiac 1846 scallop
 Cardiida - Chamidae
Chama monstrosa jewel box