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
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Gastropoda | |
Turbo (Ninella) asmodei snail | |
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"Turritella (Haustator) granulosa" = Haustator granulosa
"Turritella (Haustator) granulosa" = Haustator granulosa Deshayes 1832 turret shell | |
Terebellum (Terebellum) fusiforme Lamarck 1802 true conch | |
"Galeodes pypuloides" = Melongena
"Galeodes pypuloides" = Melongena snail | |
Bivalvia | |
Barbatia (Barbatia) appendiculata Sowerby 1820 clam | |
"Chlamys (Chlamys) biarritzensis" = Chlamys biarritzensis
"Chlamys (Chlamys) biarritzensis" = Chlamys biarritzensis d'Archiac 1846 scallop | |
Chama monstrosa jewel box |