Where: Romania (46.8° N, 23.5° E: paleocoordinates 43.6° N, 21.2° 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 101971: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 06.01.2011
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda | |
Potamides (Exechstoma) scalaroides horn snail | |
Faunus sp. Montfort 1810 snail | |
"Turritella (Haustator) interposita" = Peyrotia interposita
"Turritella (Haustator) interposita" = Peyrotia interposita Deshayes 1861 turret shell | |
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"Delphinula sp." = Angaria
"Delphinula sp." = Angaria Röding 1798 snail | |
Bivalvia | |
"Panope (Panope) cf. intermedia" = Panopea intermedia, Panope (Panope) heberti
"Panope (Panope) cf. intermedia" = Panopea intermedia Sowerby 1814 clam | |
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"Miocardiopsis praelongatus" = Glossus (Miocardiopsis)
"Miocardiopsis praelongatus" = Glossus (Miocardiopsis) clam | |
Pitar (Callista) villanovae venus clam | |
Tellina sp. Linnaeus 1758 tellin clam | |
Cardium transilvanicum cockle |