Where: Romania (47.5° N, 25.6° E: paleocoordinates 25.5° N, 30.4° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Early/Lower Aptian (121.4 - 122.5 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; lithified marl
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: E. Morycowa. 1971. Hexacorallia et Octocorallia du Cretace Inferieur de Rarau (Carpathes Orientales Roumaines) [Early Cretaceous hexacorals and octocorals from Rarau (Eastern Carpathians, Romania)]. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 16(1-2):3-149 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 69201: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 21.02.2007
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa | |
Dimorphocoenia izvoralbensis n. sp., Montlivaltia multiformis, Clausastrea alloiteaui, Clausastrea julistephanovi
Dimorphocoenia izvoralbensis n. sp. Morycowa 1971 stony coral
Montlivaltia multiformis Toula 1889 stony coral
Clausastrea julistephanovi Zlatarski 1967 stony coral | |
"Hydnophora incerta n. sp." = Eohydnophora incerta, Pseudomyriophyllia carpathica n. gen. n. sp., Myriophyllia sp., Eugyra aff. digitata, Felixigyra patruliusi, Eugyra lanckoronensis
"Hydnophora incerta n. sp." = Eohydnophora incerta Morycowa 1971 stony coral
Pseudomyriophyllia carpathica n. gen. n. sp. Morycowa 1971 stony coral
Myriophyllia sp. d'Orbigny 1849 stony coral
Eugyra aff. digitata Koby 1896 stony coral
Eugyra lanckoronensis Morycowa 1964 stony coral | |
Polyphylloseris convexa d'Orbigny 1850 stony coral | |
Trochoidomeandra problematica n. gen. n. sp.
Trochoidomeandra problematica n. gen. n. sp. Morycowa 1971 stony coral | |
? Thamnasteria pseudopaliformis n. sp., "Mesomorpha ornata n. sp." = Ahrdorffia ornata
? Thamnasteria pseudopaliformis n. sp. Morycowa 1971 stony coral
"Mesomorpha ornata n. sp." = Ahrdorffia ornata Morycowa 1971 stony coral | |
Hydnophoromeandraraea volzi n. gen. n. sp.
Hydnophoromeandraraea volzi n. gen. n. sp. Morycowa 1971 stony coral | |
Ellipsocoenia lorioli, Fungiastraea (Fungiastraeopsis) subpolygonalis n. sp., ? Thamnoseris carpathica n. sp.
Ellipsocoenia lorioli Koby 1896 stony coral
Fungiastraea (Fungiastraeopsis) subpolygonalis n. sp. Morycowa 1971 stony coral listed as subpoligonalis
? Thamnoseris carpathica n. sp. Morycowa 1971 stony coral | |
"Amphiastraea rarauensis n. sp." = Amphiaulastrea rarauensis
"Amphiastraea rarauensis n. sp." = Amphiaulastrea rarauensis Morycowa 1971 stony coral | |
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Heterocoenia sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral
"Heterocoenia minima n. sp." = Heterocoenia minuta Morycowa 1971 stony coral
Latusastrea exiguis Fromentel 1862 stony coral | |
"Fungiastraea aff. exigua" = Palaeosiderofungia exigua
"Fungiastraea aff. exigua" = Palaeosiderofungia exigua Reuss 1854 stony coral | |
Meandrophyllia lotharinga Michelin 1843 stony coral | |
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"Pentacoenia pulchella" = Cyathophora pulchella, Holocystis bukowinensis, "Cyathophora pygmaea" = Cryptocoenia fontserei
"Pentacoenia pulchella" = Cyathophora pulchella d'Orbigny 1850 stony coral
Holocystis bukowinensis Volz 1903 stony coral
"Cyathophora pygmaea" = Cryptocoenia fontserei Bataller 1947 stony coral | |
Stylina sp., "Stylina regularis" = Stylina digitiformis
Stylina sp. Lamarck 1816 stony coral
"Stylina regularis" = Stylina digitiformis Achiardi 1880 stony coral | |
"Schizosmilia aff. corallina" = Cladophyllia corallina
"Schizosmilia aff. corallina" = Cladophyllia corallina Koby 1888 stony coral | |
Polytremacis tenera Trauth 1911 | |
Pseudopolytremacis spinoseptata n. gen. n. sp.
Pseudopolytremacis spinoseptata n. gen. n. sp. Morycowa 1971 | |
Actinastraea pseudominima | |
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