Where: Romania (46.8° N, 23.6° E: paleocoordinates 42.3° N, 20.9° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Priabonian (38.0 - 33.9 Ma)
• "Nummulites fabianii beds"
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; lithified limestone and 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 102031: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 07.01.2011, edited by Matthew Clapham
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Cephalopoda | |
Nautilidae indet. de Blainville 1825 nautiloid | |
Gastropoda | |
"Delphinula sp." = Angaria, Turbo (Leptothyra) modestus
"Delphinula sp." = Angaria Röding 1798 snail | |
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"Terebellum (Seraphs) sopitum" = Seraphs
"Terebellum (Seraphs) sopitum" = Seraphs snail | |
"Athleta (Volutospina) mutata" = Athleta (Neoathleta) mutatus
"Athleta (Volutospina) mutata" = Athleta (Neoathleta) mutatus Deshayes 1835 volute | |
"Eocypraea (Eocypraea) cf. inflata" = Eocypraea inflata
"Eocypraea (Eocypraea) cf. inflata" = Eocypraea inflata Lamarck 1802 snail | |
"Natica (Euspira) achatensis" = Euspira
"Natica (Euspira) achatensis" = Euspira moon snail | |
"Vermetus (Burtinella) spirulaea" = Burtinella
"Vermetus (Burtinella) spirulaea" = Burtinella worm shell | |
Bivalvia | |
Lima (Lima) rara Deshayes 1858 file clam | |
"Chlamys (Chlamys) biarritzensis" = Chlamys biarritzensis, "Chlamys (Chlamys) solea" = Chlamys solea
"Chlamys (Chlamys) biarritzensis" = Chlamys biarritzensis d'Archiac 1846 scallop and var. thorenti, var. subtripartitus
"Chlamys (Chlamys) solea" = Chlamys solea Deshayes 1824 scallop | |
Cordiopsis incrassata Nyst 1836 venus clam |