Where: Romania (45.1° N, 21.9° E)
• Paleocoordinates: 24.1° N, 34.0° E (Wright 2013)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Valea Tereziei Member (Steierdorf Formation), Hettangian to Hettangian (201.4 - 192.9 Ma)
• Within the area of Anina, the Steierdorf Fm belongs to the so-called Anina facies, that represents the central facies of this formation in the Resita Basin. it includes 3 members, in the following succession: Budinic Mb, basal and coarse, the Valea Tereziei Mb, fine and median an the Uteris Mb, represented by black bituminous shales.
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: fluvial-lacustrine; black sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: mold/impression, adpression, original carbon
Collection methods: chemical, mechanical,
• 13 samples studies
Primary reference: M. E. Popa. 2000. Early Jurassic land flora of the Getic Nappe. [C. Looy/W. Puijk/W. Puijk]more details
Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis
PaleoDB collection 31135: authorized by Cindy Looy, entered by Wilma Puijk on 15.04.2003
Creative Commons license: CC0 (CC0)
Taxonomic list
Storgaardia | |
? Storgaardia sp. Harris 1935 | |
Cycadopsida | |
Ptilophyllum sp. Morris 1840 | |
Equisetopsida | |
? Cupressinocladus sp. Seward 1919 |