Lona (Eocene of Romania)

Where: Romania (46.7° N, 23.4° E: paleocoordinates 41.2° N, 20.4° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Capusu Formation, Bartonian (41.3 - 38.0 Ma)

• Rusu 2004: The Gryphaea (=Sokolowia) eszterhazyi Beds are included in the Capusu Formation of Bartonian age.

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: open shallow subtidal; lithified, sandy marl and lithified limestone

• inner shelf of an open sea, with a tidal regime
• sandy marls with bioclastic limestone and marlstone intercalations

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 101814: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 03.01.2011

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Taxonomic list

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Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Anomiidae
Anomia (Anomia) tenuistriata
Anomia (Anomia) tenuistriata Deshayes 1824 jingle
 Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
Gryphaea (Fatina) eszterhazyi
 Ostreida - Pinnidae
Pinna (Pinna) margaritacea
Pinna (Pinna) margaritacea Lamarck 1805 oyster
 Lucinida - Lucinidae
Lucina (Cavilucina) bipartita
 Pholadida - Corbulidae
Corbula (Bicorbula) gallica
Corbula (Bicorbula) gallica Lamarck 1801 clam