Jibou, Gryphaea eszterhazyi beds (Eocene of Romania)

Where: Romania (47.3° N, 23.3° E: paleocoordinates 41.8° N, 20.3° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Bartonian (41.3 - 38.0 Ma)

• Gryphaea eszterhazyi beds

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; lithified marl and lithified limestone

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 101821: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 04.01.2011

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Taxonomic list

Gastropoda
 Trochoidea - Turbinidae
 Tectibranchia - Akeridae
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
"Turritella (Haustator) oppenheimi" = Haustator
"Turritella (Haustator) oppenheimi" = Haustator turret shell
 Neogastropoda - Melongenidae
"Galeodes (Pugilina) subcarinata" = Melongena
"Galeodes (Pugilina) subcarinata" = Melongena snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Strombidae
Rimella fissurella Linnaeus 1767 true conch
Bivalvia
 Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
 Cardiida - Chamidae
"Chama (Chama) fimbriata" = Chama fimbriata
"Chama (Chama) fimbriata" = Chama fimbriata Defrance 1817 jewel box
 Cardiida - Veneridae
 Carditida - Crassatellidae