Where: Romania (46.9° N, 23.1° E: paleocoordinates 42.5° N, 20.5° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Priabonian (38.0 - 33.9 Ma)
• "Orizontul calcarelor grosiere superioare" below the "Nummulites fabianii beds"
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; 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 101973: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 06.01.2011
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
"Chlamys (Chlamys) solea" = Chlamys solea
"Chlamys (Chlamys) solea" = Chlamys solea Deshayes 1824 scallop | |
Chama (Chama) subgigas jewel box
Chama (Chama) calcarata Lamarck 1806 jewel box | |
Gastropoda | |
"Conus (Leptoconus) diversiformis" = Conus diversiformis
"Conus (Leptoconus) diversiformis" = Conus diversiformis Deshayes 1824 cone shell |