Where: Romania (46.9° N, 23.3° E: paleocoordinates 42.4° N, 20.7° 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"
• bed-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 102024: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 06.01.2011
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
Spondylus radula Lamarck 1806 scallop | |
"Miocardiopsis ovalinus" = Glossus (Miocardiopsis), Miocardiopsis korobkovi n. sp.
"Miocardiopsis ovalinus" = Glossus (Miocardiopsis) clam
Miocardiopsis korobkovi n. sp. Meszaros 1957 clam | |
Cardium "sp. 2" Linnaeus 1758 cockle | |
Gastropoda | |
"Rostellaria (Sulcogladius) goniophora" = Lambis goniophora
"Rostellaria (Sulcogladius) goniophora" = Lambis goniophora Bellardi 1852 conch |