Where: Romania (46.8° N, 23.4° E: paleocoordinates 43.6° N, 21.2° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Mera Formation, Rupelian (33.9 - 28.1 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; lithified marl
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 102028: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 07.01.2011
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
Lucina sp. Bruguière 1797 clam | |
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"Limopsis (Pectunculina) granulata" = Limopsis
"Limopsis (Pectunculina) granulata" = Limopsis clam | |
Gastropoda | |
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"Cerithium (Thericium) globulosum" = Thericium
"Cerithium (Thericium) globulosum" = Thericium snail |