Colonia Ceha Quarry tracks, Anina (Jurassic to of Romania)

Where: Romania (45.1° N, 21.8° E: paleocoordinates 25.7° N, 23.5° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Valea Tereziei Member (Steierdorf Formation), Middle Hettangian to Middle Hettangian (201.3 - 196.5 Ma)

• tracks from just above pyroclastic level at bottom of member

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: fluvial-lacustrine; bioturbated, fine-grained sandstone and coal

• fine-grained sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression, trace

Collection methods: surface (in situ), peel or thin section,

Primary reference: G. Pienkowski, M. E. Popa, and A. Kedzior. 2009. Early Jurassic sauropod footprints of the Southern Carpathians, Romania: palaeobiological and palaeogeographical significance. Geological Quarterly 53(4):461-470 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 143604: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 25.04.2013

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Saurischia - Parabrontopodidae
Parabrontopodus sp. Lockley et al. 1995 sauropod
several tracks and trackways, incl. LPB III ICH 76, 77