Where: Romania (47.0° N, 22.3° E: paleocoordinates 26.3° N, 27.9° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Varciorog Formation, Early/Lower Aptian (121.4 - 122.5 Ma)
• the upper part of the lower Aptian, or the upper Bedoulian
Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; black, gray packstone
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils, microfossils
Primary reference: D. F. Lazar, I. I. Bucur, I. Cociuba and E. Sasaran. 2012. Sedimentary succession of the Lower Cretaceous deposits from the north-western part of Pădurea Craiului (Apuseni Mountains, Romania). Studia UBB Geologia 57(1):33-51 [W. Kiessling/M. Krause/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 146242: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Mihaela Krause on 18.06.2013
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Cyanophyceae | |
Bacinella irregularis Radoicic 1959 | |
Lithocodium aggregatum | |
Lithocodium aggregatum Elliott 1956 | |
Hormogoneae | |
Rivularia sp. Agardh 1886 | |
Anthozoa | |
Carpathoporella occidentalis Dragastan 1967 gorgonian | |
Echinoidea | |
Echinoidea indet. Leske 1778 sea urchin | |
Bryozoa | |
Bryozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1831 | |
Brachiopoda | |
Brachiopoda indet. Cuvier 1805 | |
Polychaeta | |
Bivalvia | |
Bivalvia indet. Linnaeus 1758 clam | |
Gastropoda | |
Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795 snail | |
Foraminifera | |
Foraminifera indet. foram | |
Nodosariata | |
Lenticulina sp. Lamarck 1804 | |
Foraminifera | |
Dobrogelina sp. Neagu 1979 | |
Nezzazatinella sp. Darmoian 1976 | |
Charentia cuvillieri Neumann 1965 | |
Tubothalamea | |
Quinqueloculina sp. d'Orbigny 1826 | |
Chlorophyceae | |
Triploporella sp. Steinmann 1880 | |
Rhodophyceae | |
Solenopora sp. Dybowski 1877
Marinella lugeoni Pfender 1939 | |
Permocalculus sp. Elliott 1955 | |
Florideophyceae | |
Corallinales indet. Silva and Johansen 1986
Polystrata alba Pfender 1936 | |