Where: Romania (45.1° N, 28.8° E: paleocoordinates 17.4° N, 33.2° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Marelb Formation, Aegean (247.2 - 242.0 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lithified, bioturbated, nodular, gray, red, cherty/siliceous limestone

Size classes: mesofossils, microfossils

Preservation: original silica

Collected in 2012

Collection methods: chemical, acetic,

• Repository: The type specimens are stored in the collections of Pierre and Marie Curie University, Paris, France, under numbers P6Mxx. Duplicate specimens are stored in the collections of the Geological Museum of Romania.

Primary reference: O.-G. Sebe, S. Crasquin, and E. Grădinaru. 2013. Early and middle Anisian (Triassic) deep-water ostracods (Crustacea) from North Dobrogea (Romania). Revue de Paléobiologie, Genève 32:509-529 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 154986: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 26.03.2014

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