Sample 320, Uzum Bair hill (Triassic of Romania)

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, Bithynian (247.2 - 242.0 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

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

• Thinly bedded (0.02-0.10 m), light grayish nodular limestones and platy filamentous limestones, with small-size dark coloured chert nodules alternating with grayish marly shales and greenish-gray tuffaceous ‘Pietra Verde’ layers; rare beds of reddish-whitish limestones with pinkish chert nodules; at the top of the lower half of the unit a distinct bed (0.35 m thick) is made up of light gray massive limestones with whitish spots (burrows?) filled by silica.

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 155004: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 26.03.2014

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Taxonomic list

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Ostracoda
 Myodocopida - Polycopidae
Polycope bourquinae, Polycope baudi
Polycope bourquinae Crasquin-Soleau and Gradinaru 1996 ostracod
Polycope baudi Crasquin-Soleau and Gradinaru 1996 ostracod
 Podocopida - Cytherideidae
Basslerella tota
Basslerella tota Chen and Bao 1986 ostracod
 Podocopida - Bythocytheridae
Triassocythere thierryi, "? Monoceratina gheorghianae" = Monoceratina gheorgianae
Triassocythere thierryi Crasquin-Soleau and Gradinaru 1996 ostracod
"? Monoceratina gheorghianae" = Monoceratina gheorgianae Crasquin-Soleau and Gradinaru 1996 ostracod
 Podocopida - Healdiidae
Healdia (Healdia) felsooersensis, Hungarella "sp. C"
 Podocopida - Beecherellidae
Acanthoscapha bogschi
Acanthoscapha bogschi Kozur 1970 ostracod
 Podocopida - Bairdiidae
Urobairdia fauconnierae, Bairdiacypris "sp. 2", Bairdiacypris "sp. 1", Bairdiacypris "sp. 4", Bairdiacypris anisica, Bairdia "sp. 1", Bairdia "sp. 2", Bairdia "sp. E", Bairdia "sp. C", Bairdia "sp. H", Bairdia "sp. 9", Bairdia "sp. D", Bairdia gaelleae, Bairdia szaszi, Bairdia (Rectobairdia) sandulescui, Ptychobairdia "sp. 2"
Urobairdia fauconnierae Crasquin-Soleau and Gradinaru 1996 ostracod
Bairdiacypris "sp. 2" Bradfield 1935 ostracod
Bairdiacypris "sp. 1" Bradfield 1935 ostracod
Bairdiacypris "sp. 4" Bradfield 1935 ostracod
Bairdiacypris anisica Kozur 1971 ostracod
Bairdia "sp. 1" M'Coy 1844 ostracod
Bairdia "sp. 2" M'Coy 1844 ostracod
Bairdia "sp. E" M'Coy 1844 ostracod
Bairdia "sp. C" M'Coy 1844 ostracod
Bairdia "sp. H" M'Coy 1844 ostracod
Bairdia "sp. 9" M'Coy 1844 ostracod
Bairdia "sp. D" M'Coy 1844 ostracod
Bairdia gaelleae Crasquin 2010 ostracod
Bairdia szaszi Crasquin-Soleau and Gradinaru 1996 ostracod
Bairdia (Rectobairdia) sandulescui Crasquin-Soleau and Gradinaru 1996 ostracod
Ptychobairdia "sp. 2" Kollman 1960 ostracod
 Podocopida - Acratiidae
Acratia goemoeryi
Acratia goemoeryi Kozur 1970 ostracod
 Podocopida - Candonidae
Spinocypris vulgaris
Spinocypris vulgaris Kozur 1971 ostracod