Ciofronca (Herbich collection) (Jurassic of Romania)

Where: Romania (46.4° N, 26.1° E: paleocoordinates 25.9° N, 30.2° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Kimmeridgian (157.3 - 152.1 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lithified, nodular, red limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: Repository: "Babeş Bolyai" University of Cluj Napoca

Primary reference: D. Grigore. 2009. Aulacostefanids species (Sutneria genus) from "Acanthicum Beds" of Ghilcoş Massif (the Eastern Carpathians - Romania). Oltenia - Studii şi Comunicări Ştiinţele Naturii 25:366-374 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 198389: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 15.12.2018

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• Material described by Herbich or Hauer
Cephalopoda
 Ammonitida - Oppeliidae
Streblites tenuilobatus4 Oppel 1857 ammonite
 Ammonitida - Perisphinctidae
"Ammonites herbichi n. sp." = Presimoceras herbichi1, "Simoceras teres" = Presimoceras teres1, "Simoceras benianum" = Presimoceras benianum1, "Perisphinctes hetaerus" = Nebrodites hetaerus2
"Ammonites herbichi n. sp." = Presimoceras herbichi1 Hauer 1866 ammonite
"Simoceras teres" = Presimoceras teres1 Neumayr 1871 ammonite
"Simoceras benianum" = Presimoceras benianum1 Catullo 1853 ammonite
"Perisphinctes hetaerus" = Nebrodites hetaerus2 Herbich 1878 ammonite
 Ammonitida - Aspidoceratidae
"Perisphinctes eumelus" = Sutneria (Enosphinctes) eumela, "Perisphinctes platynotus" = Sutneria (Sutneria) platynota
"Perisphinctes eumelus" = Sutneria (Enosphinctes) eumela d'Orbigny 1850 ammonite
"Perisphinctes platynotus" = Sutneria (Sutneria) platynota Reinecke 1818 ammonite
 Phylloceratida - Phylloceratidae
Phylloceras saxonicum3 Neumayr 1871 ammonite
Phylloceras isotypum3 Benecke 1866 ammonite
"Phylloceras polyolcum" = Holcophylloceras polyolcum3 Benecke 1865 ammonite