Vălenii Șomcutei locality, MF6‑coralline algal debris grainstone (Miocene of Romania)

Where: Romania (47.5° N, 23.5° E: paleocoordinates 46.9° N, 23.1° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Badenian (13.7 - 12.7 Ma)

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; grainstone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: R. Chelaru, E. Săsăran, T. Tămaș, R. Bălc, I. I. Bucur and G. Pleș. 2019. Middle Miocene carbonate facies with rhodoliths from the NW Transylvanian Basin (Vălenii Șomcutei Cave, Romania). Facies 65(4) [W. Kiessling/M. Krause]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 198869: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Mihaela Krause on 16.01.2019

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Taxonomic list

Florideophyceae
  - Corallinophycidae
Spongites sp. Kützing 1841
"Lithophyllum pustulatum" = Titanoderma pustulatum Lamouroux 1816
Mesophyllum sp. Lemoine 1930
Lithothamnion "sp. 1" Heydrich 1897
Foraminifera
 Rotaliacea - Rotaliidae
Rotaliidae indet. Ehrenberg 1839
 Asterigerinacea - Amphisteginidae
Amphistegina sp. d'Orbigny 1826
Tubothalamea
 Miliolida - Alveolinidae