Vălenii Șomcutei locality, MF4‑rhodolith rudstone (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; rudstone

• densely packed rhodolithic level of approximately 3 m in thickness, showing a gradual transition from coralline algal rudstone.The rhodoliths are dispersed in a bioclastic packstone/grainstone matrix

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 198873: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Mihaela Krause on 16.01.2019

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Bivalvia
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Bivalvia indet.
Bivalvia indet. Linnaeus 1758 clam
Bryozoa
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Bryozoa indet.
Bryozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1831
Sedentaria
 Sabellida - Serpulidae
Serpulidae indet.
Serpulidae indet. Rafinesque 1835
Foraminifera
 Acervulinacea - Homotrematidae
Miniacina sp.
 Rotaliacea - Rotaliidae
Rotaliidae indet.
Rotaliidae indet. Ehrenberg 1839
Globothalamea
 Loftusiida - Acervulinidae
Acervulinidae indet.
Acervulinidae indet. Schultze 1854
Foraminifera
 Lituolida - Lituolidae
Haddonia sp.
Florideophyceae
  - Corallinophycidae
Lithothamnion "sp. 1", Lithothamnion cf. minervae, Mesophyllum alternans, Mesophyllum cf. erubescens, Mesophyllum curtum, Lithophyllum incrustans, "Lithophyllum pustulatum" = Titanoderma pustulatum, "Lithophyllum duplex" = Titanoderma duplex, Spongites fruticulosus, Spongites "sp. 1"
Lithothamnion "sp. 1" Heydrich 1897
Mesophyllum alternans Foslie 1907
Mesophyllum curtum Hrabovsky et al. 2016
Lithophyllum incrustans Philippi 1837
"Lithophyllum pustulatum" = Titanoderma pustulatum Lamouroux 1816
"Lithophyllum duplex" = Titanoderma duplex Pisera and Studencki 1989
Spongites "sp. 1" Kützing 1841
 Peyssonneliales - Rhodymeniophycidae
Peyssonnelia antiqua
Peyssonnelia antiqua Johnson 1964