Ritzing (Oligocene to of Romania)

Where: Romania (47.6° N, 16.5° E: paleocoordinates 46.6° N, 15.8° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Chattian to Chattian (28.1 - 11.6 Ma)

• Middle Miocene

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; lithified sandstone

• shallow marine
• Sandy facies

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Primary reference: M. Harzhauser and G. Kronenberg . 2013. The Neogene strombid gastropod Persististrombus in the Paratethys Sea. 58 (4):785-802 [W. Kiessling/A. EL Manharawy/A. EL Manharawy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 206445: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Ahmed EL Manharawy on 15.11.2019

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Gastropoda
 Sorbeoconcha - Strombidae
Persististrombus coronatus Defrance 1827 true conch