Letca and Băbeni–Cuciulat, Facies IV: coral boundstones (Eocene of Romania)

Also known as Reef 4338

Where: Romania (47.3° N, 23.4° E: paleocoordinates 42.9° N, 20.8° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Cozla Formation, Priabonian (38.0 - 33.9 Ma)

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; reef rocks

• coral boundstones

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: J. J. Krol, B. Kolodziej, and I. I. Bucur. 2018. Coral reefs near the Eocene–Oligocene boundary in the northern Transylvanian Basin, Romania: Composition and paleoenvironmental interpretation. Geological Journal 53:565-579 [W. Kiessling/M. Krause]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 220526: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Mihaela Krause on 05.06.2021

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Anthozoa
 Helioporacea -
Polytremacis sp.
 Scleractinia - Acroporidae
Bacarella sp., Acropora "sp. 1", Acropora "sp. 2"
Bacarella sp. Turnsek and Kosir 2004 stony coral
Acropora "sp. 1" Oken 1815 stony coral
Acropora "sp. 2" Oken 1815 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Actinacididae
Actinacis rollei
Actinacis rollei Reuss 1864 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Poritidae
Goniopora sp.
Goniopora sp. Blainville 1830 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Agariciidae
Leptoseris sp.
Leptoseris sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1849 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Merulinidae
Antiguastrea lucasiana
Antiguastrea lucasiana Defrance 1826 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Euphylliidae
Euphyllia crassiramosa
Euphyllia crassiramosa Felix 1885 stony coral
Florideophyceae
 Hapalidiales - Corallinophycidae
Mesophyllum sp., Lithothamnion sp.
Mesophyllum sp. Lemoine 1930
Lithothamnion sp. Heydrich 1897
 Corallinales - Corallinophycidae
Polystrata alba, Lithoporella melobesioides
Polystrata alba Pfender 1936
 Sporolithales - Corallinophycidae
Sporolithon sp.
Sporolithon sp. Rothpletz 1891