Rădaia (Eocene of Romania)

Also known as Radaia; Nadășului Valley

Where: Cluj, Romania (46.8° N, 23.5° E: paleocoordinates 42.4° N, 20.8° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Valea Nadăşului Formation, Priabonian (38.0 - 33.9 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: V. A. Codrea and M. A. Venczel. 2020. The fossil record of Palaeogene crocodilians in Romania: preliminary data. Nymphaea, Folia Naturae Bihariae 46-47:67-82 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 221119: authorized by Philip Mannion, entered by Philip Mannion on 09.07.2021

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Taxonomic list

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Mammalia
 Perissodactyla - Brontotheriidae
Brachydiastematherium transilvanicum n. sp.
 Perissodactyla - Hyracodontidae
Prohyracodon orientale n. sp.
Prohyracodon orientale n. sp. Koch 1897 odd-toed ungulate
Reptilia
 Crocodylia -
Crocodylia indet.
Crocodylia indet. Owen 1842 crocodilian
including teeth
 Testudines - Trionychidae
Trionyx sp.
Trionyx sp. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire 1809 softshell turtle