Topalu, Veriga channel (Waypoint 133) (Jurassic to of Romania)

Where: Romania (44.6° N, 28.0° E: paleocoordinates 37.2° N, 34.7° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Late/Upper Oxfordian to Late/Upper Oxfordian (161.2 - 150.8 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; limestone

• Topalu Member is composed of four levels of coral limestones, Jurassic coral faunas

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: Repository: Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde Stuttgart

Primary reference: C. E. Schweitzer, L. Lazăr, R. M. Feldman, M. Stoica, and O. Franṭescu. 2017. Decapoda (Anomura; Brachyura) from the Late Jurassic of Dobrogea, Romania. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie - Abhandlungen 286:207-228 [M. Clapham/R. Valdez/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 228800: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Rosa Valdez on 07.01.2023

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Malacostraca
 Decapoda - Konidromitidae
Concavilateris barbulescuae
Concavilateris barbulescuae Franţescu 2011 crab
 Decapoda - Longodromitidae
Longodromites akainokkos n. sp.
Longodromites akainokkos n. sp. Schweitzer et al. 2017 crab
 Decapoda - Goniodromitidae
Goniodromites narinosus
Goniodromites narinosus Franţescu 2011 crab
 Decapoda - Galatheidae
Gastrosacus eminens
Gastrosacus eminens Blaschke 1911 decapod