Cheia, Dobrogea Gorges (Waypoint 137) (Jurassic of Romania)

Where: Romania (44.5° N, 28.4° E: paleocoordinates 37.2° N, 35.1° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Late/Upper Oxfordian (161.2 - 155.7 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; limestone

• This member is represented mainly by microbialite-sponge limestones forming buildups

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 228802: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Rosa Valdez on 07.01.2023

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Malacostraca
 Decapoda - Goniodromitidae
Goniodromites narinosus Franţescu 2011 crab