Where: Romania (45.1° N, 21.9° E: paleocoordinates 25.2° N, 23.8° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Valea Tereziei Member (Steierdorf Formation), Hettangian to Hettangian (201.3 - 190.8 Ma)
• Within the area of Anina, the Steierdorf Fm belongs to the so-called Anina facies, that represents the central facies of this formation in the Resita Basin. it includes 3 members, in the following succession: Budinic Mb, basal and coarse, the Valea Tereziei Mb, fine and median an the Uteris Mb, represented by black bituminous shales.
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: fluvial-lacustrine; black sandstone
•including black, compact sandstones. The roof layer (the layer directly
•overlaying the seam) of coal seam 7 is very rich in fossil plants.
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: mold/impression, adpression, original carbon
Collection methods: quarrying, chemical, mechanical,
• 12 samples were taken
Primary reference: M. E. Popa. 2000. Early Jurassic land flora of the Getic Nappe. [C. Looy/W. Puijk/W. Puijk]more details
Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis
PaleoDB collection 31100: authorized by Cindy Looy, entered by Wilma Puijk on 11.04.2003
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
| Ginkgoopsida | |
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Ginkgo sp. Linnaeus 1771 ginkgo | |