PBDB Collection

Topalu 2, Dobrogea, Romania (Jurassic of Romania)

Also known as Reef 3292

Where: Romania (44.6° N, 28.0° E: paleocoordinates 37.2° N, 34.8° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• 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; lithified reef rocks

• Reefal limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: quarrying, peel or thin section,

• Focus on corals (Roniewicz, 1976)

Primary reference: A. Barbulescu. 1976. Considérations stratigraphiques concernant les formations coralligènes néojurassiques de la Dobrogea centrale (Roumanie). Palaeontologia Polonica 34:3-15 [W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 35199: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Wolfgang Kiessling on 18.11.2003

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Taxonomic list

• Quantitative data only for newly described species

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Globothalamea
Rotaliida - Discorbidae	Discorbis danubiensis Discorbis danubiensis
Calcarea
Calcaronea - Stellispongiidae	Eudea sp., Peronidella sp., "Eusiphonella sp." = Pareudea Eudea sp. Lamouroux 1821 calcareous sponge Peronidella sp. Hinde 1893 calcareous sponge "Eusiphonella sp." = Pareudea Etallon 1859 calcareous sponge
Calcaronea - Endostomatidae	"Corynella sp." = Endostoma "Corynella sp." = Endostoma Roemer 1864 calcareous sponge
Anthozoa
Scleractinia - Microsolenidae	Comoseris minima, Microsolena agariciformis, Microsolena foliosa, Microsolena exigua Comoseris minima Beauvais 1964 stony coral Microsolena agariciformis Etallon 1859 stony coral Microsolena foliosa Roniewicz 1976 stony coral Microsolena exigua Koby 1887 stony coral
Scleractinia - Latomeandridae	Dimorphastrea heteromorpha, Dimorphastrea conica, Trochoplegmopsis gregoryi Dimorphastrea heteromorpha Quenstedt 1858 stony coral Dimorphastrea conica Koby 1886 stony coral Trochoplegmopsis gregoryi Koby 1905 stony coral
Scleractinia - Haplaraeidae	Meandrophyllia amedei, "Meandrophyllia edwardsi" = Meandrophyllia corrugata, "Actinarea minuta" = Actinaraea Meandrophyllia amedei Etallon 1864 stony coral "Meandrophyllia edwardsi" = Meandrophyllia corrugata Michelin 1843 stony coral "Actinarea minuta" = Actinaraea stony coral
Scleractinia - Dermosmiliidae	Dermosmilia pauciramosa Dermosmilia pauciramosa Roniewicz 1976 stony coral
Scleractinia - Kobyastraeidae	Kobyastraea tenuis Kobyastraea tenuis Roniewicz 1976 stony coral
Scleractinia - Donacosmilidae	"Cylindrosmilia cylindrata" = Cylismilia cylindrata "Cylindrosmilia cylindrata" = Cylismilia cylindrata Roniewicz 1976 stony coral
Scleractinia - Stylinidae	Pseudocoeniopsis maior, Heliocoenia variabilis, Stylosmilia corallina Pseudocoeniopsis maior stony coral Heliocoenia variabilis Etallon 1859 stony coral Stylosmilia corallina Koby 1881 stony coral
Scleractinia - Montlivaltiidae	Thecosmilia langi Thecosmilia langi Koby 1884 stony coral
Bivalvia
Pectinida - Dimyidae	Atreta pygmaea Atreta pygmaea scallop
Craniata
Craniida - Craniidae	Crania lineata, Crania lamellosa Crania lineata C. lineata/lamellosa Crania lamellosa Seguenza 1865
Rhynchonellata
Terebratulida - Cancellothyrididae	Terebratulina sp. Terebratulina sp. d'Orbigny 1847
Terebratulida - Dictyothyrididae	Dictyothyris sp. Dictyothyris sp. Douville 1880
Stenolaemata
Cyclostomata - Cerioporidae	Ceriopora sp. Ceriopora sp. Goldfuss 1826 several species probalby synonymous with Neuropora spinulosa
Cyclostomata -	Radicipora radiciformis Radicipora radiciformis
Cyclostomata - Plagioeciidae	Plagioecia sp. Plagioecia sp. Canu 1918
Cyclostomata - Cytididae	Tetrapora suevica Tetrapora suevica
Insecta
Neuroptera - Sisyridae	Neuropora sp., Neuropora spinulosa Neuropora sp. Khramov 2019 spongillafly Neuropora spinulosa spongillafly