PBDB Collection

Topalu 3, Dobrogea, Romania (Jurassic of Romania)

Where: Romania (44.6° N, 28.0° E: paleocoordinates 37.1° N, 34.6° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Early/Lower Kimmeridgian (155.7 - 150.8 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: open shallow subtidal; lithified limestone

• Biostromal? limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: quarrying, peel or thin section,

• Focus on corals (Roniewicz, 1976)

Primary reference: E. Roniewicz. 1976. Les scléractiniaires du Jurassique supérieur de la Dobrogea centrale, Roumanie. Palaeontologia Polonica 34:17-121 [W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 35200: 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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Anthozoa
Scleractinia - Actinastreidae	Stephanastrea jurassica Stephanastrea jurassica Roniewicz 1976 stony coral
Scleractinia - Dermosmiliidae	Epistreptophyllum giganteum, Calamophylliopsis compacta, Dermosmilia sp. Epistreptophyllum giganteum Roniewicz 1976 stony coral Calamophylliopsis compacta Koby 1884 stony coral Dermosmilia sp. Koby 1884 stony coral
Scleractinia - Haplaraeidae	"Actinarea minuta" = Actinaraea "Actinarea minuta" = Actinaraea stony coral
Scleractinia - Montlivaltiidae	Montlivaltia tenuilamellata, Isastrea bernensis, Thecosmilia sp. Montlivaltia tenuilamellata Roniewicz 1976 stony coral Isastrea bernensis Etallon 1864 stony coral Thecosmilia sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral
Scleractinia - Smilostyliidae	Smilostylia alpina Smilostylia alpina Koby 1884 stony coral
Scleractinia - Microsolenidae	Microsolena exigua, Comoseris minima, Dermoseris delgadoi Microsolena exigua Koby 1887 stony coral Comoseris minima Beauvais 1964 stony coral Dermoseris delgadoi Koby 1905 stony coral
Scleractinia - Latomeandridae	Comophyllia polymorpha, Mixastraea danubica n. gen. n. sp., Dimorphastrea conica, Dimorphastrea heteromorpha, Microphyllia sp., Fungiastraea arachnoides Comophyllia polymorpha Koby 1906 stony coral Mixastraea danubica n. gen. n. sp. Roniewicz 1976 stony coral Dimorphastrea conica Koby 1886 stony coral Dimorphastrea heteromorpha Quenstedt 1858 stony coral Microphyllia sp. d'Orbigny 1849 stony coral Fungiastraea arachnoides Parkinson 1808 stony coral
Scleractinia - Solenocoeniidae	Solenocoenia sexradiata Solenocoenia sexradiata Goldfuss 1826 stony coral
Scleractinia - Stylinidae	"Pseudocoenia radisensis" = Adelocoenia radisensis, "Pseudocoenia breviseptata" = Adelocoenia breviseptata, "Pseudocoenia hexaphyllia" = Adelocoenia hexaphyllia, Proaplophyllia sexradiata, Stylina sp. "Pseudocoenia radisensis" = Adelocoenia radisensis d'Orbigny 1850 stony coral "Pseudocoenia breviseptata" = Adelocoenia breviseptata Roniewicz 1976 stony coral "Pseudocoenia hexaphyllia" = Adelocoenia hexaphyllia d'Orbigny 1850 stony coral Proaplophyllia sexradiata Roniewicz 1966 stony coral Stylina sp. Lamarck 1816 stony coral
Scleractinia - Amphiastreidae	Pleurophyllia minuscula n. sp. Pleurophyllia minuscula n. sp. Roniewicz 1976 stony coral
Cephalopoda
Ammonitida - Ataxioceratidae	Ataxioceras sp. Ataxioceras sp. ammonite
Ammonitida - Aspidoceratidae	Aspidoceras cyclotum Aspidoceras cyclotum ammonite