Cluj-Napoca (Eocene of Romania)

Also known as Klausenburg, Kolozsvar, Someș-Dig

Where: Romania (46.8° N, 22.6° E: paleocoordinates 42.4° N, 20.0° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Cluj Limestone Formation, Priabonian (38.0 - 33.9 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: A. Koch. 1899. Schwanzwirbelreste eines ausgestorbenen Cetaceen von Kolzsvar. Foldtani Kozlony 19:204-209 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 65135: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 19.09.2006, edited by Philip Mannion

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Chondrichthyes
 Myliobatiformes - Dasyatidae
Dasyatis sp.1 Rafinesque 1810 whiptail stingray
Dasyatis jaekeli1 Leriche 1906 whiptail stingray
 Rhinopristiformes - Rhynchobatidae
Rhynchobatus sp.1 Müller and Henle 1837 wedgefish
 Rajiformes - Rhinobatidae
"Rhinobatos cf. bruxelliensis" = Rhinobatus bruxelliensis1
"Rhinobatos cf. bruxelliensis" = Rhinobatus bruxelliensis1 Jaekel 1894 guitarfish
Mammalia
 Cetacea -
Berardiopsis miocaenus n. sp. Koch 1899 whale
caudal vertebra
 Sirenia - Sirenia
Sirenia indet.4 sirenian
 Sirenia - Dugongidae
Dugongidae indet.5 Gray 1821 dugong
? Halitherium sp.2 Kaup 1838 dugong
Reptilia
 Testudines - Trionychidae
"Trionyx clavatomarginatus n. sp." = Trionyx boulengeri3
"Trionyx clavatomarginatus n. sp." = Trionyx boulengeri3 Reinach 1900 softshell turtle