WP 126, Cheia Valley (Jurassic of Romania)

Where: Romania (44.5° N, 28.4° E: paleocoordinates 37.2° N, 35.2° E)

• coordinate stated in text

When: Casimcea Formation, Oxfordian (163.5 - 157.3 Ma)

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified packstone

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: surface (float), surface (in situ), mechanical,

• Repository: Laboratory of Paleontology, Department of Geology and Paleontology, University of Bucharest

Primary reference: R. M. Feldmann, I. Lazar, and C. E. Schweitzer. 2006. New crabs (Decapoda: Brachyura: Prosopidae) from Jurassic (Oxfordian) sponge bioherms of Dobrogea, Romania. Bulletin of the Mizunami Fossil Museum 33:1-20 [C. Schweitzer/C. Schweitzer]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 68716: authorized by Carrie Schweitzer, entered by Carrie Schweitzer on 03.02.2007

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Taxonomic list

Malacostraca
 Decapoda - Prosopidae
Prosopidae indet. von Meyer 1860 crab
indeterminate chela sp. 2
 Decapoda - Goniodromitidae
Pithonoton sp. von Meyer 1842 crab
"Cycloprosopon dobrogea" = Eodromites dobrogea Feldmann et al. 2006 crab
Goniodromites sp. Reuss 1858 crab
Form A and Form C