Valea Izvorul Alb, Rarau area, NE Romania (Cretaceous of Romania)

Where: Romania (47.5° N, 25.6° E: paleocoordinates 25.5° N, 30.4° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Early/Lower Aptian (125.5 - 122.5 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; lithified marl

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: E. Morycowa. 1971. Hexacorallia et Octocorallia du Cretace Inferieur de Rarau (Carpathes Orientales Roumaines) [Early Cretaceous hexacorals and octocorals from Rarau (Eastern Carpathians, Romania)]. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 16(1-2):3-149 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 69201: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 21.02.2007

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Taxonomic list

Anthozoa
 Helioporacea - Helioporidae
Pseudopolytremacis spinoseptata n. gen. n. sp. Morycowa 1971
 Helioporacea -
Polytremacis tenera Trauth 1911
 Scleractinia - Pachyphylliidae
Columnocoenia ksiazkiewiczi Morycowa 1964 stony coral
subspecies ksiazkiewiczi and bucovinensis
 Scleractinia - Acroporidae
Diplocoenia saltensis de Fromentel 1857 stony coral
subspecies major
 Scleractinia - Siderastreidae
"Fungiastraea aff. exigua" = Palaeosiderofungia exigua
"Fungiastraea aff. exigua" = Palaeosiderofungia exigua Reuss 1854 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Haplaraeidae
Meandrophyllia sp. d'Orbigny 1849 stony coral
sp. 1 and 2
Meandrophyllia lotharinga Michelin 1843 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Eugyridae
Pseudomyriophyllia carpathica n. gen. n. sp. Morycowa 1971 stony coral
Myriophyllia sp. d'Orbigny 1849 stony coral
Eugyra aff. digitata Koby 1896 stony coral
Eugyra lanckoronensis Morycowa 1964 stony coral
Felixigyra patruliusi Morycowa 1971 stony coral
subspecies patruliusi and tenuiseptata
"Hydnophora incerta n. sp." = Eohydnophora incerta Morycowa 1971 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Montlivaltiidae
Dimorphocoenia izvoralbensis n. sp. Morycowa 1971 stony coral
Clausastrea alloiteaui Morycowa 1964 stony coral
subspecies multitabulata
Clausastrea julistephanovi Zlatarski 1967 stony coral
Montlivaltia multiformis Toula 1889 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Trochoidomeandridae
Trochoidomeandra problematica n. gen. n. sp. Morycowa 1971 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Comoseriidae
Polyphylloseris convexa d'Orbigny 1850 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Heterocoeniidae
Heterocoenia sp., "Heterocoenia minima n. sp." = Heterocoenia minuta, Latusastrea exiguis
Heterocoenia sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral
"Heterocoenia minima n. sp." = Heterocoenia minuta Morycowa 1971 stony coral
Latusastrea exiguis Fromentel 1862 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Microsolenidae
Hydnophoromeandraraea volzi n. gen. n. sp. Morycowa 1971 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Latomeandridae
? Thamnoseris carpathica n. sp. Morycowa 1971 stony coral
Fungiastraea (Fungiastraeopsis) subpolygonalis n. sp. Morycowa 1971 stony coral
listed as subpoligonalis
Ellipsocoenia lorioli Koby 1896 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Cladophylliidae
"Schizosmilia aff. corallina" = Cladophyllia corallina
"Schizosmilia aff. corallina" = Cladophyllia corallina Koby 1888 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Cyathophoridae
"Pentacoenia pulchella" = Cyathophora pulchella, Holocystis bukowinensis, "Cyathophora pygmaea" = Cryptocoenia fontserei
"Pentacoenia pulchella" = Cyathophora pulchella d'Orbigny 1850 stony coral
Holocystis bukowinensis Volz 1903 stony coral
"Cyathophora pygmaea" = Cryptocoenia fontserei Bataller 1947 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Stylinidae
Stylina sp., "Stylina regularis" = Stylina digitiformis
Stylina sp. Lamarck 1816 stony coral
"Stylina regularis" = Stylina digitiformis Achiardi 1880 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Thamnasteriidae
"Mesomorpha ornata n. sp." = Ahrdorffia ornata, ? Thamnasteria pseudopaliformis n. sp.
"Mesomorpha ornata n. sp." = Ahrdorffia ornata Morycowa 1971 stony coral
? Thamnasteria pseudopaliformis n. sp. Morycowa 1971 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Amphiastreidae
"Amphiastraea rarauensis n. sp." = Amphiaulastrea rarauensis
"Amphiastraea rarauensis n. sp." = Amphiaulastrea rarauensis Morycowa 1971 stony coral
 Life -
Actinastraea pseudominima Koby 1897
subspecies pseudominima and major