Gura Dobrogei Waypoint 123 (Jurassic of Romania)

Where: Romania (44.5° N, 28.5° E: paleocoordinates 37.2° N, 35.2° E)

• coordinate stated in text

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

• member-level stratigraphic resolution

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

• microbialite-siliceous sponge deposits

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

• Laboratory of Paleontology, University of Bucharest, Romania

Primary reference: C. E. Schweitzer, R. M. Feldmann, and I. Lazar. 2007. Decapods from Jurassic (Oxfordian) sponge megafacies of Dobrogea, Romania and reconsideration of Nodoprosopon Beurlen, 1928. Neues Jahrbuch fur Palaontologie Abhandlungen 244(1):99-113 [C. Schweitzer/C. Schweitzer]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 75604: authorized by Carrie Schweitzer, entered by Carrie Schweitzer on 20.10.2007

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Taxonomic list

Malacostraca
 Decapoda - Goniodromitidae
Goniodromites sp. Reuss 1858 crab
Goniodromites aliquantulus Schweitzer et al. 2007 crab
 Decapoda - Longodromitidae
Planoprosopon heydeni Von Meyer 1860 crab