Also known as JBB; Calcaires de Rona; Botanic Garden of Jibou
Where: Romania (47.3° N, 23.3° E: paleocoordinates 36.6° N, 20.9° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Rona Member (Jibou Formation), Thanetian (59.2 - 56.0 Ma)
• JBB4 bed; "Calcaires de Rona"
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: fluvial-lacustrine; limestone
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Collected in 1995-1996
Primary reference: E. Gheerbrant, V. Codrea, A. Hosu, S. Sen, C. Guernet, F. Lapparent Broin, and J. Riveline. 1999. Découverte de vertébrés dans les Calcaires de Rona (Thanétien ou Sparnacien), Transylvanie, Roumanie: les plus anciens mammifères cénozoïques d'Europe Orientale. Eclogae Geologicae Helvetiae 92:517-535 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 83307: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 17.08.2008, edited by Philip Mannion and Patricia Holroyd
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Harrisichara | |
Harrisichara cf. squarrulosa, Harrisichara denticulata, Harrisichara " sp. 1 ", Harrisichara " sp. 2 "
Harrisichara " sp. 1 " Grambast 1957
Harrisichara " sp. 2 " Grambast 1957 | |
Gnathostomata | |
Osteichthyes indet. bony fish | |
Actinopteri | |
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Mammalia | |
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Laurasiatheria indet. Waddell et al. 1999 placental "Chiroptera or Lipotyphla"; JBB-15 and 17 (molars)
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Reptilia | |
"Ronella botanica n. gen. n. sp." = Dortoka botanica
"Ronella botanica n. gen. n. sp." = Dortoka botanica Gheerbrant et al. 1999 turtle JBB-21 - holotype (partial plastron)
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cf. Doratodon sp. Seeley 1881 crocodilian | |
cf. Lacertidae indet. Bonaparte 1831 squamates | |
Amphibia | |
Anura indet. frog | |
Ostracoda | |
Candona sp. Baird 1845 ostracod | |
Gastropoda | |
Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795 snail | |
Planorbidae indet. Rafinesque 1815 snail |