Bahna, chalk (Miocene of Romania)

Where: Romania (44.8° N, 22.5° E: paleocoordinates 44.2° N, 22.0° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Curchia Formation, Badenian (13.7 - 12.7 Ma)

• marl-limy level of the lower sandy horizon

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: perireef or subreef; lithified chalk

• chalk stone bank

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: R. Tita. 2007. Commets on the Badenian Fauna (Middle Miocene) from Bahna (Southern Carpathians, Romania). Travaux du Museum National d'Histoire Naturelle Grigore Antipa 50:543-554 [W. Kiessling/S. Jankowski/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 86909: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Madeleine Nimke on 24.02.2009

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Taxonomic list

Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Merulinidae
Tarbellastraea reussiana Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850 stony coral