Iara: Bartonian, Romania
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia
- Carditida
- Carditidae
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Cardita (Venericardia) aizyensis
(Deshayes 1860)
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recombined as Venericardia aizyensis | |||||||
Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Melongenidae
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Galeodes (Pugilina) subcarinata
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replaced by Melongena | |||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | Romania |
Coordinates: | 46.6° North, 23.5° East (view map) |
Paleocoordinates: | 41.0° North, 20.5° East |
Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark |
Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Eocene |
Stage: | Bartonian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 3 |
Key time interval: | Bartonian | ||
Age range of interval: | 41.30000 - 38.00000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Formation: | Capusu | ||||
Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
Stratigraphy comments: Rusu 2004: The Gryphaea (=Sokolowia) eszterhazyi Beds are included in the Capusu Formation of Bartonian age. |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | lithified sandy marl |
Secondary lithology: | lithified "limestone" |
Lithology description: sandy marls with bioclastic limestone and marlstone intercalations | |
Environment: | open shallow subtidal |
Geology comments: inner shelf of an open sea, with a tidal regime |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Preservation of anatomical detail: | good |
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods: | field collection |
Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Metadata
Database number: | 101874 | ||
Authorizer: | W. Kiessling | Enterer: | U. Merkel |
Modifier: | U. Merkel | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
Created: | 2011-01-04 19:53:12 | Last modified: | 2011-01-10 06:08:01 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2011-01-04 19:53:12 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
34618. | N. Meszaros. 1957. Fauna de moluste a depozitelor Paleogene din nord-vestul Transilvaniei [Molluscan fauna from Paleogene deposits from NW Transilvania]. Biblioteca de Geologie si Paleontologie 1:1-174 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel] |
Secondary references:
34710 | A. Rusu, D. Brotea, and M. C. Melinte. 2004. Biostratigraphy of the Bartonian deposits from Gilau area (NW Transylvania, Romania). Acta Palaeontologica Romaniae 4:441-454 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel/L. Eccles] |