Cluj: Priabonian, Romania

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda - Turbinidae
Delphinula (Delphinula) calcar Lamarck 1804
Gastropoda - Trochidae
Tectus margaritaceus (Deshayes 1832)
Gastropoda - Neotaenioglossa - Calyptraeidae
Calyptraea (Trochita) cf. aperta (Solander 1766)
Gastropoda - Turritellidae
Mesalia fasciata (Lamarck 1804)
recombined as Sigmesalia fasciata
Gastropoda - Ampullinidae
Ampullina patula
Gastropoda - Campanilidae
Campanile parisiense
n. var. clujensis
Gastropoda - Strombidae
Rimella fissurella (Linnaeus 1767)
Terebellum (Terebellum) fusiforme Lamarck 1802
Gastropoda - Seraphsidae
Terebellum (Seraphs) sopitum
original and current combination Seraphs
and var. giganticum
Gastropoda - Rostellariidae
Hippochrenes amplus (Solander in Brander 1766)
recombined as Tibia (Hippochrenes) ampla
and n. var. toeroeki
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae
Clavilithes (Clavilithes) cf. solanderi
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Conidae
Conus latissimus
Conus (Leptoconus) diversiformis (Deshayes 1824)
original and current combination Conus diversiformis
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Volutidae
Volutilithes (Volutilithes) torulosus (Deshayes 1835)
recombined as Eopsephaea torulosa
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Harpidae
Harpa (Eocithara) mutica Lamarck 1803
Gastropoda - Ficidae
Ficus greenwoodi (Sowerby 1825)
Gastropoda - Cassidae
Cassidaria (Cassidaria) nodosa (Solander in Brander 1766)
recombined as Galeodea (Mambrinia) nodosa
Gastropoda - Eocypraeidae
Eocypraea (Eocypraea) cf. inflata (Lamarck 1802)
recombined as Eocypraea inflata
Gastropoda - Cypraeidae
Megalocypraea gigantea (Munster 1828)
recombined as Gisortia gigantea
Gastropoda - Xenophoridae
Xenophora (Trochotugurium) agglutinans (Lamarck 1804)
Gastropoda - Naticidae
Cepatia cepacea (Lamarck 1804)
Gastropoda - Neritidae
Velates (Velates) schmidelianus
Bivalvia - Arcida - Arcidae
Arca biangula Lamarck 1805
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae
Pecten cf. costellorum
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Pinnidae
Pinna margaritacea Lamarck 1805
Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae
Corbis subpectunculus d'Orbigny 1850
recombined as Fimbria subpectunculus
Miltha (Pseudomiltha) gigantea (Deshayes 1825)
recombined as Pseudomiltha gigantea
Bivalvia - Pholadomyida - Pholadomyidae
Pholadomya puschi Goldfuss 1840
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Chamidae
Chama (Chama) fimbriata (Defrance 1817)
original and current combination Chama fimbriata
Chama (Chama) calcarata Lamarck 1806
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae
Cardium informal sp. 2 Linnaeus 1758
Laevicardium (Trachycardium) gigas
original and current combination Trachycardium
Bivalvia - Carditida - Crassatellidae
Crassatella (Crassatella) subrotunda
see common names

Geography
Country:Romania
Coordinates: 46.8° North, 23.6° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:42.3° North, 20.9° East
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Paleogene Epoch:Eocene
Stage:Priabonian 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 3
Key time interval:Priabonian
Age range of interval:38.00000 - 33.90000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: "Orizontul calcarelor grosiere superioare" below the "Nummulites fabianii beds"
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified "limestone"
Environment:shallow subtidal indet.
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:101967
Authorizer:W. Kiessling Enterer:U. Merkel
Modifier:U. Merkel Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2011-01-05 21:24:26 Last modified:2011-01-05 05:50:05
Access level:the public Released:2011-01-05 21:24:26
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]