Suceag: Priabonian, Romania

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda - Turritellidae
Turritella (Haustator) oppenheimi
spelled with current rank as Haustator
Gastropoda - Ampullinidae
Ampullina patula
Gastropoda - Naticidae
Cepatia cepacea (Lamarck 1804)
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Conidae
Conus (Leptoconus) diversiformis (Deshayes 1824)
original and current combination Conus diversiformis
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Volutidae
Voluta (Voluta) bericorum
Volutilithes (Volutilithes) torulosus (Deshayes 1835)
recombined as Eopsephaea torulosa
Gastropoda - Seraphsidae
Terebellum (Seraphs) sopitum
original and current combination Seraphs
Gastropoda - Strombidae
Rostellaria (Sulcogladius) goniophora (Bellardi 1852)
recombined as Lambis goniophora
Gastropoda - Cassidae
Cassidaria (Cassidaria) nodosa (Solander in Brander 1766)
recombined as Galeodea (Mambrinia) nodosa
Gastropoda - Xenophoridae
Xenophora (Trochotugurium) agglutinans (Lamarck 1804)
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Chamidae
Chama (Chama) calcarata Lamarck 1806
Bivalvia - Pholadomyida - Pholadomyidae
Pholadomya puschi Goldfuss 1840
see common names

Geography
Country:Romania
Coordinates: 46.8° North, 23.5° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:42.3° North, 20.8° East
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Paleogene Epoch:Eocene
Stage:Priabonian 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 3
Key time interval:Priabonian
Age range of interval:37.71000 - 33.90000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
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:101974
Authorizer:W. Kiessling Enterer:U. Merkel
Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2011-01-06 02:01:55 Last modified:2011-01-05 09:01:55
Access level:the public Released:2011-01-06 02:01:55
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]