Cluj: Priabonian, Romania

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Cephalopoda - Nautilida - Nautilidae
Nautilus sp. Linnaeus 1758
    = Nautilidae indet. de Blainville 1825
Clapham 2015
Gastropoda - Diastomatidae
Diastoma costellatum (Lamarck 1804)
var. alpinum
Gastropoda - Naticidae
Natica (Euspira) achatensis
original and current combination Euspira
Gastropoda - Vermetidae
Vermetus (Burtinella) spirulaea
original and current combination Burtinella
Gastropoda - Eocypraeidae
Eocypraea (Eocypraea) cf. inflata (Lamarck 1802)
recombined as Eocypraea inflata
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Volutidae
Athleta (Volutospina) mutata (Deshayes 1835)
recombined as Athleta (Neoathleta) mutatus
Gastropoda - Seraphsidae
Terebellum (Seraphs) sopitum
original and current combination Seraphs
Gastropoda - Turbinidae
Turbo (Leptothyra) modestus
Delphinula sp. Lamarck 1804
synonym of Angaria
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Cordiopsis incrassata (Nyst 1836)
Bivalvia - Mytilida - Mytilidae
Modiolus (Modiolus) modioloides
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae
Chlamys (Chlamys) biarritzensis (d'Archiac 1846)
recombined as Chlamys biarritzensis
and var. thorenti, var. subtripartitus
Chlamys (Chlamys) solea (Deshayes 1824)
recombined as Chlamys solea
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Limidae
Lima (Lima) rara (Deshayes 1858)
Bivalvia - Arcida - Arcidae
Barbatia (Barbatia) aff. laeviuscula
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:37.71000 - 33.90000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: "Nummulites fabianii beds"
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified "limestone"
Secondary lithology: lithified marl
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:102031
Authorizer:W. Kiessling, M. Clapham Enterer:U. Merkel, M. Clapham
Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2011-01-07 01:06:17 Last modified:2011-01-06 08:06:17
Access level:the public Released:2011-01-07 01:06:17
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:

27487 M. E. Clapham. 2015. Personal Opinions. [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]