Petreşti-Arini L4: Early/Lower Maastrichtian, Romania
collected by S. Brusatte & G. Dyke 2007–2012

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia
? Ornithopoda indet. (Marsh 1881)
Vremir et al. 2014
dorsal rib
Reptilia - Rhabdodontidae
Zalmoxes sp. Weishampel et al. 2003
several associated specimens
Reptilia - Testudines
Vremir et al. 2014
hyoplastra
see common names

Geography
Country:Romania State/province:Sebeş County:Alba
Coordinates: 47.4° North, 22.3° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:34.5° North, 20.9° East
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Cretaceous Epoch:Late/Upper Cretaceous
Stage:Maastrichtian 10 m.y. bin:Cretaceous 8
Key time interval:Early/Lower Maastrichtian
Age range of interval:72.10000 - 66.00000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Sebeş
Local section:Petresti-Arini Local bed:4
Local order:bottom to top
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: Layer 4; close to the Campanian/Maastrichtian boundary
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: calcareous not reported
Environment:"floodplain"
Geology comments: Paludo-fluvial (riverbank floodplain environment)
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Spatial resolution:parautochthonous
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:mechanical,field collection
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Collectors:S. Brusatte & G. Dyke Collection dates:2007–2012
Collection method comments: Joint field trip involving many authors in primary source.
Metadata
Also known as:Petresti-Arini, layer 4 (PT)
Database number:156124
Authorizer:M. Carrano, P. Mannion Enterer:M. Carrano, P. Mannion
Modifier:P. Mannion Research group:vertebrate
Created:2014-05-08 10:17:51 Last modified:2021-03-29 05:12:21
Access level:the public Released:2014-05-08 10:17:51
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
49557. S. Brusatte, M. Vremir, A. Watanabe, Z. Csiki-Sava, D. Naish, G. J. Dyke, G. M. Erickson and M. A. Norell. 2013. An infant ornithopod dinosaur tibia from the Late Cretaceous of Sebes, Romania. Terra Sebus. Acta Musei Sabesiensis 5:627-644 [P. Mannion/J. Tennant/M. Carrano]

Secondary references:

50583 M. Vremir, R. Bălc, Z. Csiki-Sava, S. L. Brusatte, G. Dyke, D. Naish, and M. A. Norell. 2014. Petreşti-Arini – An important but ephemeral Upper Cretaceous continental vertebrate site in the southwestern Transylvanian Basin, Romania. Cretaceous Research 49:13-38 [W. Kiessling/M. Krause/P. Mannion]