Vălenii Șomcutei locality, MF5‑coralline algal rudstone: Badenian, Romania

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Florideophyceae - Hapalidiales - Mesophyllaceae
Mesophyllum alternans (Foslie 1907)
Florideophyceae - Hapalidiales - Lithothamniacae
Lithothamnion informal sp. 1
Florideophyceae - Corallinales - Spongitaceae
Spongites fruticulosus
Tubothalamea - Miliolida - Alveolinidae
Borelis melo
see common names

Geography
Country:Romania
Coordinates: 47.5° North, 23.5° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:46.9° North, 23.1° East
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period: Neogene Epoch: Miocene
Stage: Serravallian 10 m.y. bin: Cenozoic 5
Key time interval: Badenian
Age range of interval: 13.82 - 12.8 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: rudstone
Environment:reef, buildup or bioherm
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Database number:198866
Authorizer:W. Kiessling Enterer:M. Krause
Modifier:M. Krause Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2019-01-16 08:36:50 Last modified:2019-01-16 09:01:02
Access level:authorizer only Released:2019-04-16 08:36:50
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

67745. R. Chelaru, E. Săsăran, T. Tămaș, R. Bălc, I. I. Bucur and G. Pleș. 2019. Middle Miocene carbonate facies with rhodoliths from the NW Transylvanian Basin (Vălenii Șomcutei Cave, Romania). Facies 65(4) [W. Kiessling/M. Krause]