Iris Quarry: Sarmatian, Romania
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Cetacea
- Kentriodontidae
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? Atocetus fuchsii
(Brandt 1873)
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Geography
| Country: | Romania |
| Coordinates: | 46.8° North, 23.6° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 46.3° North, 23.2° East |
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Miocene |
| Stage: | Serravallian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 5 |
| Key time interval: | Sarmatian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 12.8 - 11.63 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Stratigraphy comments: early Sarmatian (Volhynian Stage, NN8) |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | gray marl |
| Lithology description: gray marl and clay beds | |
| Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body,original phosphate |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 47082 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Uhen | Enterer: | M. Uhen |
| Modifier: | M. Uhen | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2005-02-07 13:19:47 | Last modified: | 2010-10-29 12:40:30 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2005-02-07 13:19:47 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 12544. | E. Kazár, M. Vremir, and V. Codrea. 2004. Dolphin remains (Cetacea: Odontoceti) from the middle Miocene of Cluj-napoca, Romania. Acta Paleontologica Romanie 4:179-189 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |