Jibou B (JBB5): Thanetian, Romania
collected 1995-1996
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia
- Testudines
|
|||||||
Ronella botanica
Gheerbrant et al. 1999
|
|||||||
recombined as Dortoka botanica | |||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | Romania |
Coordinates: | 47.3° North, 23.3° East (view map) |
Paleocoordinates: | 36.6° North, 20.9° East |
Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map |
Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Paleocene |
Stage: | Thanetian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 1 |
Key time interval: | Thanetian | ||
Age range of interval: | 59.20000 - 56.00000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | "limestone" |
Includes fossils? | Y |
Environment: | fluvial-lacustrine indet. |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils,mesofossils |
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods: | field collection |
Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis | Collection dates: | 1995-1996 |
Metadata
Also known as: | JBB; Calcaires de Rona; Botanic Garden of Jibou | ||
Database number: | 138245 | ||
Authorizer: | P. Mannion | Enterer: | P. Mannion |
Modifier: | P. Mannion | Research group: | vertebrate |
Created: | 2013-01-08 01:18:41 | Last modified: | 2013-01-07 08:18:59 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2013-01-08 01:18:41 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
44196. | F. d. Lapparent de Broin, X. Murelaga Bereikua, and V. Codrea. 2004. Presence of Dortokidae (Chelonii, Pleurodira) in the earliest Tertiary of the Jibou Formation, Romania: paleobiogeographical implications. Acta Palaeontologica Romaniae 4:203-215 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion] |