Anina p101/c1 pit 1 horizon 8 Getic Nappe: Hettangian - Sinemurian, Romania

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Plantae indet. multi organs Haeckel 1866
rachises (striated), roots, trunks, conifer seeds
Peltaspermopsida - Peltaspermales - Umkomasiaceae
? Pachypteris sp. leaf Brongniart 1828
Equisetopsida - Araucariaceae
Pagiophyllum sp. leaf Heer 1881
Coniferales
Coniferales indet. seed repro
Pinopsida - Pinales - Taxaceae
? Elatides sp. seed repro Heer 1876
Cones
Polypodiopsida - Equisetales - Equisetaceae
Schizoneura carcinoides leaf
Polypodiopsida
Cladophlebis sp. leaf Brongniart 1849
Cycadopsida - Cycadales - Nilssoniaceae
Pseudoctenis oleosa leaf
Ginkgoopsida - Ginkgoales
Sphenobaiera sp. leaf Florin 1936
Sphenobaiera dragastanii leaf
Ginkgoopsida - Czekanowskiales
Czekanowskia rigida leaf
see common names

Geography
Country:Romania
Coordinates: 45.1° North, 21.9° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:25.2° North, 23.8° East
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Altitude:763 meters
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Jurassic Epoch:Early/Lower Jurassic
10 m.y. bin:Jurassic 1
*Period:Early/Lower Jurassic *Epoch:Early/Lower Lias
*International age/stage:Hettangian - Sinemurian
Key time interval:Hettangian - Sinemurian
Age range of interval:201.40000 - 192.90000 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Formation:Steieresdorf Member:Valea Tereziei
Local section:Anina pit 1 Local bed:horizon 8
Local order:top to bottom
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Stratigraphy comments: Within the area of Anina, the Steieresdorf Fm belongs to the so-called Anina facies, that represents the central facies of this formation in the Resita Basin. it includes 3 members, in the following succession: Budinic Mb, basal and coarse, the Valea Tereziei Mb, fine and median an the Uteris Mb, represented by black bituminous shales.
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: sandstone
Secondary lithology: claystone
Lithology description: Valea Tereziei Fm general lithology: Sandstones of all types, coals, microconglomerates, conglomerates
Environment:fluvial-lacustrine indet. Tectonic setting:foreland basin
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:mold/impression,adpression,original carbon
Lagerst�tten type:conservation
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Spatial resolution:parautochthonous
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:selective quarrying,chemical,mechanical,field collection
Reason for describing collection:paleoecologic analysis
Collection method comments: A total of 26 samples have been taken
Metadata
Database number:31055
Authorizer:C. Looy Enterer:C. Looy
Modifier:C. Looy Research group:paleobotany
Created:2003-04-10 01:05:11 Last modified:2003-07-21 08:46:19
Access level:the public Released:2003-04-10 01:05:11
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

8379. M. E. Popa. 2000. Early Jurassic land flora of the Getic Nappe. [C. Looy/W. Puijk/W. Puijk]