Jibou B (JBB4): Thanetian, Romania
collected 1995-1996

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Dughiella bacillaris
Paracadona informal new sp.
Harrisichara cf. squarrulosa
Harrisichara denticulata
Harrisichara informal sp. 1
Harrisichara informal sp. 2
Osteichthyes
Osteichthyes indet. Huxley 1880
Actinopteri - Amiiformes - Amiidae
Cyclurus sp. Agassiz 1839
Gaudant et al. 2005
Reptilia - Crocodyliformes
Crocodylidae informal sp. 1
    = Crocodyliformes indet. Hay 1930
Puértolas-Pascual et al. 2016
Reptilia
cf. Doratodon sp. Seeley 1881
Reptilia - Lacertidae
cf. Lacertidae indet. Bonaparte 1831
Reptilia - Testudines
Ronella botanica n. gen., n. sp. Gheerbrant et al. 1999
recombined as Dortoka botanica
JBB-21 - holotype (partial plastron)
Mammalia - Multituberculata
Multituberculata indet. Cope 1884
JBB-19 (tooth)
Mammalia - Multituberculata - Kogaionidae
cf. Hainina sp. Vianey-Liaud 1979
JBB-9 (dP4/?) and JBB-11 (P3/?)
Mammalia
Eutheria informal sp. 3
JBB-1 (molar)
Eutheria informal sp. 4
JBB-7 and 8 (fragments of left and right dentaries)
Mammalia - Condylarthra
Condylarthra indet. Cope 1881
JBA-2 and 10 (molars)
Mammalia
Laurasiatheria indet. Waddell et al. 1999
"Chiroptera or Lipotyphla"; JBB-15 and 17 (molars)
Mammalia - Perissodactyla
cf. Paschatherium sp. Russell 1963
JBB-2 (P3/?), JBB-5 (molar) and JBB-14 (molar)
Mammalia - Rodentia
Rodentia indet. Bowdich 1821
JBB-4 (incisor)
Mammalia - Cimolestidae
Aboletylestes sp. Russell 1964
JBB-12 (Ml/d) and JBB-13 (M2/d)
Amphibia - Temnospondyli
Anura indet. (Fischer von Waldheim 1813)
Gastropoda
Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Planorbidae
Planorbidae indet. Rafinesque 1815
Ostracoda - Podocopida - Candonidae
Candona sp. Baird 1845
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
Formation:Jibou Member:Rona
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: JBB4 bed; "Calcaires de Rona"
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:general faunal/floral analysis
Collection dates:1995-1996
Metadata
Also known as:JBB; Calcaires de Rona; Botanic Garden of Jibou
Database number:83307
Authorizer:M. Uhen, P. Mannion, P. Holroyd Enterer:M. Uhen, P. Holroyd, P. Mannion
Modifier:P. Mannion Research group:vertebrate
Created:2008-08-17 09:39:29 Last modified:2013-01-07 08:15:11
Access level:the public Released:2008-08-17 09:39:29
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

44195. E. Gheerbrant, V. Codrea, A. Hosu, S. Sen, C. Guernet, F. Lapparent Broin, and J. Riveline. 1999. Découverte de vertébrés dans les Calcaires de Rona (Thanétien ou Sparnacien), Transylvanie, Roumanie: les plus anciens mammifères cénozoïques d'Europe Orientale. Eclogae Geologicae Helvetiae 92:517-535 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]

Secondary references:

27976 E. S. Gaffney, H. Tong, and P. A. Meylan. 2006. Evolution of the side-necked turtles: The families Bothremydidae, Euraxemydidae, and Araripemydidae. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History 300:1-318 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]
61263 J. Gaudant, V. Codrea, P. Dica and E. Gheerbrant. 2005. Presence du genre Cyclurus AGASSIZ (Poisson actinopterygien, Amiidae) dans le Paleocene superieur de Jibou (Transylvanie, Roumanie) Occurrence of the genus Cyclurus AGASSIZ {Actinopterygian Fish, Amiidae) in the Upper Palaeocene of Jibou {Transylvania, Romania). Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie - Monatshefte 10:631-640 [P. Holroyd/P. Holroyd/M. Uhen]
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]
76284 E. Puértolas-Pascual, A. Blanco, C. A. Brochu and J. I. Canudo. 2016. Review of the Late Cretaceous-early Paleogene crocodylomorphs of Europe: Extinction patterns across the K-PG boundary. Cretaceous Research 57:565-590 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]