Râpa Rosie (RR), Sebes Valley : Early Maastrichtian, Romania
collected by F. Nopcsa, M. Venczel 2007
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
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cf. Allodaposuchus sp.
Nopcsa 1928
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Vremir 2010 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| complete cervical osteodermal scute | ||||||||||
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= Allodaposuchus sp.
Nopcsa 1928
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Brusatte et al. 2013 | |||||||||
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cf. Doratodon sp.
Seeley 1881
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Vremir 2010 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| left lower-dentary fragment | ||||||||||
| Brusatte et al. 2013 | ||||||||||
| Codrea et al. 2023 | ||||||||||
| BM 43336 and BM 43337 (caudal vertebrae) | ||||||||||
| Codrea et al. 2008 | 1 specimen | |||||||||
| small caudal vertebral centrum | ||||||||||
| Brusatte et al. 2013 | ||||||||||
| Vremir 2010 | 1 specimen | |||||||||
| medio-posterior dorsal vertebra; "large size - RR specimen" | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Nodosauridae
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| Codrea et al. 2010 | ||||||||||
| Brusatte et al. 2013 | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Rhabdodontidae
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| Brusatte et al. 2013 | ||||||||||
| Various fragmentary limb bones, and vertebrae | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
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| Vremir 2010 | 1 specimen | |||||||||
| partial medio-proximal right femur | ||||||||||
| Brusatte et al. 2013 | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Pterosauria
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| Vremir 2010 | 3 elements | |||||||||
| "giant form A"; Cervical vertebra, syncarpal and scapulocoracoid | ||||||||||
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= Azhdarchoidea indet.
Unwin 1992
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Brusatte et al. 2013 | |||||||||
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Reptilia
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| Codrea et al. 2010 | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Testudines
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Testudines indet.
Batsch 1788
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Brusatte et al. 2013 | |||||||||
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Muehlbachia nopcsai
Vremir and Codrea 2009
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Vremir 2010 | |||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Romania | State/province: | Alba |
| Coordinates: | 46.0° North, 23.6° East (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 25.4° North, 29.4° East (Wright 2013) | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map | ||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Late Cretaceous |
| Stage: | Maastrichtian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 8 |
| Key time interval: | Early Maastrichtian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 72.2 - 66 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Sebeş | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: uppermost part of the Sebeş Formation
early Maastrichtian (see Csiki-Sava et al. 2016 and Ţabără et al. 2022) | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | coarse,red poorly lithified sandstone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Lithology description: "red beds"; "weakly cemented detrital deposits, mainly coarse, as pebbles and sands of fluvial origin" | |
| Environment: | fluvial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | medium |
| Fragmentation: | occasional |
| Temporal resolution: | snapshot |
| Spatial resolution: | allochthonous |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | surface (in situ),field collection | ||
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis | ||
| Collectors: | F. Nopcsa, M. Venczel | Collection dates: | 2007 |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Râpa Roşie, Rapa Rosie | ||
| Database number: | 93729 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Carrano, P. Mannion, R. Butler | Enterer: | M. Carrano, R. Butler, J. Tennant, P. Mannion |
| Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2010-01-31 20:59:02 | Last modified: | 2025-02-22 15:12:02 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2010-01-31 20:59:02 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC0 | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 36651. | ETE | D. Grigorescu. 2004. Vertebrate paleontology in Romania. Noesis 29:97-116 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
Secondary references:
| 49557 | S. Brusatte, M. Vremir, A. Watanabe, Z. Csiki-Sava, D. Naish, G. J. Dyke, G. M. Erickson and M. A. Norell. 2013. An infant ornithopod dinosaur tibia from the Late Cretaceous of Sebes, Romania. Terra Sebus. Acta Musei Sabesiensis 5:627-644 [P. Mannion/J. Tennant/M. Carrano] | |
| 37235 | V. Codrea, M. Vremir, C. Jipa, P. Godefroit, Z. Csiki, T. Smith, and C. Farcas. 2010. More than just Nopcsa's Transylvanian dinosaurs: A look outside the Hateg Basin. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 293:391-405 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] | |
| 31874 | ETE | V. A. Codrea, C. Murzea-Jipa, and M. Venczel. 2008. A sauropod vertebra at Râpa Roşie (Alba District). Acta Palaeontologica Romanae 6:43-46 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
| 89006 | V. A. Codrea, A. A. Solomon, and N. Trif. 2023. Dinosaurs from Râpa Roșie in the collections of Brukenthal National Museum Sibiu (Transylvania, Romania). Brukenthal. Acta Musei 18(3):557-570 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion] | |
| 56054 | F. M. Dalla Vecchia. 2014. An overview of the latest Cretaceous hadrosauroid record in Europe. In D. A. Eberth & D. C. Evans (ed.), Hadrosaurs 268-297 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] | |
| 81031 | M. Vremir. 2010. New faunal elements from the Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) continental deposits of Sebeş area (Transylvania). Terra Sebus. Acta Musei Sabesiensis 2010(2):635-684 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] | |
| 44590 | M. Vremir, A. W. A. Kellner, D. Naish and G. J. Dyke. 2013. A new azhdarchid pterosaur from the Late Cretaceous of the Transylvanian Basin, Romania: implications for azhdarchid diversity and distribution. PLoS ONE 8(1):e54268 [R. Butler/R. Butler] |