Turea (Oligocene of Romania)

Where: Romania (46.9° N, 23.3° E: paleocoordinates 43.7° N, 21.2° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Mera Formation, Rupelian (33.9 - 28.1 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; lithified marl

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: N. Meszaros. 1957. Fauna de moluste a depozitelor Paleogene din nord-vestul Transilvaniei [Molluscan fauna from Paleogene deposits from NW Transilvania]. Biblioteca de Geologie si Paleontologie 1:1-174 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 102020: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 06.01.2011

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Taxonomic list

Gastropoda
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
Turritella (Haustator) planispira Wood 1842 turret shell
 Cerithioidea - Diastomatidae
Diastoma costellatum Lamarck 1804 snail
var. martini
 Cerithioidea - Potamididae
Tympanotonos vivarii horn snail
var. alpinum
Tympanotonos trochleare horn snail
var. diaboli
 Sorbeoconcha - Campanilidae
"Cerithium (Thericium) filiferum" = Thericium, "Cerithium (Thericium) globulosum" = Thericium
"Cerithium (Thericium) filiferum" = Thericium snail
"Cerithium (Thericium) globulosum" = Thericium snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
"Natica (Tectinatica) pasinii" = Tectonatica pasinii
"Natica (Tectinatica) pasinii" = Tectonatica pasinii Bayan 1870 moon snail
 Neogastropoda - Columbariidae
"Fusus (Fusus) dissimilis" = Coluzea dissimilis
"Fusus (Fusus) dissimilis" = Coluzea dissimilis Deshayes 1864 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Strombidae
Bivalvia
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
 Cardiida - Veneridae