Where: Romania (47.3° N, 23.5° E: paleocoordinates 44.1° N, 21.3° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Mera Formation, Rupelian (33.9 - 28.1 Ma)
• bed-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 102023: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 06.01.2011
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
Cardium transilvanicum cockle | |
Pitar (Callista) villanovae venus clam
Cordiopsis incrassata Nyst 1836 venus clam | |
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Gastropoda | |
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Bittium cf. acuminiense cerith snail | |
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"Turritella (Haustator) interposita" = Peyrotia interposita
"Turritella (Haustator) interposita" = Peyrotia interposita Deshayes 1861 turret shell | |
Babylonia (Peridipsaccus) corona true whelk | |