Where: Romania (45.7° N, 25.5° E: paleocoordinates 37.7° N, 32.0° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Brasov Formation, Late/Upper Valanginian (140.2 - 136.4 Ma)
• basal Brasov Formation
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: deep subtidal shelf; lithified limestone
• lower layer (10-20 cm thick) of greenish-gray to brownish-yellow ferruginous limestone, interspersed with limonitic ooids, and an upper layer (10-15 cm thick)of cream to greenish-white marly limestone, devoid of limonitic ooids
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: E. Avram and E. Gradinaru. 1993. A peculiar Upper Valanginian cephalopod fauna from the Carpatic Bend (Codlea town area, Romania): biostratigraphic and paleobiogeographic implications. Jahrbuch der Geologischen Bundesanstalt 136(4):665-700 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 69198: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 21.02.2007
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Taxonomic list
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| Cephalopoda |
| Ammonitida - Himantoceratidae |
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| Ammonitida - Bochianitidae |
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| Ammonitida - Neocomitidae |
Karakaschiceras cf. biassalense, Sarasinella cf. sakalavense, Eleniceras aff. spiniger, Eleniceras transsylvanicum, Eleniceras cf. tchechitevi, Sabbaiceras stefanescui, Kilianella sp., Criosarasinella cf. furcillata, Rodighieroites ? lamberti, Rodighieroites cardulus, Neocomites (Teschenites) cf. muretensis, Neocomites (Teschenites) aff. flucticulus, Paquiericeras (Julianites) cf. mourrei
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| Ammonitida - Crioceratitidae |
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| Ammonitida - Lytoceratidae |
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| Ammonitida - Holcodiscidae |
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| Ammonitida - Oosterellidae |
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| Ammonitida - Haploceratidae |
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| Ammonitida - Olcostephanidae |
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| Phylloceratida - Phylloceratidae |
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| - |
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| Belemnitida - Duvaliidae |
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