Piatra Mare Quarry, Codlea, Brasov Formation (Cretaceous of Romania)

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

Cephalopoda
 Ammonitida - Himantoceratidae
Himantoceras cf. trinodosum Thieuloy 1965 ammonite
 Ammonitida - Bochianitidae
Euptychoceras cf. teschenense Uhlig 1902 ammonite
 Ammonitida - Neocomitidae
Karakaschiceras cf. biassalense Karakaschi 1889 ammonite
Sarasinella cf. sakalavense Besairie 1936 ammonite
Eleniceras transsylvanicum Jekelius 1915 ammonite
Eleniceras cf. tchechitevi Breskovski 1967 ammonite
Sabbaiceras stefanescui Avram and Gradinaru 1993 ammonite
Kilianella sp. Uhlig 1905 ammonite
Criosarasinella cf. furcillata Thieuloy 1977 ammonite
Rodighieroites ? lamberti Sayn 1907 ammonite
Rodighieroites cardulus Company 1987 ammonite
Neocomites (Teschenites) cf. muretensis Breistroffer 1936 ammonite
 Ammonitida - Crioceratitidae
"Criosarasinella heterocostata" = Crioceratites heterocostatus Mandov 1976 ammonite
Crioceratites aff. andersoni Sarkar 1955 ammonite
 Ammonitida - Lytoceratidae
Lytoceras aff. subfimbriatum d'Orbigny 1841 ammonite
Lytoceras aff. richei Sayn 1901 ammonite
 Ammonitida - Holcodiscidae
Jeanthieuloyites sp. Cooper 1981 ammonite
Jeanthieuloyites keyserlingiformis n. sp. Avram and Gradinaru 1993 ammonite
Jeanthieuloyites trapezoidalis n. sp. Avram and Gradinaru 1993 ammonite
Jeanthieuloyites nodosus Mandov 1976 ammonite
 Ammonitida - Oosterellidae
"Oosterella vilanovae" = Oosterella gaudryi
"Oosterella vilanovae" = Oosterella gaudryi Nickles 1892 ammonite
 Ammonitida - Haploceratidae
"Haploceras (Neolissoceras) desmoceratoides" = Neolissoceras desmoceratoides, "Haploceras (Neolissoceras) grasianum" = Neolissoceras grasianum
"Haploceras (Neolissoceras) desmoceratoides" = Neolissoceras desmoceratoides Wiedmann 1966 ammonite
"Haploceras (Neolissoceras) grasianum" = Neolissoceras grasianum d'Orbigny 1841 ammonite
 Ammonitida - Olcostephanidae
"Olcostephanus catulloi" = Olcostephanus atherstoni Sharpe 1856 ammonite
Subastieria cf. balkanica Tzankov 1942 ammonite
Subastieria inordinata Tzankov 1942 ammonite
 Phylloceratida - Phylloceratidae
Ptychophylloceras ? diphyllum d'Orbigny 1841 ammonite
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Lamellaptychus didayi ammonoid aptychus
 Belemnitida - Duvaliidae
Duvalia hybrida belemnite
Duvalia binervia Raspail 1829 belemnite
Duvalia ? binervia Raspail 1829 belemnite
n. ssp.?
Duvalia dilatata Blainville 1825 belemnite
subspecies dilatata
Duvalia cf. dilatata Blainville 1825 belemnite
subspecies binervioides
Duvalia aff. dilatata Blainville 1825 belemnite