La Politzie Saddle, Bucegi Mountains (Jurassic of Romania)

Where: Romania (45.4° N, 25.5° E: paleocoordinates 37.4° N, 32.9° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Strungulita Formation, Bajocian (170.3 - 168.3 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: coastal; lithified, calcareous sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: I. Lazar. 2004. The Jurassic bivalve fauna from the western side of the Bucegi Mountains, part 1 subclasses Palaeotaxodonta and Pteriomorphia (Orders Arcoida, Pterioida, Limoida). Acta Palaeontologica Romaniae 4:217-231 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 122243: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 20.12.2011

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Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Oxytomidae
"Oxytoma (Oxytoma) inequivalve" = Oxytoma inequivalvis
"Oxytoma (Oxytoma) inequivalve" = Oxytoma inequivalvis Sowerby 1819 scallop
 Ostreida - Pinnidae
Pinna ampla Sowerby 1812 oyster