Where: Romania (46.8° N, 23.6° E: paleocoordinates 42.3° N, 20.9° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Priabonian (38.0 - 33.9 Ma)
• "Orizontul calcarelor grosiere superioare" below the "Nummulites fabianii beds"
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; lithified limestone
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 101967: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 05.01.2011
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda | |
"Mesalia fasciata" = Sigmesalia fasciata
"Mesalia fasciata" = Sigmesalia fasciata Lamarck 1804 turret shell | |
Ampullina patula snail | |
Calyptraea (Trochita) cf. aperta Solander 1766 slipper shell | |
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Ficus greenwoodi Sowerby 1825 fig shell | |
"Cassidaria (Cassidaria) nodosa" = Galeodea (Mambrinia) nodosa
"Cassidaria (Cassidaria) nodosa" = Galeodea (Mambrinia) nodosa Solander in Brander 1766 snail | |
Xenophora (Trochotugurium) agglutinans Lamarck 1804 carrier shell | |
"Eocypraea (Eocypraea) cf. inflata" = Eocypraea inflata
"Eocypraea (Eocypraea) cf. inflata" = Eocypraea inflata Lamarck 1802 snail | |
"Megalocypraea gigantea" = Gisortia gigantea
"Megalocypraea gigantea" = Gisortia gigantea Munster 1828 cowry | |
Rimella fissurella Linnaeus 1767 true conch
Terebellum (Terebellum) fusiforme Lamarck 1802 true conch | |
"Hippochrenes amplus" = Tibia (Hippochrenes) ampla
"Hippochrenes amplus" = Tibia (Hippochrenes) ampla Solander in Brander 1766 snail and n. var. toeroeki
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"Terebellum (Seraphs) sopitum" = Seraphs
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"Volutilithes (Volutilithes) torulosus" = Eopsephaea torulosa
"Volutilithes (Volutilithes) torulosus" = Eopsephaea torulosa Deshayes 1835 volute | |
Harpa (Eocithara) mutica Lamarck 1803 snail | |
Conus latissimus, "Conus (Leptoconus) diversiformis" = Conus diversiformis
Conus latissimus cone shell
"Conus (Leptoconus) diversiformis" = Conus diversiformis Deshayes 1824 cone shell | |
Cepatia cepacea Lamarck 1804 moon snail | |
Delphinula (Delphinula) calcar Lamarck 1804 snail | |
Tectus margaritaceus Deshayes 1832 top snail | |
Bivalvia | |
Pinna margaritacea Lamarck 1805 oyster | |
Pecten cf. costellorum scallop | |
Arca biangula Lamarck 1805 ark | |
"Corbis subpectunculus" = Fimbria subpectunculus, "Miltha (Pseudomiltha) gigantea" = Pseudomiltha gigantea
"Corbis subpectunculus" = Fimbria subpectunculus d'Orbigny 1850 clam
"Miltha (Pseudomiltha) gigantea" = Pseudomiltha gigantea Deshayes 1825 clam | |
Pholadomya puschi Goldfuss 1840 clam | |
"Chama (Chama) fimbriata" = Chama fimbriata, Chama (Chama) calcarata
"Chama (Chama) fimbriata" = Chama fimbriata Defrance 1817 jewel box
Chama (Chama) calcarata Lamarck 1806 jewel box | |
Cardium "sp. 2", "Laevicardium (Trachycardium) gigas" = Trachycardium
Cardium "sp. 2" Linnaeus 1758 cockle
"Laevicardium (Trachycardium) gigas" = Trachycardium cockle | |