Todii Valley Section, upper part of succession (Cretaceous of Romania)

Where: Romania (47.0° N, 22.3° E: paleocoordinates 26.3° N, 27.9° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Valea Magurii Formation, Early/Lower Aptian (121.4 - 122.5 Ma)

• the upper part of the lower Aptian, or the upper Bedoulian

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; limestone

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils, microfossils

Primary reference: D. F. Lazar, I. I. Bucur, I. Cociuba and E. Sasaran. 2012. Sedimentary succession of the Lower Cretaceous deposits from the north-western part of Pădurea Craiului (Apuseni Mountains, Romania). Studia UBB Geologia 57(1):33-51 [W. Kiessling/M. Krause/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 146235: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Mihaela Krause on 18.06.2013

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Chlorophyceae
 Dasycladales - Triploporellaceae
Triploporella sp. Steinmann 1880
Foraminifera
  -
 Loftusiacea - Cyclamminidae
 Textulariina - Cuneolinidae
 Textulariina - Nezzazatidae
Nezzazatinella sp. Darmoian 1976
Tubothalamea
 Miliolida - Cornuspiridae
Foraminifera
 Biokovinacea - Charentiidae
Charentia cuvillieri Neumann 1965
 Lituolida - Lituolidae
Gaudryina sp. d'Orbigny 1839
Textularia sp. Defrance 1824
 Lituolida - Haplophragmoididae
Florideophyceae
 Sporolithales - Corallinophycidae
 Corallinales - Corallinophycidae
Polystrata alba Pfender 1936
Rhodophyceae
  - Solenoporaceae
Marinella lugeoni Pfender 1939
Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Cyathophoridae
Cyathophora sp. Michelin 1843 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Dermosmiliidae
Calamophylliopsis sp. Alloiteau 1952 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Microsolenidae
Microsolena sp. Lamouroux 1821 stony coral
 Gorgonacea -
Carpathoporella occidentalis Dragastan 1967 gorgonian
unclassified
  -
Porifera indet. Grant 1836
Bivalvia
  -
Bivalvia indet. Linnaeus 1758 clam
Brachiopoda
  -
Brachiopoda indet. Cuvier 1805
Polychaeta
 Terebellomorpha -
Lithocodium aggregatum
  -
Cyanophyceae
  - Garwoodiaceae
Bacinella irregularis Radoicic 1959