Bodia (Oligocene of Romania)

Where: Romania (47.1° N, 23.1° E: paleocoordinates 43.9° N, 20.9° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Mera Formation, Rupelian (33.9 - 28.1 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; lithified marl

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 102029: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 07.01.2011

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Taxonomic list

Gastropoda
 Architaenioglossa - Ampullinidae
Ampullina vulcani Brongniart 1823 snail
var. vapincana
 Cerithioidea - Potamididae
Tympanotonos trochleare horn snail
var. diaboli
 Cerithioidea - Pachychilidae
Faunus sp. Montfort 1810 snail
Bivalvia
 Cardiida - Cyrenidae