Also known as Coasta lui Damian Hill
Where: Romania (47.2° N, 22.8° E: paleocoordinates 38.7° N, 20.5° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Upper Member (Jibou Formation), Ypresian to Ypresian (56.0 - 41.3 Ma)
• fossils from 4 distinct stratigraphic levels/sites; fauna described as MP8-12?
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; claystone and conglomerate
•Site 2: red silty claystone (southern slope; middle section);
•Site 3: ex-situ (western slope; middle section);
•Site 4a: bluish/gray-redish microconglomerate (western slope; 7 m above
•site 1);
•Site 4b: red laminated silty claystone (western slope; 3 m above site 4a);
•Site 5: ex-situ (western slope; upper section).
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: quarrying, surface (float),
Primary reference: M. Vremir. 2013. An early Eocene freshwater turtle assemblage from the Simleu Basin (NW Romania): Paleobiogeographic significance. Terra Sebus. Acta Musei Sabesiensis 5:597-625 [P. Holroyd/P. Holroyd/O. Alfaro]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 178481: authorized by Patricia Holroyd, entered by Patricia Holroyd on 04.05.2016
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Reptilia | |
"cf. Ronella sp." = Dortoka
"cf. Ronella sp." = Dortoka Lapparent de Broin and Murelaga 1996 turtle | |
Neochelys sp. Bergounioux 1954 sideneck turtle | |
Allaeochelys sp. Noulet 1867 turtle | |
aff. Borkenia sp. Schleich 1994 turtle |