Sirtorman 2b, Central Dobrogea, Romania (Jurassic of Romania)

Where: Central Dobrogea, Romania (44.4° N, 28.5° E: paleocoordinates 36.8° N, 35.7° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Tichilesti Formation, Bathonian (168.3 - 166.1 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lagoonal or restricted shallow subtidal; marl

• 0,15 m layer of biocalcarenitic marly matrix

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: A. Draganescu and L. Beauvais. 1985. Les faciès à Scléractiniaires du Jurassique moyen (Formation de Tichibesti) de la Dobrogea centrale (S.-E. de la Roumanie). Mémoires/ Institute de Géologie et de Géophysique, Bucarest 32:17-76 [W. Kiessling/B. Brenneis/B. Brenneis]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 38191: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Benjamin Brenneis on 19.04.2004

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

unclassified
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Bryozoa
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Bryozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1831
Bivalvia
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
Ostreidae indet. Rafinesque 1815 oyster
Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Thamnasteriidae
Mesomorpha bussoni Beauvais 1966 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Actinastreidae
Allocoeniopsis luciensis d'Orbigny 1850 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Synastraeidae
Edwardsoseris sp. Alloiteau 1946 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Dendrogyriidae
Melikerona parva Gregory 1900 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Microsolenidae
Chomatoseris sp. Thomas 1935 stony coral
Microsolena multisepta Draganescu and Beauvais 1985 stony coral
Microsolena regularis Milne-Edwards and Haime 1851 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Latomeandridae
"Ovalastraea sp." = Ovalastrea d'Orbigny 1849 stony coral
Ovalastraea cesaredensis Koby 1905 stony coral
Microphyllia labyrinthiformis Draganescu and Beauvais 1985 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Montlivaltiidae
"Isastraea limitata" = Isastrea
"Isastraea limitata" = Isastrea stony coral