Where: Romania (47.1° N, 23.1° E: paleocoordinates 42.6° N, 20.4° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Priabonian (38.0 - 33.9 Ma)
• "Marl beds with Bryozoans"
• bed-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 101969: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 05.01.2011
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
"Modiolus (Brachydontes) elegans" = Brachidontes
"Modiolus (Brachydontes) elegans" = Brachidontes mussel | |
Gryphaea (Gigantostrea) gigantica Solander in Brander 1766 oyster | |
Tellina (Peronidia) praeplanata tellin clam | |
Gastropoda | |
"Natica (Euspira) achatensis" = Euspira
"Natica (Euspira) achatensis" = Euspira moon snail | |
"Rimella labrosa" = Rimella fissurella labrosa
"Rimella labrosa" = Rimella fissurella labrosa Sowerby 1824 true conch | |
Mitra (Mitra) postera mitre shell | |
"Turritella (Haustator) imbricataria" = Haustator imbricataria
"Turritella (Haustator) imbricataria" = Haustator imbricataria Lamarck 1804 turret shell |