Lapugiu de Sus (Miocene of Romania)

Where: Romania (45.9° N, 22.5° E: paleocoordinates 45.3° N, 22.0° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Badenian (13.7 - 12.7 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: coastal; marl and sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: M. Rus and M. V. Popa. 2008. Taxonomic notes on the Badenian corals from Lapugiu de Sus (Faget Basin, Romania). Acta Palaeontologica Romaniae 6:325-337 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 123125: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 11.01.2012, edited by Pete Wagner and Mark Uhen

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Plesiastreidae
 Scleractinia - Lobophylliidae
"Acanthophyllia ampla" = Cynarina ampla
"Acanthophyllia ampla" = Cynarina ampla Reuss 1871 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Acroporidae
Astreopora sp. Blainville 1830 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Pocilloporidae
Stylophora subreticulata Reuss 1871 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Poritidae
Porites sp. Link 1807 stony coral
Porites leptoclada Reuss 1871 stony coral
Porites incrustans Defrance 1826 stony coral
Porites vindobonarum Kuehn 1927 stony coral
subsp. prima
 Scleractinia - Calamophylliidae
Calamophyllia sp. Blainville 1830 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Siderastreidae
Siderastrea froehlichiana Reuss 1847 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Mussidae
Syzygophyllia brevis Reuss 1860 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Merulinidae
Favites neglecta Michelotti 1868 stony coral
Favites oligocenica Chevalier 1955 stony coral
"Plesiastrea conoidea" = Tarbellastraea conoidea Reuss 1871 stony coral
Tarbellastraea reussiana Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Faviidae
Favia gotschevi Kojumdgieva 1960 stony coral
Solenastrea romettensis Seguenza 1864 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Caryophylliidae
Deltocyathus italicus Michelotti 1838 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Montastraeidae
"Montastrea sp." = Montastraea Blainville 1830 stony coral
Montastrea tchihatcheffi Chevalier 1961 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Dendrophylliidae
"Dendrophyllia poppelacki" = Enallopsammia poppelacki Reuss 1847 stony coral
Dendrophyllia sp. Blainville 1830 stony coral
Astroides sp. Quoy and Gaimard 1827 stony coral
Gastropoda
 Cerithioidea - Cerithiidae
Cerithium crenatum2 cerith snail
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
Turritella spirata2, "Turritella (Eichwaldiella) bicarinata" = Turritella bicarinata2, "Turritella (Haustator) badensis" = Haustator2
Turritella spirata2 turret shell
"Turritella (Eichwaldiella) bicarinata" = Turritella bicarinata2 Elchwald 1830 turret shell
"Turritella (Haustator) badensis" = Haustator2 turret shell
 Cerithioidea - Batillariidae
"Cerithium (Tiaracerithium) zeuschneri" = Granulolabium (Tiaracerithium)2
"Cerithium (Tiaracerithium) zeuschneri" = Granulolabium (Tiaracerithium)2 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Campanilidae
"Cerithium (Thericium) michelotti" = Thericium2, "Cerithium vulgatum" = Cerithium (Thericium) vulgatum2
"Cerithium (Thericium) michelotti" = Thericium2 snail
"Cerithium vulgatum" = Cerithium (Thericium) vulgatum2 Bruguière 1789 snail
Cerithium vulgatum europaeum
 Sorbeoconcha - Aporrhaidae
Aporrhais pespelecani2 Linnaeus 1758 snail
 Neogastropoda - Mitridae
"Mitra (Tiara) scrobiculata" = Cancilla scrobiculata2, Mitraria (Mitraria) friedbergi2
"Mitra (Tiara) scrobiculata" = Cancilla scrobiculata2 Brocchi 1814 mitre shell
 Neogastropoda - Ancillariidae
"Ancilla (Baryspira) glandiformis" = Amalda glandiformis2, "Ancilla (Baryspira) obsoleta" = Amalda obsoleta2
"Ancilla (Baryspira) glandiformis" = Amalda glandiformis2 Lamarck 1810 snail
"Ancilla (Baryspira) obsoleta" = Amalda obsoleta2 Brocchi 1814 snail
 Neogastropoda - Buccinidae
Euthria puschi2 true whelk
Cantharus multicostatus2 true whelk
Cantharus multicostatus transsylvanicus
 Neogastropoda - Nassariidae
 Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae
 Neogastropoda - Columbellidae
 Neogastropoda - Clavatulidae
Clavatula camillae2 Hoenes and Auinger 1891 snail
Clavatula sophiae2 Hoernes and Auinger 1891 snail
 Neogastropoda - Conidae
Conus cf. pseudoponderosus2, "Conus (Conolithus) dujardin" = Conus (Conolithes)2, Conus (Lithoconus) berghausi2, "Conus (Chelyconus) ponderosus" = Conus (Chelyoconus)2, "Conus (Chelyconus) rotundus" = Conus (Chelyoconus)2, "Conus (Chelyconus) raristriatus" = Conus (Chelyoconus)2
"Conus (Conolithus) dujardin" = Conus (Conolithes)2 cone shell
"Conus (Chelyconus) ponderosus" = Conus (Chelyoconus)2 cone shell
"Conus (Chelyconus) rotundus" = Conus (Chelyoconus)2 cone shell
"Conus (Chelyconus) raristriatus" = Conus (Chelyoconus)2 cone shell
 Neogastropoda - Drilliidae
 Neogastropoda - Borsoniidae
 Neogastropoda - Mangeliidae
"Mangelia subvellicata" = Cythara (Mangelia)2, Bela cf. pseudobrachystoma2
"Mangelia subvellicata" = Cythara (Mangelia)2 snail
 Neogastropoda - Terebridae
"Terebra acuminata" = Terebra2, "Subula (Subula) fuscata" = Terebra2, Strioterebrum basteroti2
"Terebra acuminata" = Terebra2 auger snail
"Subula (Subula) fuscata" = Terebra2 auger snail
Subula (Subula) fuscata plicaria
Strioterebrum basteroti2 Nyst 1843 auger snail
 Neogastropoda - Turridae
 Neogastropoda - Muricidae
Thais (Stramonita) exilis2 Parsch in Hörnes 1856 murex snail
 Neogastropoda - Volutidae
Athleta (Athleta) rarispina2 Lamarck 1811 volute
 Sorbeoconcha - Ficidae
Ficus (Ficus) condita2 Brongniart 1823 fig shell
 Sorbeoconcha - Cassidae
 Sorbeoconcha - Cypraeidae
"Monetaria brocchii" = Prozonarina brocchii2, Schilderia semidenticulata2, "Apiocypraea subamygdalum" = Schilderia amygdalum2, "Cypraea hieroglyphica n. sp." = Fossacypraea hieroglyphica1
"Monetaria brocchii" = Prozonarina brocchii2 Deshayes 1844 cowry
Schilderia semidenticulata2 Sacco 1894 cowry
"Apiocypraea subamygdalum" = Schilderia amygdalum2 Brocchi 1814 cowry
"Cypraea hieroglyphica n. sp." = Fossacypraea hieroglyphica1 Schilder 1923 cowry
 Sorbeoconcha - Pediculariidae
Projenneria lapugyensis2 Sacco 1894 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
"Natica tigrina" = Cochlis tigrina2 Röding 1798 moon snail
Polinices redemptus2 Michelotti 1847 moon snail
Euspira helicina2 Brocchi 1814 moon snail
Neverita josephinia2 Risso 1826 moon snail
Chondrichthyes
 Lamniformes - Otodontidae
Otodus megalodon3 Agassiz 1835 megalodon