Also known as Reef 1623
Where: Romania (46.4° N, 23.6° E: paleocoordinates 45.7° N, 23.1° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Girbova de Sus Formation, Langhian (16.0 - 13.8 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified limestone
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: J.-P. Saint Martin, D. Merle, J. J. Cornee, S. Filipescu, S. Saint Martin and I. I. Bucur. 2007. Les constructions coralliennes du Badenien (Miocene moyen) de la bordure occidentale de la depression de Transylvanie (Roumanie) [Badenian (Middle Miocene) coral build-ups of the western border of the Transylvanian Basin (Romania)]. Comptes Rendus Palevol 6:37-46 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel/S. Ávila]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 70056: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 15.03.2007
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa | |
Porites sp. Link 1807 stony coral | |
Heliastrea sp. Milne Edwards and Haime 1857 stony coral | |
Mussidae indet. Ortmann 1890 stony coral | |
Favites sp. Link 1807 stony coral
Tarbellastraea sp. Alloiteau 1950 stony coral | |
Gastropoda | |
Neritopsis moniliformis Grateloup 1832 snail | |
Trochidae indet. Rafinesque 1815 top snail | |
Haliotis tuberculata Linnaeus 1758 abalone | |
Conus sp. Linnaeus 1758 cone shell | |
Vermetus (Serpulorbis) arenarius worm shell | |
Bivalvia | |
Acar clathrata miniature ark | |
Chlamys sp. Röding 1798 scallop | |
Lithophaga lithophaga Linnaeus 1758 mussel | |
Codakia leonina clam | |
Chama cf. gryphoides Linnaeus 1758 jewel box | |
"Cardita cf. crassa" = Cardita (Cardita) crassa
"Cardita cf. crassa" = Cardita (Cardita) crassa Lamarck 1819 clam |