Sard (Oligocene of Romania)

Where: Romania (46.9° N, 23.4° E: paleocoordinates 43.7° N, 21.2° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Mera Formation, Rupelian (33.9 - 28.1 Ma)

• group of beds-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 102021: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 06.01.2011

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Taxonomic list

Gastropoda
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
"Turritella (Haustator) interposita" = Peyrotia interposita
"Turritella (Haustator) interposita" = Peyrotia interposita Deshayes 1861 turret shell
 Cerithioidea - Pachychilidae
Faunus sp. Montfort 1810 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Campanilidae
"Cerithium (Thericium) filiferum" = Thericium, "Cerithium (Thericium) globulosum" = Thericium
"Cerithium (Thericium) filiferum" = Thericium snail
"Cerithium (Thericium) globulosum" = Thericium snail
 Neogastropoda - Buccinidae
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
"Natica (Euspira) ambulacrum" = Euspira
"Natica (Euspira) ambulacrum" = Euspira moon snail
Bivalvia
 Poromyida - Verticordiidae
Pecchiolia iarkini n. sp. Meszaros 1957 clam
 Cardiida - Cyrenidae
Cyrena (Cyrena) convexa clam
and var. vapincana
 Cardiida - Veneridae
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
 Hiatellida - Hiatellidae