Where: Romania (45.7° N, 25.5° E: paleocoordinates 37.7° N, 32.0° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Brasov Formation, Late/Upper Valanginian (140.2 - 136.4 Ma)
• basal Brasov Formation
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: deep subtidal shelf; lithified limestone
• lower layer (10-20 cm thick) of greenish-gray to brownish-yellow ferruginous limestone, interspersed with limonitic ooids, and an upper layer (10-15 cm thick)of cream to greenish-white marly limestone, devoid of limonitic ooids
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: E. Avram and E. Gradinaru. 1993. A peculiar Upper Valanginian cephalopod fauna from the Carpatic Bend (Codlea town area, Romania): biostratigraphic and paleobiogeographic implications. Jahrbuch der Geologischen Bundesanstalt 136(4):665-700 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 69198: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 21.02.2007
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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| Cephalopoda |
| Ammonitida - Lytoceratidae |
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| Ammonitida - Holcodiscidae |
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| Ammonitida - Oosterellidae |
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| Ammonitida - Crioceratitidae |
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| Ammonitida - Neocomitidae |
Paquiericeras (Julianites) cf. mourrei, Karakaschiceras cf. biassalense, Sarasinella cf. sakalavense, Kilianella sp., Neocomites (Teschenites) aff. flucticulus, Neocomites (Teschenites) cf. muretensis, Sabbaiceras stefanescui, Criosarasinella cf. furcillata, Eleniceras aff. spiniger, Eleniceras cf. tchechitevi, Eleniceras transsylvanicum, Rodighieroites cardulus, Rodighieroites ? lamberti
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| Ammonitida - Olcostephanidae |
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| Ammonitida - Bochianitidae |
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| Ammonitida - Himantoceratidae |
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| Ammonitida - Haploceratidae |
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| Phylloceratida - Phylloceratidae |
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| Belemnitida - Duvaliidae |
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