Where: Romania (45.1° N, 21.8° E: paleocoordinates 25.7° N, 23.5° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Valea Tereziei Member (Steierdorf Formation), Middle Hettangian to Middle Hettangian (201.3 - 196.5 Ma)
• tracks from just above pyroclastic level at bottom of member
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: fluvial-lacustrine; bioturbated, fine-grained sandstone and coal
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: mold/impression, trace
Collection methods: surface (in situ), peel or thin section,
Primary reference: G. Pienkowski, M. E. Popa, and A. Kedzior. 2009. Early Jurassic sauropod footprints of the Southern Carpathians, Romania: palaeobiological and palaeogeographical significance. Geological Quarterly 53(4):461-470 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 143604: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 25.04.2013
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Parabrontopodus sp. Lockley et al. 1995 sauropod several tracks and trackways, incl. LPB III ICH 76, 77
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