Where: Romania (47.5° N, 25.6° E: paleocoordinates 25.5° N, 30.4° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Early/Lower Aptian (121.4 - 122.5 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; lithified marl
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: E. Morycowa. 1971. Hexacorallia et Octocorallia du Cretace Inferieur de Rarau (Carpathes Orientales Roumaines) [Early Cretaceous hexacorals and octocorals from Rarau (Eastern Carpathians, Romania)]. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 16(1-2):3-149 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 69201: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 21.02.2007
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa | |
Clausastrea julistephanovi, Clausastrea alloiteaui, Dimorphocoenia izvoralbensis n. sp., Montlivaltia multiformis
Clausastrea julistephanovi Zlatarski 1967 stony coral
Dimorphocoenia izvoralbensis n. sp. Morycowa 1971 stony coral
Montlivaltia multiformis Toula 1889 stony coral | |
Myriophyllia sp., Pseudomyriophyllia carpathica n. gen. n. sp., "Hydnophora incerta n. sp." = Eohydnophora incerta, Eugyra lanckoronensis, Eugyra aff. digitata, Felixigyra patruliusi
Myriophyllia sp. d'Orbigny 1849 stony coral
Pseudomyriophyllia carpathica n. gen. n. sp. Morycowa 1971 stony coral
"Hydnophora incerta n. sp." = Eohydnophora incerta Morycowa 1971 stony coral
Eugyra lanckoronensis Morycowa 1964 stony coral
Eugyra aff. digitata Koby 1896 stony coral | |
"Amphiastraea rarauensis n. sp." = Amphiaulastrea rarauensis
"Amphiastraea rarauensis n. sp." = Amphiaulastrea rarauensis Morycowa 1971 stony coral | |
Holocystis bukowinensis, "Pentacoenia pulchella" = Cyathophora pulchella, "Cyathophora pygmaea" = Cryptocoenia fontserei
Holocystis bukowinensis Volz 1903 stony coral
"Pentacoenia pulchella" = Cyathophora pulchella d'Orbigny 1850 stony coral
"Cyathophora pygmaea" = Cryptocoenia fontserei Bataller 1947 stony coral | |
Stylina sp., "Stylina regularis" = Stylina digitiformis
Stylina sp. Lamarck 1816 stony coral
"Stylina regularis" = Stylina digitiformis Achiardi 1880 stony coral | |
"Schizosmilia aff. corallina" = Cladophyllia corallina
"Schizosmilia aff. corallina" = Cladophyllia corallina Koby 1888 stony coral | |
Hydnophoromeandraraea volzi n. gen. n. sp.
Hydnophoromeandraraea volzi n. gen. n. sp. Morycowa 1971 stony coral | |
Ellipsocoenia lorioli, Fungiastraea (Fungiastraeopsis) subpolygonalis n. sp., ? Thamnoseris carpathica n. sp.
Ellipsocoenia lorioli Koby 1896 stony coral
Fungiastraea (Fungiastraeopsis) subpolygonalis n. sp. Morycowa 1971 stony coral listed as subpoligonalis
? Thamnoseris carpathica n. sp. Morycowa 1971 stony coral | |
Meandrophyllia lotharinga Michelin 1843 stony coral | |
"Fungiastraea aff. exigua" = Palaeosiderofungia exigua
"Fungiastraea aff. exigua" = Palaeosiderofungia exigua Reuss 1854 stony coral | |
Polyphylloseris convexa d'Orbigny 1850 stony coral | |
"Mesomorpha ornata n. sp." = Ahrdorffia ornata, ? Thamnasteria pseudopaliformis n. sp.
"Mesomorpha ornata n. sp." = Ahrdorffia ornata Morycowa 1971 stony coral
? Thamnasteria pseudopaliformis n. sp. Morycowa 1971 stony coral | |
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Trochoidomeandra problematica n. gen. n. sp.
Trochoidomeandra problematica n. gen. n. sp. Morycowa 1971 stony coral | |
Heterocoenia sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral
"Heterocoenia minima n. sp." = Heterocoenia minuta Morycowa 1971 stony coral
Latusastrea exiguis Fromentel 1862 stony coral | |
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Pseudopolytremacis spinoseptata n. gen. n. sp.
Pseudopolytremacis spinoseptata n. gen. n. sp. Morycowa 1971 | |
Polytremacis tenera Trauth 1911 | |
Actinastraea pseudominima | |
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