Felek, near Klausenburg (Miocene of Romania)

Where: Romania (46.7° N, 23.6° E: paleocoordinates 46.4° N, 23.4° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Late/Upper Miocene (11.6 - 5.3 Ma)

• Presence of Congeria suggests a late Miocene age.

Environment/lithology: lacustrine - large; lithified, brown, yellow marl

• Transylvanian basin, a retro foreland basin of the Carpathian mountain belt.
• Braungelber Kalkmergel

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: adpression

Collection methods: Repository: Universität zu Klausenburg

Primary reference: M. Staub. 1883. Tertiäre Pflanzen von Felek bei Klausenberg. Mitteilungen aus dem Jahrbuch der Königlich Ungarischen Geologische Anstalt 6:263-281 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 155724: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 27.04.2014

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Insecta
 Diptera - Bibionidae
Bibio kochii n. sp.
Bibio kochii n. sp. Staub 1883 march fly