Jibou area, serpulid-algal bioherm (Eocene of Romania)

Also known as Reef 3661

Where: Romania (47.3° N, 23.3° E: paleocoordinates 40.1° N, 20.6° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Lutetian (47.8 - 41.3 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified limestone

• serpulid-algal "biolithosore" probably in lagoonal environment

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: O. Clichici and N. Suraru. 1964. Asupra prezentei unui nivel local de calcare nodulare din depozitele Lutetiene de la Jibou [The presence of a local horizon of nodular limestone in the Lutetian deposits of Jibou]. Studia Universitatis Babes-Bolyai, Ser. Geologia-Geographia 9(2):53-57 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 76996: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 14.12.2007

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Taxonomic list

Tubothalamea
 Miliolida - Miliolidae
Miliolidae indet. Ehrenberg 1839
Florideophyceae
 Corallinales - Corallinophycidae
Polychaeta
 Sabellida - Serpulidae
Serpula sp. Linnaeus 1758