Râpa Rosie (RR), Sebes Valley : Early/Lower Maastrichtian, Romania
collected by F. Nopcsa, M. Venczel 2007

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia - Testudines
Testudines indet. Batsch 1788
Brusatte et al. 2013
Muehlbachia nopcsai Vremir and Codrea 2009
Vremir 2010
nomen nudum belonging to Dortokidae
Reptilia
Kallokibotion bajazidi Nopcsa 1923
Codrea et al. 2010
cf. Doratodon sp. Seeley 1881
Vremir 2010 1 specimen
left lower-dentary fragment
cf. Allodaposuchus sp. Nopcsa 1928
Vremir 2010 1 specimen
complete cervical osteodermal scute
    = Allodaposuchus sp. Nopcsa 1928
Brusatte et al. 2013
Dinosauria indet. (Owen 1842)
Brusatte et al. 2013
Reptilia - Nodosauridae
Ankylosauria indet. (Osborn 1923)
Codrea et al. 2010
    = ? Struthiosaurus sp. Bunzel 1870
Brusatte et al. 2013
Reptilia - Rhabdodontidae
Zalmoxes sp. Weishampel et al. 2003
Brusatte et al. 2013
Various fragmentary limb bones, and vertebrae
Reptilia
Telmatosaurus sp. Nopcsa 1903
Vremir 2010 1 specimen
partial medio-proximal right femur
Theropoda indet. (Marsh 1881)
Brusatte et al. 2013
Magyarosaurus sp. Huene 1932
Codrea et al. 2008 1 specimen
small caudal vertebral centrum
    = ? Magyarosaurus sp. Huene 1932
Brusatte et al. 2013
? Magyarosaurus hungaricus Huene 1932
Vremir 2010 1 specimen
synonym of Magyarosaurus dacus
medio-posterior dorsal vertebra; "large size - RR specimen"
Azhdarchidae informal indet. A Nessov 1984
Vremir 2010 3 elements
"giant form A"; Cervical vertebra, syncarpal and scapulocoracoid
    = Azhdarchoidea indet. Unwin 1992
Brusatte et al. 2013
see common names

Geography
Country:Romania State/province:Alba
Coordinates: 46.0° North, 23.6° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:38.4° North, 20.2° East
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Cretaceous Epoch:Late/Upper Cretaceous
Stage:Maastrichtian 10 m.y. bin:Cretaceous 8
Key time interval:Early/Lower Maastrichtian
Age range of interval:70.60000 - 66.00000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Sebeş
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: uppermost part of the Sebeş Formation

early Maastrichtian (see Csiki-Sava et al. 2016 and Ţabără et al. 2022)
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:coarse,red poorly lithified sandstone
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: "red beds"; "weakly cemented detrital deposits, mainly coarse, as pebbles and sands of fluvial origin"
Environment:fluvial indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Preservation of anatomical detail:medium
Fragmentation:occasional
Temporal resolution:snapshot
Spatial resolution:allochthonous
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:surface (in situ),field collection
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Collectors:F. Nopcsa, M. Venczel Collection dates:2007
Metadata
Also known as:Râpa Roşie, Rapa Rosie
Database number:93729
Authorizer:M. Carrano, R. Butler, P. Mannion Enterer:M. Carrano, J. Tennant, R. Butler
Modifier:M. Carrano Research group:vertebrate
Created:2010-01-31 20:59:02 Last modified:2022-03-28 10:39:53
Access level:the public Released:2010-01-31 20:59:02
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

36651.ETE D. Grigorescu. 2004. Vertebrate paleontology in Romania. Noesis 29:97-116 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]

Secondary references:

49557 S. Brusatte, M. Vremir, A. Watanabe, Z. Csiki-Sava, D. Naish, G. J. Dyke, G. M. Erickson and M. A. Norell. 2013. An infant ornithopod dinosaur tibia from the Late Cretaceous of Sebes, Romania. Terra Sebus. Acta Musei Sabesiensis 5:627-644 [P. Mannion/J. Tennant/M. Carrano]
37235 V. Codrea, M. Vremir, C. Jipa, P. Godefroit, Z. Csiki, T. Smith, and C. Farcas. 2010. More than just Nopcsa's Transylvanian dinosaurs: A look outside the Hateg Basin. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 293:391-405 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
31874ETE V. A. Codrea, C. Murzea-Jipa, and M. Venczel. 2008. A sauropod vertebra at Râpa Roşie (Alba District). Acta Palaeontologica Romanae 6:43-46 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
56054 F. M. Dalla Vecchia. 2014. An overview of the latest Cretaceous hadrosauroid record in Europe. In D. A. Eberth & D. C. Evans (ed.), Hadrosaurs 268-297 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
81031 M. Vremir. 2010. New faunal elements from the Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) continental deposits of Sebeş area (Transylvania). Terra Sebus. Acta Musei Sabesiensis 2010(2):635-684 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
44590 M. Vremir, A. W. A. Kellner, D. Naish and G. J. Dyke. 2013. A new azhdarchid pterosaur from the Late Cretaceous of the Transylvanian Basin, Romania: implications for azhdarchid diversity and distribution. PLoS ONE 8(1):e54268 [R. Butler/R. Butler]