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
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Testudines indet.
Batsch 1788
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Brusatte et al. 2013 | |||||||||
Muehlbachia nopcsai
Vremir and Codrea 2009
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Vremir 2010 | |||||||||
nomen nudum belonging to Dortokidae | ||||||||||
Reptilia
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Kallokibotion bajazidi
Nopcsa 1923
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Codrea et al. 2010 | |||||||||
cf. Doratodon sp.
Seeley 1881
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Vremir 2010 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
left lower-dentary fragment | ||||||||||
cf. Allodaposuchus sp.
Nopcsa 1928
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Vremir 2010 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
complete cervical osteodermal scute | ||||||||||
= Allodaposuchus sp.
Nopcsa 1928
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Brusatte et al. 2013 | |||||||||
Dinosauria indet.
(Owen 1842)
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Brusatte et al. 2013 | |||||||||
Reptilia
- Nodosauridae
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Ankylosauria indet.
(Osborn 1923)
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Codrea et al. 2010 | |||||||||
= ? Struthiosaurus sp.
Bunzel 1870
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Brusatte et al. 2013 | |||||||||
Reptilia
- Rhabdodontidae
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Zalmoxes sp.
Weishampel et al. 2003
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Brusatte et al. 2013 | |||||||||
Various fragmentary limb bones, and vertebrae | ||||||||||
Reptilia
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Telmatosaurus sp.
Nopcsa 1903
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Vremir 2010 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
partial medio-proximal right femur | ||||||||||
Theropoda indet.
(Marsh 1881)
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Brusatte et al. 2013 | |||||||||
Magyarosaurus sp.
Huene 1932
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Codrea et al. 2008 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
small caudal vertebral centrum | ||||||||||
= ? Magyarosaurus sp.
Huene 1932
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Brusatte et al. 2013 | |||||||||
? Magyarosaurus hungaricus
Huene 1932
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Vremir 2010 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
synonym of Magyarosaurus dacus | ||||||||||
medio-posterior dorsal vertebra; "large size - RR specimen" | ||||||||||
Azhdarchidae informal indet. A
Nessov 1984
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Vremir 2010 | 3 elements | ||||||||
"giant form A"; Cervical vertebra, syncarpal and scapulocoracoid | ||||||||||
= Azhdarchoidea indet.
Unwin 1992
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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] | |
31874 | ETE | 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] |