Alvincz: Early/Lower Maastrichtian, Romania
collected by F. Nopcsa 1901–1902
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia
- Unionida
- Unionidae
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cf. Unio sp.
Philipsson 1788
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Nopcsa 1923 | |||||||||
Gastropoda
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Gastropoda indet.
Cuvier 1795
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Nopcsa 1923 | |||||||||
fresh-water forms | ||||||||||
Reptilia
- Rhabdodontidae
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Mochlodon sp.
Seeley 1881
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1 individual | |||||||||
specimen H | ||||||||||
= Zalmoxes robustus
Nopcsa 1900
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Weishampel et al. 2003 | |||||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | Romania | State/province: | Alba |
Coordinates: | 46.0° North, 23.4° East (view map) | ||
Paleocoordinates: | 38.4° North, 20.1° East | ||
Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark | ||
Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
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: | Sînpetru |
Stratigraphic resolution: | bed |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | sandstone |
Includes fossils? | Y |
Environment: | fluvial-lacustrine indet. |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Preservation of anatomical detail: | good |
Abundance in sediment: | common |
Fragmentation: | occasional |
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods: | selective quarrying,surface (in situ),mechanical,field collection | ||
Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis | ||
Collectors: | F. Nopcsa | Collection dates: | 1901–1902 |
Metadata
Also known as: | Vintu de Jos | ||
Database number: | 96687 | ||
Authorizer: | M. Carrano | Enterer: | M. Carrano |
Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
Created: | 2010-06-25 12:24:15 | Last modified: | 2021-09-28 20:40:13 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2010-06-25 12:24:15 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
14098. | ETE | B. F. Nopcsa. 1904. Dinosaurierreste aus Siebenbürgen III (Weitere Schädelreste von Mochlodon) [Dinosaur remains from Transylvania III (further skull remains of Mochlodon)]. Denkschriften der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften. Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Classe 74:229-263 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
Secondary references:
78205 | D. Grigorescu. 2010. The Latest Cretaceous fauna with dinosaurs and mammals from the Haţeg Basin — A historical overview. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 293(3-4):271-282 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] | |
32949 | ETE | B. F. Nopcsa. 1914. Die Lebensbedingungen der obercretacischen Dinosaurier Siebenbürgens [The environment of Upper Cretaceous Transylvanian dinosaurs]. Centralblatt fur Mineralogie, Geologie und Paläontologie 1914:564-574 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
32951 | ETE | B. F. Nopcsa. 1923. On the geological importance of the primitive reptilian fauna in the uppermost Cretaceous of Hungary; with a description of a new tortoise (Kallokibotion). Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society 74:100-116 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
13939 | ETE | D. B. Weishampel, C.-M. Jianu, Z. Csiki and D. B. Norman. 2003. Osteology and phylogeny of Zalmoxes (n. g.), an unusual euornithopod dinosaur from the latest Cretaceous of Romania. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 1(2):65-123 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |