Also known as JBB; Calcaires de Rona; Botanic Garden of Jibou
Where: Romania (47.3° N, 23.3° E: paleocoordinates 36.6° N, 20.9° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Rona Member (Jibou Formation), Thanetian (59.2 - 56.0 Ma)
• JBB5 bed; "Calcaires de Rona"
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: fluvial-lacustrine; limestone
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Collected in 1995-1996
Primary reference: F. d. Lapparent de Broin, X. Murelaga Bereikua, and V. Codrea. 2004. Presence of Dortokidae (Chelonii, Pleurodira) in the earliest Tertiary of the Jibou Formation, Romania: paleobiogeographical implications. Acta Palaeontologica Romaniae 4:203-215 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 138245: authorized by Philip Mannion, entered by Philip Mannion on 08.01.2013
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Reptilia | |
"Ronella botanica" = Dortoka botanica
"Ronella botanica" = Dortoka botanica Gheerbrant et al. 1999 turtle |