Purcăreni (Jurassic of Romania)

Also known as Pucareni

Where: Romania (45.6° N, 25.8° E: paleocoordinates 37.9° N, 32.4° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Tithonian (152.1 - 145.0 Ma)

• Tithonian coral reef limestone olistolith within the Piscul cu Brazi Formation (Cretaceous)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

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

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: Repository: Laboratory of Paleontology, Department of Geology and Paleontology, University of Bucharest (LPB)

Primary reference: C. M. Robins, R. M. Feldmann, C. E. Schweitzer and A. Bonde. 2016. New families Paragalatheidae and Catillogalatheidae (Decapoda: Anomura: Galatheoidea) from the Mesozoic, restriction of the genus Paragalathea, and establishment of 6 new genera and 20 new species. Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien, Serie A 118:65-131 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 139750: authorized by Carrie Schweitzer, entered by Evaline Johnson on 17.02.2013, edited by Carrie Schweitzer

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Malacostraca
 Decapoda - Paragalatheidae
Discutiolira moesica Muţiu and Bădăluţă 1971 decapod
Lemacola salia Robins et al. 2016 decapod
 Decapoda - Catillogalatheidae
Catillogalathea purcarenensis Robins et al. 2016 decapod
Catillogalathea patruliusi Robins et al. 2016 decapod
Tuberosagalathea antefixa Robins et al. 2016 decapod
Tuberosagalathea tornatilis Robins et al. 2016 decapod
Galatheites obtecta Robins et al. 2016 decapod
 Decapoda - Goniodromitidae
Distefania dacia Schweitzer and Feldmann 2010 crab
 Decapoda - Konidromitidae
Konidromites gibbus Reuss 1858 crab