Comanesti-1 (Miocene of Romania)

Where: Romania (46.5° N, 22.1° E: paleocoordinates 46.0° N, 21.7° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: MN 7 + 8 (12.8 - 11.1 Ma)

• lower Sarmatian, late Serravalian, upper Volynian

Environment/lithology: lagoonal; tuffaceous marl

• shallow marine episode in a calm, lagoon or bay type of basin
• tuffaceous marl; tuffiti-diatomitic complex

Primary reference: E. Kazár. 2006. Odontocete periotics (Mammalia: Cetacea) from the Carpathian Basin, Middle Miocene (Badenian and Sarmatian Stages), including the Vienna Basin, Austria. Beitrage zur Palaontologie 30:269-292 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 70507: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 26.03.2007

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Gastropoda
 Trochoidea - Trochidae
Trochus pictus top snail
Bivalvia
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
Cardium vindobonense cockle
subspecies vindobonense
 Cardiida - Semelidae
Ervilia dissita clam
subspecies podoloca
Mammalia
 Cetacea -
Odontoceti indet. Flower 1867 toothed whale
 Cetacea - Kentriodontidae
Kentriodon fuchsii Brandt 1873 toothed whale
 Cetacea -
Delphinoidea indet. Flower 1865 toothed whale