Where: Romania (45.2° N, 25.1° E: paleocoordinates 45.4° N, 24.6° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Jugur Formation, Messinian (7.2 - 5.3 Ma)
• Portaferrian (Middle Pontian)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marginal marine; lithified claystone and lithified sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: V. Pavnotescu and I. Andreescu. 1978. Asupra unor Prosodacnine din Pontianul de la Boteni (jud. Arges) [Pontian Prosodacninae from Boteni (Arges Province)]. Studii si Cercetari de Geologie, Geofizica, Geografie; Seria Geologie 23(1):143-155 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 73301: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 11.06.2007
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
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Gastropoda | |
Melanopsis sp. FĂ©russac 1807 snail | |
Viviparus achatinoides snail
Viviparus ex gr. fuchsi snail | |
Bivalvia | |
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Hyriopsis sp. Conrad 1853 freshwater mussel |