Oarda de Jos A (OdA): Early/Lower Maastrichtian, Romania
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
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Charophyta indet.
Migula 1890
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Actinopteri
- Lepisosteiformes
- Lepisosteidae
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Lepisosteus sp.
Agassiz 1843
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Actinopteri
- Characiformes
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Characiformes indet.
Regan 1911
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Brusatte et al. 2013 | |||||||||
Amphibia
- Temnospondyli
- Albanerpetontidae
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Albanerpeton sp.
Estes and Hoffstetter 1976
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Amphibia
- Anura
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Discoglossidae indet.
Günther 1859
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Brusatte et al. 2013 | |||||||||
= Anura indet.
Fischer von Waldheim 1813
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Venczel et al. 2016 | |||||||||
Amphibia
- Temnospondyli
- Alytidae
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Paralatonia transylvanica
Venczel and Csiki 2003
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Venczel et al. 2016 | 5 specimens | ||||||||
PSMUBB.ODAN-A-3, 5-8 | ||||||||||
Amphibia
- Temnospondyli
- Bombinatoridae
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Hatzegobatrachus grigorescui
Venczel and Csiki 2003
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Venczel et al. 2016 | 3 specimens | ||||||||
PSMUBB.ODAN-A-9-11 | ||||||||||
Reptilia
- Squamata
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Squamata indet.
Oppel 1811
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Brusatte et al. 2013 | |||||||||
Reptilia
- Lacertilia
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Lacertilia indet.
Owen 1842
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Reptilia
- Barbatteiidae
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Oardasaurus glyphis n. gen., n. sp.
Codrea et al. 2017
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Codrea et al. 2017 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
PSMUBB.ODAN-A-12 (holotype), incomplete parietal | ||||||||||
Reptilia
- Azhdarchidae
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Albadraco tharmisensis n. gen., n. sp.
Solomon et al. 2020
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Solomon et al. 2020 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
PSMUBB V651 - holotype | ||||||||||
Reptilia
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? Pseudogeckoolithus sp.
Vianey-Liaud and López-Martínez 1997
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Reptilia
- Titanosauridae
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Megaloolithidae indet.
(Zhao 1979)
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Reptilia
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Hadrosauroidea indet.
(Huene 1954)
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Dalla Vecchia 2014 | |||||||||
Crocodylia indet.
(Owen 1842)
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= cf. Acynodon sp.
Buscalioni et al. 1997
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Brusatte et al. 2013 | |||||||||
Thalassodromeus sebesensis n. sp.
Grellet-Tinner and Codrea 2015
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Codrea et al. 2010 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
synonym of Kallokibotion bajazidi | ||||||||||
ODA 28 | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Multituberculata
- Kogaionidae
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Kogaionidae indet.
Râdulescu and Samson 1996
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1 specimen | |||||||||
= Barbatodon oardaensis n. sp.
Codrea et al. 2014
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Codrea et al. 2014 | |||||||||
Holotype: UBB ODAN-Mt-13, isolated M1 and J2; referred material: UBB ODAN-Mt-2, 4, 44-52, 61, 74-80 | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
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Gastropoda indet.
Cuvier 1795
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Malacostraca
- Decapoda
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Brachyura indet.
(Latreille 1802)
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original and current combination Brachyuri | ||||||||||
"crab chelipeds" | ||||||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | Romania | State/province: | Alba |
Coordinates: | 46.0° North, 23.6° East (view map) | ||
Paleocoordinates: | 33.1° North, 21.7° East | ||
Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map | ||
Geographic resolution: | small collection |
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: | 72.10000 - 66.00000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Formation: | Şard | ||||
Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds | ||||
Stratigraphy comments: Şard Formation, lower–middle part |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | lenticular,black,gray silty,calcareous claystone |
Secondary lithology: | shelly/skeletal "limestone" |
Includes fossils? | Y |
Includes fossils? | Y |
Lithology description: "gray-blackish silt clays and calcretes"; "coquina limestone" bed in same deposit contains eggshells | |
Environment: | pond |
Geology comments: floodplain with laterally extensive channels, with lacustrine environment predominating. Lens-like accumulation at this site. |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body |
Degree of concentration: | dispersed |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils,mesofossils |
Preservation of anatomical detail: | good |
Fragmentation: | occasional |
Temporal resolution: | snapshot |
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods: | bulk,surface (in situ),mechanical,sieve,field collection |
Rock censused: | 800 kg |
Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Metadata
Also known as: | ODA; Oarda A | ||
Database number: | 115074 | ||
Authorizer: | M. Carrano, P. Barrett, P. Mannion | Enterer: | M. Carrano, J. Tennant, T. Cleary, P. Mannion |
Modifier: | P. Mannion | Research group: | vertebrate |
Created: | 2011-08-27 05:08:28 | Last modified: | 2022-08-19 10:05:42 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2011-08-27 05:08:28 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
37235. | V. Codrea, M. Vremir, C. Jipa, P. Godefroit, Z. Csiki, T. Smith, and C. Farcas. 2010. More than just Nopcsa's Transylvanian dinosaurs: A look outside the Hateg Basin. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 293:391-405 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |
Secondary references:
49557 | S. Brusatte, M. Vremir, A. Watanabe, Z. Csiki-Sava, D. Naish, G. J. Dyke, G. M. Erickson and M. A. Norell. 2013. An infant ornithopod dinosaur tibia from the Late Cretaceous of Sebes, Romania. Terra Sebus. Acta Musei Sabesiensis 5:627-644 [P. Mannion/J. Tennant/M. Carrano] | |
80607 | V. A. Codrea, O. Barbu, and C. Jipa-Murzea. 2010. Upper Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) landvertebrate diversity in Alba District (Romania). Bulletin of the Geological Society of Greece 43(2):594-601 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] | |
50288 | V. A. Codrea, A. A. Solomon, M. Venczel and T. Smith. 2014. A new kogaionid multituberculate mammal from the Maastrichtian of the Transylvanian Basin, Romania. Comptes Rendus Palevol 13(6):489-499 [P. Mannion/J. Tennant/P. Mannion] | |
62333 | V. A. Codrea, M. Venczel, and A. Solomon. 2017. A new family of teiioid lizards from the Upper Cretaceous of Romania with notes on the evolutionary history of early teiioids. Zoological Journal of the Linnean Society 181(2):385-399 [P. Barrett/T. Cleary/P. Mannion] | |
56054 | F. M. Dalla Vecchia. 2014. An overview of the latest Cretaceous hadrosauroid record in Europe. In D. A. Eberth & D. C. Evans (ed.), Hadrosaurs 268-297 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] | |
73444 | A. A. Solomon, V. A. Codrea, M. Venczel and G. Grellet-Tinner. 2020. A new species of large-sized pterosaur from the Maastrichtian of Transylvania (Romania). Cretaceous Research 110:104316 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion] | |
82420 | A. A. Solomon, V. A. Codrea, M. Venczel and T. Smith. 2022. New data on Barbatodon oardaensis Codrea, Solomon, Venczel & Smith, 2014, the smallest Late Cretaceous multituberculate mammal from Europe. Comptes Rendus Palevol 21(13):253-271 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion] | |
65862 | M. Venczel, J. D. Gardner, V. A. Codrea, Z. Csiki-Sava, S. Vasile and A. A. Solomon. 2016. New insights into Europe’s most diverse Late Cretaceous anuran assemblage from the Maastrichtian of western Romania. Palaeobiodiversity and Palaeoenvironments 96(1):61-95 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion] | |
81031 | M. Vremir. 2010. New faunal elements from the Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) continental deposits of Sebeş area (Transylvania). Terra Sebus. Acta Musei Sabesiensis 2010(2):635-684 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] |