Turnu Rosu: Middle Eocene - Late/Upper Eocene, Romania

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Actinopteri - Labriformes - Labridae
Lachnolaimus multidens (Munster 1846)
Actinopteri - Tetraodontiformes - Diodontidae
Chilomycterus hilgendorfi (Dames 1883)
original and current combination Progymnodon hilgendorfi
Reptilia
Gavialoidea indet. (Brochu 1997)
Venczel et al. 2023
collections of the Natural History Museum, Sibiu
see common names

Geography
Country:Romania
Coordinates: 45.6° North, 24.3° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:43.9° North, 19.7° East
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:local area
Time
Period:Paleogene Epoch:Eocene
Key time interval:Middle Eocene - Late/Upper Eocene
Age range of interval:47.80000 - 33.90000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphic resolution:formation
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: "limestone"
Environment:marine indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Metadata
Also known as:Turnu Roșu; Porcești, Portsest, Portsesd; near Sibiu town
Database number:186852
Authorizer:M. Uhen, P. Mannion Enterer:M. Uhen, P. Mannion
Modifier:P. Mannion Research group:vertebrate
Created:2017-07-05 19:56:01 Last modified:2023-01-10 09:40:33
Access level:the public Released:2017-07-05 19:56:01
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
62655. E. P. Dica. 2002. A review of the Eocene diodontids and labrids from Transylvania. Studia Universitatis Babes-Bolyai, Geologia 47(2):37-46 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]

Secondary references:

83604 M. Venczel, V. A. Codrea, and N. Trif. 2023. Eocene gavialoid teeth from southern Transylvania with notes on the diversity of Paleogene crocodilians from Romania. North-Western Journal of Zoology 19(1) [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]