Negoiu-Lunca Cernii de Sus (subunit B2) (Cretaceous of Romania)

Also known as Negoiu; Lunca Cernii de Sus

Where: Hunedoara, Romania (45.7° N, 22.6° E: paleocoordinates 32.8° N, 20.8° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Late/Upper Maastrichtian (70.6 - 66.0 Ma)

• from unnamed rock unit - Subunit B2 of Csiki-Sava et al. (2016)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: fluvial; red, silty, sandy claystone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: V. Codrea, P. Godefroit, and T. Smith. 2012. First discovery of Maastrichtian (latest Cretaceous) terrestrial vertebrates in Rusca Montană Basin (Romania). In P. Godefroit (ed.), Bernissart Dinosaurs and Early Cretaceous Terrestrial Ecosystems 570-581 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 219176: authorized by Philip Mannion, entered by Philip Mannion on 26.03.2021

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Testudines - Cheloniidae
Chelonia indet. Brongniart 1800 green sea turtle
UBB NgCh1-2; possibly Kallokibotion
 Loricata -
Crocodyliformes indet. crocodilian
UBB NgC1-4
 Ornithischia - Rhabdodontidae
Rhabdodontidae indet. Weishampel et al. 2003 rhabdodontid
UBB NgO2-3
 Saurischia -
Sauropoda indet. Marsh 1878 sauropod
UBB NgS1
 Theropoda - Dromaeosauridae
cf. Velociraptorinae indet. Barsbold 1983 maniraptoran
UBB NgTh2
 Theropoda - Troodontidae
cf. Troodontidae indet. Gilmore 1924 maniraptoran
UBB NgTh1
Mammalia
 Multituberculata - Kogaionidae
Kogaionidae indet. Râdulescu and Samson 1996 multituberculate
UBB Ng1,2