Where: Romania (43.9° N, 26.0° E: paleocoordinates 22.1° N, 24.7° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Hoplites dentatus ammonoid zone, Albian (113.0 - 100.5 Ma)
• According to Prof. T. Neagu who studied the ammonites and foraminifera from the
•drillings near Giurgiu (Neagu 1959), the marl deposits that yielded the specimen is middle
•Albian in age with the ammonite Hoplites dentatus (Sowerby, 1821) and the belemnite Neohibolites minimus (Miller, 1826) as index species.
Environment/lithology: marine; glauconitic marl
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: L. Cavin and D. Grigorescu. 2005. A new Crossognathus (Actinopterygii, Teleostei) from the Lower Cretaceous of Romania with comments on Crossognathidae relationships. Geodiversitas 27(1):5-16 [M. Bell/M. Bell]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 140234: authorized by Mark Bell, entered by Mark Bell on 05.03.2013
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Actinopteri | |
Crossognathus danubiensis n. sp.
Crossognathus danubiensis n. sp. Cavin and Grigorescu 2005 |