Suceag 1 (Oligocene of Romania)

Where: Romania (46.8° N, 23.5° E: paleocoordinates 43.6° N, 21.3° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: MP 23-24 mammal zone, Dâncu Formation, Early/Lower Oligocene (33.9 - 28.4 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

• fluvial to more flooded, fluvio-lacustrine and marshy environments
• alternating clay, marl, and sand with several lumachelle and coal interbeddings

Size class: mesofossils

Primary reference: M. Venczel and V. A. Codrea. 2019. A New Proteid Salamander from the Lower Oligocene of Romania, with Notes on the Paleobiogeography of Eurasian Proteids . Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 38(e1508027 ):1-10 [P. Holroyd/P. Holroyd]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 202336: authorized by Patricia Holroyd, entered by Patricia Holroyd on 08.07.2019, edited by Philip Mannion

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Taxonomic list

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Amphibia
 Salientia - Palaeobatrachidae
Albionbatrachus sp.
Albionbatrachus sp. Meszoely et al. 1984 frog
 Caudata - Urodela
Mioproteus gardneri
Mioproteus gardneri Venczel and Codrea 2019 mudpuppy
Reptilia
 Crocodylia -
Diplocynodon sp.
Diplocynodon sp. Pomel 1847 crocodilian
UBB V 450