Where: Romania (44.7° N, 27.9° E: paleocoordinates 37.3° N, 34.6° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Late/Upper Oxfordian (161.2 - 155.7 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: perireef or subreef; lithified limestone
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: D. Ungureanu and E. Barbu. 2004. Endemic features of the Upper Jurassic sponges in the western central Dobrogea (Atarnati-Cechirgea perimeter). Acta Palaeontologica Romaniae 4:493-502 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 98529: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 08.10.2010
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Demospongiae | |
Melonella radiata Quenstedt 1858 demosponge | |
Hexactinellida | |
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Laocoetis procumbens, "Laocoetis parallela" = Craticularia parallela
Laocoetis procumbens Goldfuss 1826 glass sponge
"Laocoetis parallela" = Craticularia parallela Goldfuss 1826 glass sponge | |
Trochobolus cf. dentatus Kolb 1910 glass sponge |