Where: Romania (46.5° N, 23.8° E: paleocoordinates 46.3° N, 23.6° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• basin-level geographic resolution
When: Messinian (7.2 - 5.3 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; fine-grained conglomerate and sandstone
Size classes: macrofossils, microfossils
Primary reference: N. Mészáros and E. Nicorici. 1961. Zur Grenzziehung Torton/Sarmat im Gebiet von Cluj-Turda (Siebenbuergen, Rumaenien) auf Grund mikro- und makrofaunistischer Untersuchungen. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie Monatshefte 589-597 [M. Aberhan/S. Nurnberg/S. Nurnberg]more details
Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis
PaleoDB collection 38594: authorized by Martin Aberhan, entered by Sabine Nürnberg on 26.04.2004
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Globothalamea | |
Cibicides dutemplei dOrbigny 1846 | |
Foraminifera | |
Globigerina bulloides d'Orbigny 1826
Orbulina universa d'Orbigny 1839 | |
Tubothalamea | |
Nodosariata | |
Robulus calcar Linnaeus 1758 | |
Foraminifera | |
Elphidium crispum, Elphidium listeri, Elphidium macellum, Elphidium aculeatum, Elphidium katangliense
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Gastropoda | |
Valvata sp. Müller 1774 snail | |
Odostomia fuchsii snail | |
Gibbula balatro, Gibbula subalatro, Gibbula bessarabica, Gibbula picta, Timisia pseudopicta, Calliostoma cf. styricum
Gibbula balatro top snail
Gibbula subalatro top snail
Gibbula bessarabica top snail
Gibbula picta top snail
Timisia pseudopicta top snail
Calliostoma cf. styricum top snail | |
Acteocina pupa barrel-bubble
Acteocina sp. Gray 1847 barrel-bubble | |
Potamides mitralis horn snail
Potamides disjunctus horn snail | |
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Mohrensternia sp. Stoliczka 1868 snail | |
Dorsanum duplicatum true whelk | |
Bivalvia | |
Cardium vindobonense, Cardium obsoletum, Cardium cf. transcarpaticum, Cardium aff. latisulcum, Cardium sp.
Cardium vindobonense cockle
Cardium obsoletum cockle
Cardium cf. transcarpaticum cockle
Cardium aff. latisulcum cockle | |
Donax lucidus clam | |
Gastrana fragilis Linnaeus 1758 tellin clam | |
Abra reflexa abra | |
Tapes vitalianus venus clam | |
Modiolus incrassatus mussel
Modiolus subpapilio mussel |