Schela, serpulid-microbial bioherms, S Carpathians, Gorj (Miocene of Romania)

Also known as Reef 3577

Where: Romania (45.2° N, 23.3° E: paleocoordinates 45.5° N, 22.2° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Serravallian (13.8 - 11.6 Ma)

• Sarmatian

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified limestone

• serpulid-microbial bioherms

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: I. I. Bucur, E. Nicorici, I. Huica and B. Ionesi. 1992. Calcareous microfacies in the Sarmatian deposits from Romania. Studia Universitatis Babes-Bolyai, Geologia 37(2):9-16 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 70617: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 30.03.2007

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Polychaeta
 Sabellida - Serpulidae
Bryozoa
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Bryozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1831
Gastropoda
 Cerithioidea - Potamididae
Pirenella picta horn snail
 Cerithioidea - Cerithiidae
Bivalvia
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
 Mytilida - Crenellidae
 Mytilida - Mytilidae