Cluj-Napoca: Priabonian, Romania

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia - Testudines - Trionychidae
Trionyx clavatomarginatus n. sp. Lörenthey 1903
Georgalis and Joyce 2017
synonym of Trionyx boulengeri
Mammalia - Sirenia - Sirenia
Sirenia indet. Illiger 1811
Spillman 1973
Mammalia - Sirenia - Dugongidae
Dugongidae indet. Gray 1821
Veress et al. 2022
? Halitherium sp. Kaup 1838
Fuchs 1970
nomen dubium belonging to Dugongidae
Mammalia - Cetacea
Berardiopsis miocaenus n. sp. Koch 1899
2 specimens
nomen dubium belonging to Cetacea
caudal vertebra
Chondrichthyes - Myliobatiformes - Dasyatidae
Dasyatis sp. Rafinesque 1810
Dica et al. 1996 1 specimen
Dasyatis jaekeli (Leriche 1906)
Dica et al. 1996 20 specimens
Chondrichthyes - Rhinopristiformes - Rhynchobatidae
Rhynchobatus sp. Müller and Henle 1837
Dica et al. 1996 1 specimen
Chondrichthyes - Rajiformes - Rhinobatidae
Rhinobatos cf. bruxelliensis (Jaekel 1894)
Dica et al. 1996 5 specimens
original and current combination Rhinobatus bruxelliensis
see common names

Geography
Country:Romania
Coordinates: 46.8° North, 22.6° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:42.4° North, 20.0° East
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Time
Period:Paleogene Epoch:Eocene
Stage:Priabonian 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 3
Key time interval:Priabonian
Age range of interval:37.71000 - 33.90000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Cluj Limestone
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: "limestone"
Environment:marine indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Metadata
Also known as:Klausenburg, Kolozsvar, Someș-Dig
Database number:65135
Authorizer:M. Uhen, P. Mannion Enterer:M. Uhen, P. Mannion
Modifier:M. Uhen Research group:vertebrate
Created:2006-09-19 06:44:07 Last modified:2023-02-14 14:21:39
Access level:the public Released:2006-09-19 06:44:07
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
27019. A. Koch. 1899. Schwanzwirbelreste eines ausgestorbenen Cetaceen von Kolzsvar. Foldtani Kozlony 19:204-209 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]

Secondary references:

30719 P. Dica, R. Ciobanu, and V. Codrea. 1996. Some new batoids (Pisces, Chondrichthyes) from the late Eocene (Priabonian) of Cluj-Napoca Area. Studia Universitatis Babes-Bolyai, Geologia 41(2):117-125 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]
18777 H. Fuchs. 1970. Schadelfragment einer Sirene aus dem Eozan von Cluj. SR Rumanien. Geologie 19(10):1185-1190 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]
27079 H. B. Fuchs. 1988. Sirenian fossils of Transylvanian Basin; VI, Forearm bones from the upper Eocene in the Cluj-Napoca area, Romania. Foldtani Kozlony 118(1):49-60 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]
62147 G. L. Georgalis and W. G. Joyce. 2017. A Review of the Fossil Record of Old World Turtles of the Clade Pan-Trionychidae. Bulletin of the Peabody Museum of Natural History 58(1):115-208 [P. Holroyd/P. Holroyd/P. Mannion]
18741 F. Spillman. 1973. Halitherium pergense (Toula). Jb. Oberoesterr Museslver. 118(1):197-210 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]
27185 N. Suraru and V. Codrea. 1988. Un dinte premolar (P4 dext.) de sirenid (Mammalia, Sirenia) in orizontul calcarului de Cluj, de la Cluj-Napoca: Cheile Baciului. Nymphaea 18:689-695 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]
4851 L. Veress, M. Bordeianu, and V. A. Codrea. 2022. Some new data on the Eocene sirenians from Cluj-Napoca Someș-Dig (Transylvanian Basin, Romania). Marisia, Natural Sciences II:81-95 [A. Behrensmeyer/A. Behrensmeyer/M. Uhen]