Magura Hill, second marl layer (Cretaceous of Romania)

Where: Alba, Romania (46.8° N, 22.3° E)

• Paleocoordinates: 28.7° N, 31.5° E (Wright 2013)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Late/Upper Santonian (85.8 - 83.5 Ma)

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; lithified marl

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: L. Sasaran, S. Oezer, and E. Sasaran. 2013. Description of Pseudosabinia klinghardti and some species of Pseudopolyconites (rudist bivalves) from the Late Cretaceous shallow-marine deposits from the Rosia Basin, Apuseni Mountains, Romania: Systematic palaeontology, biostratigraphy, and palaeobiogeography. Cretaceous Research 43:59-69 [W. Kiessling/A. Lauchstedt]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 161225: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Andreas Lauchstedt on 03.09.2014

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Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Hippuritida - Radiolitidae
Pseudopolyconites hirsutus, "Miseia pajaudi" = Joufia, "Miseia constulata" = Joufia, Pseudosabinia klinghardti
"Miseia pajaudi" = Joufia rudist
"Miseia constulata" = Joufia rudist
Pseudosabinia klinghardti Boehm 1927 rudist