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- Title
Middle Eocene (Bartonian) brachiopods from Turnu Ro?u (Transylvanian Basin, Romania): oldest record of Megerlia and Kraussinidae.
- Authors
DULAI, Alfréd; TRIF, Nicolae; BĂLC, Ramona
- Abstract
Nannoplankton studies of the Transylvanian Turnu Roşu section, based on the presence of Reticulofenestra umbilicus, R. bisecta, R. lockeri, Helicosphaera compacta and Sphenolithus spiniger refer to Bartonian (middle Eocene) age. The brachiopod assemblage of Turnu Roşu contains four species. The assemblage is dominated by Gryphus kickxii, one of the most common brachiopod species of the European Eocene. The other three taxa are very rare (1--1 specimen). Terebratulina tenuistriata is also widespread in the Tethyan Eocene, while the genus Megerlia everywhere belongs to the very rare elements in the Paleogene. The fourth taxon is an unidentifi able fragmentary terebratulide which is clearly different from the previously mentioned three taxa. The Bartonian Megerlia sp. specimen is the oldest known fossil record of the genus Megerlia and the family Kraussinidae. With 41 figures.
- Subjects
TRANSYLVANIAN Alps (Romania); EOCENE Epoch; BRACHIOPODA; TAXONOMY; FOSSILS
- Publication
Fragmenta Palaeontologica Hungarica, 2021, Vol 37, p49
- ISSN
1586-930X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.17111/FragmPalHung.2021.37.49