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Veress, Laszlo; Bordeianu, Marian; Codrea, Vlad A.
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2022 |
Some new data on the Eocene sirenians from Cluj-Napoca Somes-Dig
(Transylvanian Basin, Romania)
–Abstract: The sedimentary rocks of the Transylvanian Basin, the largest molassic basin in Romania, range in age from the latest Cretaceous to the late Miocene. While younger ages are prevalent in the basin's central area, only a few areas on the basin's periphery expose older ages. The Paleogene Gilau sedimentary area is among the latter ones. On the surface of this area, both in the municipality of Cluj-Napoca and in the close vicinity, are Paleogene rocks of marine and terrestrial origin that include fossils from several types of vertebrates. The fossil locality from
Somes-Dig, where the Priabonian Cluj Limestone Formation is exposed, is a key location for sirenian fossils. Recent excavations at this location revealed postcranial sirenian fossils. In this study, an anatomically attached radius and ulna, and a fragmentary pelvis are fi rstly described in Romania, alongside four rib fragments. Due to the
absence of a conclusive classifi cation at the species or even genus level, the recovered fossils were only assigned to the Dugongidae family. Even though they were discovered in the same location on a restricted area, the fossilized
bones exhibit distinct ontogenetic characteristics, indicating that they belonged to different individuals.
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Veress, Laszlo, Codrea, Vlad Aurel
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2023a |
A CATALOGUE OF FOSSIL SIRENIANS HOUSED IN THE MUSEUM
OF PALEONTOLOGY-STRATIGRAPHY, "BABES-BOLYAI" UNIVERSITY,
CLUJ-NAPOCA.
Muzeul Olteniei Craiova. Oltenia. Studii si comunicari. Stiintele Naturii. 39(1): (15 pp.) 1 tab. 3 pls. 8 figs. e1570223 . DOI: 10.1080/02724634.2019.1570223. ISSN 1454-6914.
–Abstract: The Palaeontology-Stratigraphy Museum is hosted by the Directorate for Heritage of the "Babes-Bolyai" University from Cluj-Napoca. Its collections were founded in the 19th century, then gradually enriched through donations of the professors and students, or by exchanges with other museums. They were initially used for teaching and research purposes and are nowadays available for the public as well. The sirenian fossils in the museum's collection, even though are not many, represent an important heritage, a valuable tool in illustrating the Paleogene marine fauna of Romania and the worldwide fossils of these marine mammals. Today, the museum hosts 39 pieces of sirenian fossils. The aim of this article is an inventory of these fossils and the revision of the data referring to each piece. This paper includes the following data: the material, inventory numbers, the name of the locality where the fossil originated from, the stratigraphic unit, the geological age, the name of donor when available and, in few cases,
measurements and short descriptions of the pieces, when necessary.
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Veress, Laszlo Codrea, Vlad A.
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2023b |
List of sirenian fossils housed in the "Bethlen Gabor" College in Aiud, Romania.
Nymphea, Folia naturae Bihariae XL, 67-88.
–Abstract: A museum collection represents an assemblage of cultural and natural goods which can be accessible for both the wider public as well as researchers. The sources which represent the origins of the objects that make up a collection can originate from donations, acquisitions or discoveries resulting from systematic studies in the field. The discovery of a new collection which resides in a museum's depository represents a momentous occasion. The Fuchs Herman Collection, while of a smaller size, contains
several sirenian fossil remains discovered in areas inside and around Cluj-Napoca by the respective paleontologist, a former teacher at the "Babes-Bolyai" University. The collection itself is of great importance, because it is a part of the "Bethlen G?bor" College school museum's patrimony, from Aiud. To this extent, the collection can help in ensuring the use of new, alternative teaching methods, the consolidation of knowledge and offers the
possibility for the development of the students' desire to learn. The sirenians from this collection are documented by fragmentary ribs and vertebrae, therefore an assignation
from systematic viewpoint below the order level is not possible. The target of this paper is the inventory of the sirenian fossils from the Fuchs Herman Collection, thereby contributing to the development of the scholar museum.
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Bibliography and Index of the Sirenia and Desmostylia 