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Preliminary data on dinosaurs habitat during the Upper Maastrichtian, Hateg Basin, Romania

Abstract

The Hateg basin is located in the south-western part of the Transylvanian Depression and it is filled with sediments that overly the crystalline rocks of the Getic nappe. The basin show multiple stage of Mesozoic evolution. The Latest Cretaceous (Middle and Upper Maastrichtian) with continuous transition to Paleocene is represented by two continental lithostratigraphic units: the Densus-Ciula and the Sinpetru Formations. The Upper Maastrichtian of Densus-Ciula Formation at Tustea Quarry is represented by a pebbly alluvium with massive, matrix supported conglomerates, cross bedded sandstones and mudstones, the last one containing calcretes and dinosaur remains, including eggs and hatchlings of the hadrosaurid Telmatosaurus transsylvanicus. In order to constrain the paleoenvironment in which dinosaurs lived, calcretes and dinosaur eggshells were analyzed for carbon and oxygen isotopic composition.
Authors:
Grigorescu, D; Klarik, L; [1]  Bojar, A -V [2] 
  1. University of Bucharest, Faculty of Geology and Geophysics (Romania)
  2. Department of Geology and Paleontology, Graz (Austria)
Publication Date:
Oct 01, 2002
Product Type:
Conference
Report Number:
IAEA-CSP-13/P; IAEA-CN-80/22P
Resource Relation:
Conference: International conference on study of environmental change using isotope techniques, Vienna (Austria), 23-27 Apr 2001; Other Information: 9 refs; PBD: Oct 2002; Related Information: In: Proceedings of the study of environmental change using isotope techniques, C and S papers seriesno. 13/P, 541 pages.
Subject:
58 GEOSCIENCES; ARCHAEOLOGICAL SPECIMENS; CARBON 13; CARBON DIOXIDE; CRETACEOUS PERIOD; FOSSILS; ISOTOPE RATIO; OXYGEN 18; PALEOCLIMATOLOGY; ROMANIA
OSTI ID:
20328881
Research Organizations:
International Atomic Energy Agency, Vienna (Austria); United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, Paris (France); Japan Science and Technology Corporation (Japan)
Country of Origin:
IAEA
Language:
English
Other Identifying Numbers:
Other: ISSN 1563-0153; TRN: XA0300400018030
Availability:
Available from INIS in electronic form; Also available on-line: http://www-pub.iaea.org/MTCD/publications/PDF/CSP-13-P_web.pdf/
Submitting Site:
INIS
Size:
page(s) 450-451
Announcement Date:
Mar 19, 2003

Citation Formats

Grigorescu, D, Klarik, L, and Bojar, A -V. Preliminary data on dinosaurs habitat during the Upper Maastrichtian, Hateg Basin, Romania. IAEA: N. p., 2002. Web.
Grigorescu, D, Klarik, L, & Bojar, A -V. Preliminary data on dinosaurs habitat during the Upper Maastrichtian, Hateg Basin, Romania. IAEA.
Grigorescu, D, Klarik, L, and Bojar, A -V. 2002. "Preliminary data on dinosaurs habitat during the Upper Maastrichtian, Hateg Basin, Romania." IAEA.
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title = {Preliminary data on dinosaurs habitat during the Upper Maastrichtian, Hateg Basin, Romania}
author = {Grigorescu, D, Klarik, L, and Bojar, A -V}
abstractNote = {The Hateg basin is located in the south-western part of the Transylvanian Depression and it is filled with sediments that overly the crystalline rocks of the Getic nappe. The basin show multiple stage of Mesozoic evolution. The Latest Cretaceous (Middle and Upper Maastrichtian) with continuous transition to Paleocene is represented by two continental lithostratigraphic units: the Densus-Ciula and the Sinpetru Formations. The Upper Maastrichtian of Densus-Ciula Formation at Tustea Quarry is represented by a pebbly alluvium with massive, matrix supported conglomerates, cross bedded sandstones and mudstones, the last one containing calcretes and dinosaur remains, including eggs and hatchlings of the hadrosaurid Telmatosaurus transsylvanicus. In order to constrain the paleoenvironment in which dinosaurs lived, calcretes and dinosaur eggshells were analyzed for carbon and oxygen isotopic composition.}
place = {IAEA}
year = {2002}
month = {Oct}
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