... which crop out in the NW and SE Haţeg regions. Upper Cretaceous marine deposition starts in these ... and within UC1–UC2 biozones, respectively). In NW Haţeg, a hemipelagic sequence composed of red shales and ... shallower in the two Upper Cretaceous marine depositional Haţeg areas; this change is marked by the occurrence ... the SE. The marine sedimentation ends, in NW Haţeg, with distal turbidites, Late Campanian in age (placed ... nannofloras (including Late Campanian taxa), occur in SE Haţeg. Associated with the paroxysmal Laramian tectonic phase, continental ...
Tópico(s): Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
2009 - Elsevier BV | Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology
... Cretaceous continental deposits with dinosaur remains from the Haţeg Basin has behind it a history of more ... this fauna, including five monographs dedicated to the Haţeg dinosaurs. Nopcsa described 10 vertebrate taxa, including dinosaurs, crocodilians and turtles, from the Haţeg Basin, out of which 6 are still valid. ... size of most of the taxa from the Haţeg palaeofauna, characters that he related to the isolated ... time span. After Nopcsa, systematic research on the Haţeg fauna was interrupted for many decades, being resumed ...
Tópico(s): Morphological variations and asymmetry
2010 - Elsevier BV | Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology
Michael J. Benton, Zoltán Csiki‐Sava, Dan Grigorescu, Ragna Redelstorff, P. Martin Sander, Koen Stein, David B. Weishampel,
... to suggest that the latest Cretaceous dinosaurs from Haţeg, Romania were an island fauna, based on its ... rule and size reduction (dwarfing; nanism) among the Haţeg dinosaurs. In Nopcsa's day, palaeontologists had seen ... example of the island rule, the supposedly dwarfed Haţeg dinosaurs have never been investigated thoroughly. Here we ... Nopcsa's original claim of insularity of the Haţeg fauna. Current evolutionary studies confirm that the island ... the Mediterranean island mammals. Geological evidence confirms that Haţeg was probably an island in the Late Cretaceous, ...
Tópico(s): Morphological variations and asymmetry
2010 - Elsevier BV | Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology
Zoltán Csiki‐Sava, Michael J. Benton,
... results of multidisciplinary investigations on the Late Cretaceous Haţeg area in southwestern Romania, and its continental fossil ... exceptional palaeoecosystem from the European Late Cretaceous. The Haţeg dinosaurs, which seem unusually small, have become especially ... of them inhabited, but none so extraordinary as Haţeg. If Haţeg truly was an island (and this is debated), ... other taxa, is explored in this volume. The Haţeg dinosaurs appear to be very latest Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) ...
Tópico(s): Geological Formations and Processes Exploration
2010 - Elsevier BV | Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology
Sorin Constantin Barzoi, Marin Seclaman,
... of the Late Cretaceous volcaniclastic deposits from the Hateg Basin, in the South Carpathians. These deposits are ... evidence of such a volcano neither in the Hateg Basin nor anywhere else in the South Carpathians. ... commonly accepted to represent the basement of the Hateg Basin. Most probably, the volcanism was generated in ... a lower latitude. The volcaniclastic units of the Hateg Basin were displaced and moved from this tectonic ...
Tópico(s): Geological Formations and Processes Exploration
2009 - Elsevier BV | Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology
Vlad Codrea, Matei Vremir, Cătălin Jipa, Pascal Godefroit, Zoltán Csiki‐Sava, Thierry Smith, Cristina Fărcaş,
... several Late Cretaceous small-sized dinosaurs in the Haţeg Basin. He explained their sizes as the consequence ... unusual evolution on an island he named the "Haţeg Island". He found similar dinosaurs outside Haţeg in other regions of Transylvania, near Alba Iulia, ... Sebeş Valley. The majority of the taxa from Haţeg are also documented in these areas. During the ...
Tópico(s): Amphibian and Reptile Biology
2009 - Elsevier BV | Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology
Vlad Codrea, Thierry Smith, Paul Dica, Annelise Folie, Géraldine Garcia, Pascal Godefroit, Jimmy Van Itterbeeck,
... in the new Maastrichtian locality of Toteşti-baraj (Haţeg Basin, Romania). This is the largest dinosaur egg ... the sediments, reflecting the great biodiversity of the Haţeg Basin during the Maastrichtian. But the most remarkable ... nouveau site maastrichtien de Toteşti-baraj (bassin de Haţeg, Roumanie). C'est le gisement à œufs de ... sédiments, reflétant l'importante biodiversité du bassin de Haţeg pendant le Maastrichtien. Mais les microrestes les plus ...
Tópico(s): Ichthyology and Marine Biology
2002 - Elsevier BV | Comptes Rendus Palevol
Zoltán Csiki‐Sava, Dan Grigorescu, Vlad Codrea, François Therrien,
The uppermost Cretaceous continental deposits of the Haţeg Basin (SW Romania) have yielded a high-diversity vertebrate assemblage, including the "dwarf" insular dinosaurs of Nopcsa. In 1902, Franz Nopcsa was the ... Recent investigations of the fossil occurrences within the Haţeg Basin revealed a much wider range of taphonomic ... and palaeobiology (social behaviour, habitat preferences) of the Haţeg fossil assemblage.
Tópico(s): Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology
2009 - Elsevier BV | Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology
Vlad Codrea, Pascal Godefroit,
... member of the Densuş Ciula Formation from the Haţeg Basin, as well as the base of the ... Odorhei also confirms the northeastern extension for the 'Haţeg Island' in Transylvania. En 1905, Nopcsa a identifié ... formation de Densuş Ciula dans le bassin de Haţeg, ainsi qu'avec la base de la formation ... vers le nord-est pour « l'île de Haţeg », en Transylvanie.
Tópico(s): Ichthyology and Marine Biology
2008 - Elsevier BV | Comptes Rendus Palevol
Vlad Codrea, Alexandru Solomon, Márton Venczel, Thierry Smith,
... Latest Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) terrestrial sedimentary sequences of the Haţeg Basin in Transylvania are well known for the so-called "Haţeg Island" vertebrate faunas, which evolved in endemic (insular?) ... continentales du Crétacé terminal (Maastrichtien) du bassin de Haţeg en Transylvanie sont réputées pour leurs faunes de vertébrés originaires de « l'île de Haţeg », qui ont évolué dans des conditions endémiques (insulaires ?). ...
Tópico(s): Ichthyology and Marine Biology
2014 - Elsevier BV | Comptes Rendus Palevol
Attila Ősi, Vlad Codrea, Edina Prondvai, Zoltán Csiki‐Sava,
... has been discovered in the Maastrichtian of the Haţeg Basin, as well as at another locality (Vurpăr), ... tooth in a small jaw fragment (from the Haţeg Basin) and at least two accummulations of associated, ... ici décrit provient du Maastrichtien du Bassin de Haţeg et aussi d'une autre localité (Vurpăr) du ... de mâchoire avec une dent (du Bassin de Haţeg) et au moins deux accumulations d'éléments postcrâniens ...
Tópico(s): Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils
2014 - Elsevier BV | Annales de Paléontologie
Mátyás Vremir, Ramona Bălc, Zoltán Csiki‐Sava, Stephen L. Brusatte, Gareth J. Dyke, Darren Naish, Mark A. Norell,
... Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) in an ancient island ecosystem (the Haţeg Island). A series of artificial outcrops recently exposed ... the oldest well-dated terrestrial fossils from the Haţeg Island, and indicating that the classic Haţeg dinosaur fauna was becoming established by this time, ... somewhat unusual near-shore environment, or the earliest Haţeg Island dinosaur communities were structured differently from the ...
Tópico(s): Geological Formations and Processes Exploration
2014 - Elsevier BV | Cretaceous Research
Mátyás Vremir, Mark P. Witton, Darren Naish, Gareth J. Dyke, Stephen L. Brusatte, Mark A. Norell, Radu Totoianu,
... Maastrichtian sediments at the Pui locality in the Haţeg Basin, Romania. This specimen, a medium-sized, robust ... yet unrecognized, azhdarchid pterosaur size class within the Haţeg Island fauna: it most likely belongs to a ... of an evolutionary trend. However, evidence from the Haţeg Island fauna may indicate instead that smaller-sized ...
Tópico(s): Ichthyology and Marine Biology
2015 - American Museum of Natural History | American Museum Novitates
... Islaz locality (Late Cretaceous, early Maastrichtian) in the Haţeg Basin, western Romania. Barbatteius vremiri gen. et sp. ... currently known for the Maastrichtian squamate assemblage from Haţeg Basin supports the growing realization that 'Haţeg Island' has a complex palaeobiogeographical history.
Tópico(s): Evolution and Paleontology Studies
2015 - Taylor & Francis | Journal of Systematic Palaeontology
Gábor Botfalvai, Zoltán Csiki‐Sava, Lászlό Kocsis, Gáspár Albert, János Magyar, Emese Bodor, Daniel Ţabără, Alexey Ulyanov, László Makádi,
... Late Cretaceous vertebrate assemblage around Vălioara in the Haţeg Basin, including fossils of several dinosaurs and the ... Maastrichtian) Late Cretaceous faunal assemblages known from the Haţeg Basin. The vertebrate remains collected during our new ... of the distribution, evolution and palaeoecology of the Haţeg vertebrate faunas during the latest Cretaceous.
Tópico(s): Ichthyology and Marine Biology
2021 - Elsevier BV | Cretaceous Research
Mihaela Melinte‐Dobrinescu, Ana‐Voica Bojar,
... claystones of the Fizeşti Formation from the SE Haţeg area (Southern Carpathians, Romania). Biostratigraphy based on calcareous ... mode continued probably into the Maastrichtian, when the Haţeg area became part of an island situated in ...
Tópico(s): Geochemistry and Elemental Analysis
2009 - Elsevier BV | Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology
Cristian Panaiotu, Cristina E. Panaiotu,
... sediments of the Sânpetru Formation exposed in the Haţeg Basin (South Carpathians, Romania). The Sânpetru Formation is ... data, along with published palaeomagnetic results from the Haţeg Basin, pass a regional fold test. The palaeomagnetic ...
Tópico(s): Geological and Geochemical Analysis
2009 - Elsevier BV | Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology
Ana‐Voica Bojar, Franz Ottner, Hans‐Peter Bojar, Dan Grigorescu, Aurel Perșoiu,
In the Haţeg basin, South Carpathians, a thick continental sequence accumulated during the Maastrichtian. The alluvial sequences are characterized by the ... composition of precipitations have been monitored in the Hateg basin and in a neighbored area situated in ...
Tópico(s): Therapeutic Uses of Natural Elements
2009 - Elsevier BV | Applied Clay Science
David B. Weishampel, Coralia‐Maria Jianu, Zoltán Csiki‐Sava, David Norman,
Synopsis The dinosaurs of the Hateg Basin of Transylvania (late Maastrichtian; western Romania) include Theropoda, Sauropoda, Ornithopoda and Ankylosauria. Of these, one of the most enigmatic taxa ... also adds information on material discovered in the Hateg area of Romania since the 1930s. A phylogenetic ... euornithopods indicates that the non‐hadrosaurid material from Hateg comprises two distinct, but congeneric, species. These two ...
Tópico(s): Evolution and Paleontology Studies
2003 - Taylor & Francis | Journal of Systematic Palaeontology
Dan Grigorescu, Géraldine Garcia, Zoltán Csiki‐Sava, Vlad Codrea, Ana‐Voica Bojar,
... localities in the Upper Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) of the Haţeg Basin (in order of discovery, Tuştea, Toteşti-baraj, ... of the other three megaloolithid localities in the Haţeg Basin provided neonatal remains of any dinosaur species. ...
Tópico(s): Evolution and Paleontology Studies
2010 - Elsevier BV | Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology
... close to the first discovered eggs in the Hateg Basin, tens of eggs grouped in clutches together ... from the rich Maastrichtian faunal assemblage of the Hateg Basin (Romania), and the basalmost hadrosaurid. Most of ...
Tópico(s): Ichthyology and Marine Biology
2010 - Asociación Paleontológica Argentina | Ameghiniana
Ana‐Voica Bojar, Stanisław Hałas, Hans‐Peter Bojar, Dan Grigorescu, Ştefan Vasile,
... Upper Cretaceous continental Densuş-Ciula Formation from the Haţeg basin, South Carpathians, and correlate it with the ... originate from a volcanic centre situated in the Haţeg region.
Tópico(s): Geological and Geochemical Analysis
2011 - Springer Nature | Geochronometria
Gerald Grellet‐Tinner, Vlad Codrea, Annelise Folie, Alessandra Higa, Thierry Smith,
... skeleton formation.The shared oological characters between the Haţeg specimens and their mainland relatives suggest a highly ... Gobi coupled with the oological similarities between the Haţeg and Auca Mahuevo oological material evidence that several titanosaur species migrated from Gondwana through the Haţeg Island before or during the Aptian/Albian. It ...
Tópico(s): Ichthyology and Marine Biology
2012 - Public Library of Science | PLoS ONE
Şt. Pătraşcu, Marin Seclaman, Cristian Panaiotu,
... paleomagnetic studies of Upper Cretaceous deposits in the Haţeg Basin (26 sites) and Rusca Montanā Basin (four ... we utilized only data from six sites in Haţeg Basin (45.5°N, 22.8°E) and ...
Tópico(s): Geological and Geochemical Analysis
1993 - Elsevier BV | Cretaceous Research
... the Maastrichtian Sânpetru Formation, south of Pui Village (Haţeg Basin, western Romania). The lissamphibians are represented by ... The presence of both Albanerpeton and Bicuspidon in Haţeg Basin suggests a North American influence on eastern ...
Tópico(s): Evolution and Paleontology Studies
2005 - Institute of Paleobiology | Acta Palaeontologica Polonica
... Densuş-Ciula Formation and Pui beds of the Haţeg Basin, western-central Romania. Sedimentological and palaeopedological studies ... to the famous contemporaneous Sânpetru Formation of the Haţeg Basin confirms similarity of palaeoclimatic conditions. However, palaeoenvironmental ...
Tópico(s): Geological and Geochemical Analysis
2005 - Elsevier BV | Palaeogeography Palaeoclimatology Palaeoecology
Stephen L. Brusatte, Mátyás Vremir, Zoltán Csiki‐Sava, Alan H. Turner, Akinobu Watanabe, Gregory M. Erickson, Mark A. Norell,
The Haţeg Island fauna of the terminal Late Cretaceous (ca. 71–65 million years ago) of Romania is one ... been recognized that many herbivorous dinosaurs from the Haţeg fauna were dwarfed, morphologically aberrant, and/or primitive ... is known about the carnivorous dinosaurs that inhabited Haţeg Island, and it is unclear whether they were ...
Tópico(s): Ichthyology and Marine Biology
2013 - American Museum of Natural History | Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History
Mihai Emilian Popa, Jiřı́ Kvaček, Ştefan Vasile, Zoltán Csiki‐Sava,
The Haţeg and Rusca Montană basins (South Carpathians, Romania) yield a rich Late Cretaceous (Maastrichtian) compressive megafloral assemblage represented ... regard to the previous taxa lists of the Haţeg and Rusca Montană basins are due to the ...
Tópico(s): Paleontology and Stratigraphy of Fossils
2015 - Elsevier BV | Cretaceous Research
Vlad Codrea, Al. Solomon, Cristina Fărcaş, Ovidiu Barbu,
... related to an island realm known as the "Hațeg Island". The thick piles of sedimentary rocks accumulated ... low. Case studies as the ones from Pui (Hațeg Basin) or Oarda de Jos (SW Transylvanian Basin) ...
Tópico(s): Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
2016 - National Documentation Centre | Bulletin of the Geological Society of Greece
Stephen L. Brusatte, Mihai Dumbravă, Mátyás Vremir, Zoltán Csiki‐Sava, Radu Totoianu, Mark A. Norell,
... record of dinosaurs, which lived on an island (Haţeg Island) during the very end of the Cretaceous. ... site along the Râul Mare River in the Haţeg Basin that dates to the “middle” to late ...
Tópico(s): Ichthyology and Marine Biology
2017 - American Museum of Natural History | American Museum Novitates