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Representatives of the genus Triploporella (Dasycladales, calcareous algae) in the Lower Cretaceous limestones of Romania

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Recent studies on the Lower Cretaceous deposits located in various areas of the Romanian Carpathians resulted in the identification of several specimens of dasycladalean algae assigned to the genus Triploporella including Triploporella carpatica Bucur, Triploporella cf. praturlonii Barattolo, Triploporella cf. steinmannii Barattolo, Triploporella sp. 1, Triploporella sp. 2, and Triploporella n. sp. This paper provides arguments on their taxonomic assignment, together with discussions on the Triploporella species described in the literature and their paleobiogeographic significance.

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Acknowledgments

This study was performed as a contribution within the framework of a CNCS research project financed by the PN-II-ID-PCE-2011-3-0025 grant. It is also part of PhD projects co-financed by the Sectoral Operational Program for Human Resources Development 2007–2013, Priority Axis 1 “Education and training in support for growth and development of a knowledge-based society” and Key area of intervention 1.5: Doctoral and post-doctoral programs in support of research. Contract nr.: POSDRU/88/1.5/S/60185—“Innovative doctoral studies in a knowledge based society” (PhD scholarships for AMH and AVM). The authors are grateful to Steve LoDuca, Jochen Kuss, and Jean Pierre Masse for their helpful reviews.

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  1. Department of Geology, Babeş-Bolyai University, str. M. Kogălniceanu nr. 1, 400084, Cluj-Napoca, Romania

    Ioan I. Bucur, Călin Bruchental, Anca-Mariana Hebriştean, Daniel-Florin Lazar, Alexandru Vlad Marian & Emanoil Săsăran

  2. Geological Institute of Romania, Cluj-Napoca Branch, 54 Plopilor Street, 400379, Cluj-Napoca, Romania

    Ioan Cociuba

  3. Département des Sciences de la Terre et de l’Univers, UFR des Sciences et Techniques, Université de Bretagne Occidentale (UBO), 6 avenue Le Gorgeu—CS 93837, 29238, Brest Cedex 3, France

    Bruno Granier

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Bucur, I.I., Bruchental, C., Cociuba, I. et al. Representatives of the genus Triploporella (Dasycladales, calcareous algae) in the Lower Cretaceous limestones of Romania. Facies 59, 193–206 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10347-012-0334-0

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