Romanian Society of Paleontologists
Acta Palaeontologica Romaniae (VI), 2008 TABLE OF CONTENTS Cuvânt de deschidere din partea Universitatii Iasi Leonard OLARU Cuvânt de deschidere din partea Universitatii Bucuresti Theodor NEAGU Bazele paleontologice ale geologiei si biologiei (comunicare în plen) Theodor NEAGU CELEBRATION SESSION Profesorul universitar doctor emeritus Leonard Olaru la vârsta de 70 de ani Ovidiu DRAGASTAN SYMPOSIUM CONTRIBUTIONS Biodiversity and paleoecology of the Miocene calcareous nannoplankton from Sibiu area (Transylvania , Romania) Carmen CHIRA & Alexandru MALACU Palaeofloristic study of the Volhynian from Râsca (Moldavian Platform) – Palaeoclimatic and palaeoenvironment implications Gabriel CHIRILĂ & Daniel ŢABĂRĂ A sauropod vertebra at Râpa Rosie (Alba District) Vlad A. CODREA, Cătălin MURZEA-JIPA & Márton VENCZEL The Budurone microvertebrate site from the Maastrichtian of the Hateg Basin - flora, fauna, taphonomy and paleoenvironment Zoltán CSIKI, Ana IONESCU & Dan GRIGORESCU Calcareous algae of the limestone pebbles from Senonian conglomerates of Western Carpathians (Slovakia) Ovidiu N. DRAGASTAN, Milan MISIK & Jan SOTAK Mesozoic and Cenozoic calcareous algae, praecursors of family Codiaceae Ovidiu N. DRAGASTAN Professor Liviu Ionesi's contributions to the paleogeographical evolution of the Eastern Carpatians foreland knowledge Petru ENCIU & Cristina DUMITRICA Foraminifera in the deep-sea environments of the Lower Hida Formation (Transylvanian Basin, Romania) Sorin FILIPESCU & Claudia BELDEAN A new site with megaloolithid egg remains in the Maastrichtian of the Hateg Basin Dan GRIGORESCU & Zoltán CSIKI New Sarmatian petrified woods from Moldova Republic Stanilă IAMANDEI, Eugenia IAMANDEI, Theodor OBADĂ, Alexandru LUNGU & Vlad POSTOLACHI New petrified woods wit hin Sarmatian Somuz Formation, NE Romania Stanilă IAMANDEI, Eugenia IAMANDEI & Viorel IONESI The importance of calcareous nannoplankton in establishing lithostratigraphic landmarks in the Eocene column of Tarcau Nappe in the Suceava River Basin (Obcina Mare) Doru-Toader JURAVLE, Florinel Fănică FLOREA & Laurenţiu BOGATU Stratigraphical distribution and palynological correlation between devonian Formations from North Dobrogea and East European Platform Alina Carmen LAZĂR Le developpement de la faune de Hipparion dans le Sarmatien sur le territoire de la Republique de Moldova Alexandru LUNGU Les particularités des orictocénoses de la faune de Hipparion du site de Cimişlia Alexandru LUNGU & Andrian DELINSCHI Le développement des formations fossiliferes du Sarmatien supérieur (Hersonien) le long de l'avant-fosse carpatique (Bassin Dacique, Roumanie) Rodica MACALEŢ & Mihai Tudor MUNTEANU Oligocene - Lower Miocene events in Romania Mihaela MELINTE-DOBRINESCU & Titus BRUSTUR Microfacies and microfossils of the Lower Cretaceous limestones from the southern part of Vâlcan Mountains Mihai MICHETIUC , Camelia CATINCUŢ & Ioan I. BUCUR Some aspects concerning the Quaternary deposits in South Dobrogea Mihai Tudor MUNTEANU, Emilia MUNTEANU, Emanoil ŞTIUCĂ, Rodica MACALEŢ & George DUMITRAŞCU Negrişoara Group from East Carpathians , Romania : lithology, geotectonics, palynostratigraphy and the Vendian / Cambrian boundary Leonard OLARU Geotectonic context and palynological arguments for Cambrian / Ordovician boundary in the metamorphites of Tulghes Group from East Carpathians , Romania Leonard OLARU New Sarmatian plant macroremains from Oltenia Region (Romania). Part I Valentin PARASCHIV Middle Weichselian paleoenvironments in North - Western Transylvania: sedimentology, palynology and malacofauna analysis Ionel Florin PENDEA, Ioan TANŢĂU, James GRAY , Bassam GHALEB , Claudia BELDEAN , Alin Sabin BĂDĂRAU , Angela MICLEA , Ramona BĂLC & Attila TOTH Contributions to the knowledge of the rotaliiform foraminifera from the marine Middle Miocene deposits from Romania Gheorghe POPESCU & Ileana-Monica CRIHAN Taxonomic notes on the Badenian corals from Lapugiu de Sus (Faget Basin, Romania) Monica RUS & Mirela Violetta POPA Remains of fossiliferous rocks similar to those characteristic of the Arjana Nappe as part of the exotic material associated to the Upper Cretaceous olistostrome of the Cerna Unit: Danubian - Southern Carpathians Ion STĂNOIU The Westphalian macroflora in Retezat Mountains: main evidence for the Mesozoic age of most rocks included in „the Tulisa Series” (Southern Carpathians) Ion STĂNOIU, Anie LEJAL – NICOL Considerations concernant les aptychi d'Éocrétacé de la Roumanie Ilie TURCULEŢ Presence of big size ammonites in the Jurassic olistoliths of Transylvanian Nappe(s) from Rarău Syncline (Eastern Carpathians, Romania) Paul ŢIBULEAC Paleontological update of Dealul Melcilor (Braşov) Daniel UNGUREANU IN MEMORIAM Academician Liviu Ionesi – viaţa şi opera Leonard OLARU Profesor Universitar Răzvan Givulescu : o viaţă închinată ştiinţei şi omeniei Nicolae ŢICLEANU
Acta Palaeontologica Romaniae (VI), 2008 TABLE OF CONTENTS
Leonard OLARU
Theodor NEAGU
CELEBRATION SESSION
Ovidiu DRAGASTAN SYMPOSIUM CONTRIBUTIONS
Ovidiu DRAGASTAN
Carmen CHIRA & Alexandru MALACU
Gabriel CHIRILĂ & Daniel ŢABĂRĂ
Vlad A. CODREA, Cătălin MURZEA-JIPA & Márton VENCZEL
Zoltán CSIKI, Ana IONESCU & Dan GRIGORESCU
Ovidiu N. DRAGASTAN, Milan MISIK & Jan SOTAK
Ovidiu N. DRAGASTAN
Petru ENCIU & Cristina DUMITRICA
Sorin FILIPESCU & Claudia BELDEAN
Dan GRIGORESCU & Zoltán CSIKI
Stanilă IAMANDEI, Eugenia IAMANDEI, Theodor OBADĂ, Alexandru LUNGU & Vlad POSTOLACHI
Stanilă IAMANDEI, Eugenia IAMANDEI & Viorel IONESI
Doru-Toader JURAVLE, Florinel Fănică FLOREA & Laurenţiu BOGATU
Alina Carmen LAZĂR
Alexandru LUNGU
Alexandru LUNGU & Andrian DELINSCHI
Rodica MACALEŢ & Mihai Tudor MUNTEANU
Mihaela MELINTE-DOBRINESCU & Titus BRUSTUR
Mihai MICHETIUC , Camelia CATINCUŢ & Ioan I. BUCUR
Mihai Tudor MUNTEANU, Emilia MUNTEANU, Emanoil ŞTIUCĂ, Rodica MACALEŢ & George DUMITRAŞCU
Valentin PARASCHIV
Ionel Florin PENDEA, Ioan TANŢĂU, James GRAY , Bassam GHALEB , Claudia BELDEAN , Alin Sabin BĂDĂRAU , Angela MICLEA , Ramona BĂLC & Attila TOTH
Gheorghe POPESCU & Ileana-Monica CRIHAN
Monica RUS & Mirela Violetta POPA
Ion STĂNOIU
Ion STĂNOIU, Anie LEJAL – NICOL
Ilie TURCULEŢ
Paul ŢIBULEAC
Daniel UNGUREANU
IN MEMORIAM
Nicolae ŢICLEANU