A deep-water agglutinated foraminiferal (DWAF) assemblage is described for the first time from Paleocene strata of the substratum of the Transylvanian Basin in Romania. ADWAF assemblage accompanied by early Paleocene planktonic foraminifera was recovered from the Puini borehole, drilled in the Puini Subbasin. The sedimentary fill of the Puini subbasin was formerly regarded to be of Santonian to Maastrichtian age. Our finding of deep marine sediments

The interplay between the emplacement of crustal blocks (e.g. "ALCAPA", "Tisza", "Dacia") and subduction retreat is a key issue for understanding the Miocene tectonic history of the Carpathians. Coeval thrusting and basin formation is linked by transfer zones, such as the Mid-Hungarian fault zone, which seperates ALCAPA from Tisza-Dacia. The presented study provides new kinematic data from this transfer zone. Early Burdigalian (20.5 to ~18.5 Ma)

Recent investigations of the Upper Badenian and Sarmatian of the Transylvanian Basin revealed particular, small sized planktonic foraminiferal assemblages. SEM investigation permitted more precise taxonomic interpretations of the planktonic species. The Late Badenian assemblage – with trochospiral, microperforate, and pustulose Tenuitellinae – occurring in relation to a transgressive event close to the end of the Badenian, makes possible an increased

Typical Paleogene deep-water agglutinated foraminifera figured and described in detail

Transylvania is one of the most representative type regions of the Romanian Paleogene and Neogene. The sedimentary record consists mainly of shallow marine and continental deposits, which have been studied since the late 19th century. Following the scheme of Hofmann (1879), the original names of the lithostratigraphic units were given mainly by using descriptive terms. Although the contributions of the last decades tried to put order in the stratigraphy

The palaeoclimate during the Miocene from the Transylvanian Depression (Romania) is interpreted mainly by the response of calcareous nannoplankton, microfauna (foraminifera), molluscs and mammals (rhinoceros) assemblages. The first significant palaeoclimatical events can be recorded during early Miocene. The warming of the climate at the level of the Vima Formation was followed by a more important warming during Eggenburgian, remarked in the fossil