The marine Middle Miocene deposits from the western border of the Transylvanian Basin belong to the Gârbova de Sus Formation (Badenian), lithologically dominated by algal-bioclastic limestones. The rich and well preserved foraminiferal assemblages correspond to planktonic foraminiferal Zone M5b–M6 (Berggren et al. 1995) and the "Upper Lagenid Zone" of the Central Paratethys. The sediments are set in two sequences of about 20 m in thickness, the

The genus Praesphaerammina n.sp. is newly described based on our revision of the type species Cystammina subgaleata Vasicek, 1947. The genus differs from the Holocene genus Sphaerammina Cushman, 1910 emend. Loeblich & Tappan, 1964 in possessing a less embracing final chamber and in its interio-areal to areal aperture that lacks any tooth. We also emend the definition of the subfamily Sphaeramminae accordingly. The genus is common in the Eocene of

Benthic foraminifera were studied from four gravity cores that penetrated Holocene marine sediments in the Marmara Sea. Morphogroup and assemblage analyses reveal that the Holocene sea-level rise did not result in a catastrophic flooding event as proposed by W.B.F. Ryan and others, whereby well-oxygenated, saline Mediterranean waters rapidly inundated a low-lying low salinity ‘Black Sea Lake’ at V7.15 ka (popularly known as the ‘Noah’s Flood

The history of Middle to Late Miocene evolution of the Transylvanian Basin was determined by the bordering Carpathian orogen evolution, the tectonic events being well recorded by the sedimentary history. The basin evolved in a back-arc setting, under a regional, compressional stress field. The major tectonic events produced during the Late Sarmatian and Post-Pannonian were related to the reactivation of the pre-Badenian fault systems. The Transylvanian