Articles | Volume 45, issue 1
https://doi.org/10.5194/jm-45-27-2026
https://doi.org/10.5194/jm-45-27-2026
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08 Jan 2026
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Comment on “Detailed conodont data from the Olenekian–Anisian boundary interval of the GSSP candidate section at Deşli Caira, Romania” by Golding (2025)

Marco Balini, Micha Horacek, and Iuliana Lazăr

Cited articles

Balini, M., Lăcătuş, A., Gradinăru, E., and Lazăr., I.: Aegean ammonoids from the Anisian GSSP candidate section Deşli Caira (Northern Dobrogea, Romania, Riv. It. Paleont. Strat., 130, 711–759, https://doi.org/10.54103/2039-4942/24683, 2024. 
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Golding, M. L.: Early Anisian (Middle Triassic) conodonts from Romania and China, with comments on their role in the recognition and correlation of the base of the Anisian, J. Earth Sci., 32, 573–591, https://doi.org/10.1007/s12583-020-1392-9, 2021. 
Golding, M. L.: Detailed conodont data from the Olenekian–Anisian boundary interval of the GSSP candidate section at Deşli Caira, Romania, J. Micropalaeontol., 44, 365–380, https://doi.org/10.5194/jm-44-365-2025, 2025. 
Grădinaru, E., Kozur, H. W., Nicora, A., and Orchard, M.J.: The Chiosella timorensis lineage and correlation of the ammonoids and conodonts around the base of the Anisian in the GSSP candidate at Deşli Caira (North Dobrogea, Romania), Albertiana, 34, 34–38, 2006.  
Short summary
The tectonic setting of the Deşli Caira section that was overlooked by Martyn Golding in his paper on the Olenekian/Anisian conodonts from the Deşli Caira section (Romania) is clarified. The sedimentary succession is faulted, but the offset is very minor and easy to detect. Unfortunately the author did not take the fault into account; therefore, the stratigraphic position of his samples is uncertain. 
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