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Creaca, Sălaj County, Romaniai
Regional Level Types
CreacaCommune
Sălaj CountyCounty
RomaniaCountry

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Type:
Commune
Largest Settlements:
PlacePopulation
Creaca2,987 (2012)
Jac823 (2013)
Brebi614 (2013)
Prodănești327 (2013)
Lupoaia315 (2013)
Borza245 (2013)
Mindat Locality ID:
421375
Long-form identifier:
mindat:1:2:421375:1
GUID (UUID V4):
0
Other/historical names associated with this locality:
Karika
Other Languages:
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French:
Creaca, Sălaj, Roumanie
Italian:
Creaca, distretto di Sălaj, Romania
Simplified Chinese:
克雷亞卡鄉, 瑟拉日縣, 羅馬尼亞
Basque:
Creaca, Errumania
Cebuano:
Comuna Creaca, Județul Sălaj, Rumanya
Chechen:
Кряка , Румыни
Dutch:
Creaca, Sălaj, Roemenië
Esperanto:
Creaca, Distrikto Sălaj, Rumanio
Malay:
Creaca, Wilayah Sălaj, Romania
Polish:
Creaca , Okręg Sălaj, Rumunia
Portuguese:
Creaca, Sălaj, Romênia
Romanian:
Comuna Creaca, Sălaj, România
Serbian:
Општина Креака , Салаж, Румунија
Serbo-Croatian:
Opština Creaca, Sălaj, Rumunija
Tatar:
Кряка , Румыния
Ukrainian:
Кряка , Селаж, Румунія
Vietnamese:
Creaca, Hạt Salaj, România
Volapük:
Creaca, Rumän


Creaca is both a small village and commune of the same name comprise nine small villages.

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Fossils

There are 3 fossil localities from the PaleoBioDB database within this region.

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Occurrences4
Youngest Fossil Listed33.9 Ma (Oligocene)
Oldest Fossil Listed41.3 Ma (Eocene)
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Accepted NameHierarchy Age
Pseudomiltha gigantea
species		Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Lucinida : Lucinidae : Pseudomiltha : Pseudomiltha gigantea41.3 - 38 Ma
Eocene
Chama (Chama)
subgenus		Animalia : Mollusca : Bivalvia : Veneroidei : Chamidae : Chama : Chama (Chama)41.3 - 38 Ma
Eocene
Sigmesalia fasciata
species		Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Sorbeoconcha : Turritellidae : Sigmesalia : Sigmesalia fasciata38 - 33.9 Ma
Paleogene
Delphinula calcar
species		Animalia : Mollusca : Gastropoda : Turbinidae : Angaria : Delphinula calcar41.3 - 38 Ma
Eocene
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Wikipedia:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Creaca
Wikidata ID:Q16439978


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