Sorin Filipescu

ResearcherID: J-6072-2014  ORCID: http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6792-9776Google Scholar profile

Courses

  • Principles of Stratigraphy (1992-2006)
  • Micropaleontology (1992-2015)
  • Micro-biostratigraphy (1998-1999)

– History of the Earth (1998-2007)

– Planktonic Foraminifera (1998-2008)

– Biostratigraphic correlation (1999-2007)

– Integrated Stratigraphy (2005)

  • Stratigraphy (2006-)
  • Geochronology (2006-)
  • Petropolitics  (2009-2016)

– Applied Biostratigraphy (2009-)

– Hydrocarbon Exploration (2016-)

– Oil History (2017-)

Research Interests

Cenozoic Stratigraphy and micropaleontology (Foraminifera)

Publications

In journls with impact factor:

  • FILIPESCU S, GIRBACEA R, 1997. Lower Badenian sea level drop on the western border of the Transylvanian Basin: foraminiferal palaeobathymetry and stratigraphy. Geologica Carpathica vol. 48 (5), 325-334.
  • KAMINSKI MA, FILIPESCU S, 2000. Praesphaerammina, a new genus of Cenozoic deep-water agglutinated foraminifera from the Carpathian flysch deposits. Micropaleontology, 46 (4), 353-359.
  • KAMINSKI MA, AKSU A, BOX M, HISCOTT RN, FILIPESCU S, AL-SALAMEEN M, 2002. Late Glacial to Holocene benthic foraminifera in the Marmara Sea: implications for Black Sea-Mediterranean Sea connections following the last deglaciation. Marine Geology, 190 (1-2), 165-202. Elsevier. DOI: 1016/S0025-3227(02)00347-X
  • KRÉZSEK C, FILIPESCU S, 2005. Middle to late Miocene sequence stratigraphy of the Transylvanian Basin (Romania). Tectonophysics, 410, 437-463. Elsevier. DOI: 1016/j.tecto.2005.02.018
  • SAINT MARTIN J-P, MERLE D, CORNÉE J-J, FILIPESCU S, SAINT MARTIN S, BUCUR II, 2007. Les constructions coralliennes du Badénien (Miocène moyen) de la bordure occidentale de la dépression de Transylvanie (Roumanie). Comptes Rendus Palevol. 6/1-2, 37-46. Elsevier. DOI: 1016/j.crpv.2006.07.006
  • KOVÁČ M, ANDREYEVA-GRIGOROVICH A, BAJRAKTAREVIĆ Z, BRZOBOHATÝ R, FILIPESCU S, FODOR L, HARZHAUSER M, NAGYMAROSY A, OSZCZYPKO N, PAVELIĆ D, RÖGL F, SAFTIĆ B, SLIVA L, STUDENCKA B, 2007. Badenian evolution of the Central Paratethys sea: paleogeography, climate and eustatic sea level changes. Geologica Carpathica, 58/6, 579-606.
  • FILIPESCU S, SILYE L, 2008. New Paratethyan biozones of planktonic foraminifera described from the Middle Miocene of the Transylvanian Basin. Geologica Carpathica 59 (6), 537-544.
  • KREZSEK C, FILIPESCU S, SILYE L, MATENCO L, DOUST H, Miocene facies associations and sedimentary evolution of the Southern Transylvanian Basin (Romania): Implications for hydrocarbon exploration. Marine and Petroleum Geology, 27, 191-214. DOI: 10.1016/j.marpetgeo.2009.07.009
  • BELDEAN C, FILIPESCU S, BĂLC R, 2010. An Early Miocene biserial foraminiferal event in the Transylvanian Basin (Romania). Geologica Carpathica, 61 (3) 227-234. DOI: 10.2478/v10096-010-0013-4
  • VASILIEV I, DELEEUW A, FILIPESCU S, KRIJGSMAN W, KUIPER C, STOICA M, BRICEAG A, The age of the Sarmatian–Pannonian transition in the Transylvanian Basin (Central Paratethys). Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 297, 54–69. DOI: 10.1016/j.palaeo.2010.07.015
  • ZÁGORŠEK K, FILIPESCU S, HOLCOVÁ K, 2010. New Middle Miocene Bryozoa from Gârbova de Sus (Romania) and their relationship to the sedimentary environment. Geologica Carpathica, 61 (6), 495—512. DOI: 10.2478/v10096-010-0031-2
  • FILIPESCU S, WANEK F, MICLEA A, DELEEUW A, VASILIEV I, 2011. Micropaleontological response to the changing paleoenvironment across the Sarmatian-Pannonian boundary in the Transylvanian Basin (Miocene, Oarba de Mureș section, Romania). Geologica Carpathica, 62 (1), 91-102. DOI: 10.2478/v10096-011-0008-9
  • CETEAN CG, BĂLC R, KAMINSKI MA, FILIPESCU S, 2011. Integrated biostratigraphy and palaeoenvironments of an upper Santonian – upper Campanian succession from the southern part of the Eastern Carpathians, Romania. Cretaceous Research 32, 575-590. DOI: 1016/j.cretres.2010.11.001
  • BELDEAN C, FILIPESCU S, BĂLC R, 2012. Paleoenvironmental and biostratigraphic data for the Early Miocene of the north-western Transylvanian Basin based on planktonic foraminifera. Carpathian Journal of Earth and Environmental Sciences, 7(1), 171-184.
  • CORCEA C, GABOR A-I, CONSTANTIN D, ANECHITEI DEACU V, FILIPESCU S, 2013. SAR OSL dating of 63-90 µm quartz extracted from an Eemian (presumably lacustrine) sedimentary section at Florești on the Someșu Mic Valley. Carpathian Journal of Earth and Environmental Sciences, 8(1), 139-145.
  • DeLEEUW A, FILIPESCU S, MAȚENCO L, KRIJGSMAN W, KUIPER K, STOICA M, 2013. Paleomagnetic and chronostratigraphic constraints on the evolution of the middle Miocene Transylvanian Basin (Romania) and their implications for Central Paratethys Stratigraphy and the emplacement of the Tisza-Dacia plate. Global and Planetary Change, 103, 82-98. DOI:10.1016/j.gloplacha.2012.04.008
  • BINDIU R, FILIPESCU S, BĂLC R, 2013. Biostratigraphy and paleoenvironment of the Upper Cretaceous deposits in the northern Tarcău Nappe (Eastern Carpathians) based on foraminifera and calcareous nannoplankton. Geologica Carpathica, 64 (2), 117-132. DOI: 10.2478/geoca-2013-0008
  • FILIPESCU S, MICLEA A, GROSS M, HARZHAUSER M, ZÁGORŠEK K, JIPA C, 2014. Early Sarmatian paleoenvironments in the easternmost Pannonian Basin (Borod Depression, Romania) revealed by the micropaleontological data. Geologica Carpathica, 65 (1), 67-81. DOI: 10.2478/geoca-2014-0005.
  • BUCUR II, PĂCURARIU A, SĂSĂRAN E, FILIPESCU S & FILIPESCU R, 2014. First record of lowermost Cretaceous shallow-water limestones in the basement of the Transylvanian Depression (Romania). Carnets de Géologie [Notebooks on Geology], Brest, 14 (11), 199-210.
  • BINDIU R, FILIPESCU S, BĂLC R, COCIȘ L, GLIGOR D, 2016. The mid/late Eocene transition in the Eastern Carpathians (Romania) based on foraminifera and calcareous nannofossil assemblages. Geological Quarterly, 60 (1), 26-53. DOI: 10.7306/gq.1237
  • SZÉKELY SF, BELDEAN C, BINDIU R, FILIPESCU S, SĂSĂRAN E, 2016. Palaeoenvironmental changes in the Transylvanian Basin during the Early Miocene revealed by the foraminifera assemblages. Geological Quarterly, 60 (1), 165-178. DOI: 10.7306/gq.
  • SZÉKELY SF, FILIPESCU S, 2016. Biostratigraphy and paleoenvironments of the Late Oligocene in the north-western Transylvanian Basin revealed by the foraminifera assemblages. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology, 449, 484-509.
  • KÖVECSI SA, SILYE L, LESS G, FILIPESCU S, 2016. Odd partnerships among middle Eocene (Bartonian) Nummulites: Examples from the Transylvanian (Romania) and Dorog (Hungary) Basins. Marine Micropaleontology,127, 86-98. DOI: 10.1016/j.marmicro.2016.07.008.
  • SILYE L, FILIPESCU S, 2016. Comment on “The Badenian–Sarmatian extinction event in the Carpathian foredeep basin of Romania: Paleogeographic changes in the Paratethys domain” (Palcu et al., 2015). Global and Planetary Change. 145, 17-19. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.gloplacha.2016.08.008.
  • SZEKELY SF, BINDIU-HAITONIC R, FILIPESCU S, BERCEA R, 2017. Biostratigraphy and paleoenvironmental reconstruction of the marine lower Miocene Chechiș Formation in the Transylvanian Basin based on foraminiferal assemblages. Carnets de Geologie 17 (2), 11-37. DOI 10.4267/2042/62041.
  • TĂMAȘ DM, SCHLEDER Z, KREZSEK C, MAN S, FILIPESCU S, 2017. Understanding salt in orogenic settings: The evolution of ideas in the Romanian Carpathians. AAPG Bulletin, DOI: 10.1306/0913171615517088
  • KALLANXHI ME, BĂLC R, ĆORIĆ S, SZÉKELY SF, FILIPESCU S, 2018. The Rupelian – Chattian transition in the north-western Transylvanian Basin (Romania) revealed by calcareous nannofossils: implications for biostratigraphy and palaeoenvironmental reconstruction. Geologica Carpathica, 69 (3), 264–282, DOI: 10.1515/geoca-2018-0016.
  • REICHENBACHER B, SORIN FILIPESCU S, MICLEA A, 2018. A unique middle Miocene (Sarmatian) fish fauna from coastal deposits in the eastern Pannonian Basin (Romania). Palaeobiodiversity and Palaeoenvironments, . DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s1254.
  • KÖVECSI SA, ZÁGORŠEK K, FILIPESCU S, SILYE L, 2018. First report of Kylonisa triangularis Keij, 1972 (Bryozoa) from the middle Eocene (Bartonian). Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie 289 (3), 325–330. DOI: 10.1127/njgpa/2018/0764.
  • BINDIU-HAITONIC R, FILIPESCU S, AROLDI C, OLTEAN G, CHIRA CM, 2019. Eocene Deep-Water Agglutinated Foraminifera from the Eastern Carpathians (Romania): Paleoenvironments and Biostratigraphical Remarks. Micropaleontology, 65 (1), 47–61.
  • FILIPESCU S, TĂMAȘ DM, BERCEA R-I, TĂMAȘ A, BĂLC R, ȚABĂRĂ D, BINDIU-HAITONIC R, SILYE L, AUER A, KRÉZSEK C, SCHLÉDER Z, SÃSÃRAN E, 2020. Biostratigraphic re-evaluation of the Lower to Middle Miocene succession in the Eastern Carpathians: a case study related to the oil fields of the Diapir Fold Zone, Romania. Geological Quarterly, 64 (3): 781–800.
  • ILIEȘ IA, OLTEAN G, BINDIU HAITONIC R, FILIPESCU S, MICLEA A, JIPA C, 2020. Early middle Miocene paleoenvironmental evolution in southwest Transylvania (Romania): Interpretation based on foraminifera. Geologica Carpathica, 71 (5), 444-461.

In journals / proceedings indexed by Thomson:

  • KOVAC M, ANDREYEVA-GRIGOROVICH A, BAJRAKTAREVIC Z, BRZOBOHATY R, FILIPESCU S, FODOR L, HARZHAUSER M, OSZCZYPKO N, PAVELIC D, ROGL F, SAFTIC B, SLIVA L, KVACEK Z, HUDACKOVA N, SLAMKOVA M, 2004. Paleogeography of the Central Paratethys during the Karpatian and Badenian. Proceedings of the 14th Conference on Upper Tertiary, Brno, September 23-24, 2004. Scripta facultatis Scientiarum Naturalium Universitatis Masarykinae Brunensis, Geology. 7-17. ISBN: 80-210-3566-8.
  • FILIPESCU S, KAMINSKI MA, 2008. Paleocene Deep-water Agglutinated Foraminifera in the Transylvanian Basin. In; Kaminski MA, Coccioni R, Marsili A – Proceedings of the Seventh International Workshop on Agglutinated Foraminifera, Grzybowski Foundation Special Publication 13, 25-30. Urbino.
  • BELDEAN C, FILIPESCU S, BERCEA R, 2011. Micropaleontological and sedimentological features of the early – Middle Miocene transition in north-western Transylvanian Basin. In Bak M, Kaminski MA, Waskowska A (eds.) Integrating microfossil records from the oceans and epicontinental seas. Grzybowski Foundation Special Publication 17, 74-75.
  • BELDEAN C, FILIPESCU S, AROLDI C, IORDACHE G, BINDIU R, 2011. Foraminiferal assemblages and Early Miocene paleoenvironments in the NW Transylvanian Basin. In: Bucur II, Săsăran E, Pop D (eds) – Acta Palaeontologica Romaniae, VII, 9-16, Cluj-Napoca.
  • BELDEAN C, FILIPESCU S, 2011. “Flysch-type” agglutinated foraminifera from the Lower Miocene of the Transylvanian Basin (Romania). In: Kaminski, M.A. & Filipescu, S., (eds), Proceedings of the Eighth International Workshop on Agglutinated Foraminifera. Grzybowski Foundation Special Publication, 16, 1-18.
  • BINDIU R, FILIPESCU S, BELDEAN C, 2011. Morphogroup analysis on deep-sea agglutinated foraminifera from the northern part of the Tarcau Nappe (Eastern Carpathians, Romania). In Bak M, Kaminski MA, Waskowska A (eds.) Integrating microfossil records from the oceans and epicontinental seas. Grzybowski Foundation Special Publication 17, 75-76.
  • BINDIU R, FILIPESCU S, 2011. Agglutinated Foraminifera from the Northern Tarcău Nappe (Eastern Carpathians, Romania). Studia Universitatis Babes-Bolyai, Geologia, 56 (2), 31-41. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5038/1937-8602.56.2.4.
  • CETEAN CG, SETOYAMA E, KAMINSKI MA, NEAGU T, BUBÍK M, FILIPESCU S, TYSZKA J, 2011. Eobigenerina, a cosmopolitan deep-water agglutinated foraminifer, and remarks on late Paleozoic to Mesozoic species formerly assigned to Pseudobolivina and In: Kaminski, M.A. & Filipescu, S., (eds), Proceedings of the Eighth International Workshop on Agglutinated Foraminifera. Grzybowski Foundation Special Publication, 16, 19-27.
  • FILIPESCU S, KAMINSKI MA, 2011. Re-discovering Entzia, an agglutinated foraminifer from the Transylvanian salt marshes. In: Kaminski, M.A. & Filipescu, S., (eds), Proceedings of the Eighth International Workshop on Agglutinated Foraminifera. Grzybowski Foundation Special Publication, 16, 29-35.
  • SILYE L, NAGY J, FILIPESCU S, 2011. Ammodiscus gullmarensis in the Sarmatian (Middle Miocene) of the Transylvanian Basin, Romania. In: Kaminski, M.A. & Filipescu, S., (eds), Proceedings of the Eighth International Workshop on Agglutinated Foraminifera. Grzybowski Foundation Special Publication, 16, 311-315.
  • SZABO B, FILIPESCU S, 2011. Paleogene agglutinated foraminifera from the southern part of the Eastern Carpathian Foredeep (Pucioasa section, Romania). In Bak M, Kaminski MA, Waskowska A (eds.) Integrating microfossil records from the oceans and epicontinental seas. Grzybowski Foundation Special Publication 17, 131.
  • TELESPAN A, KAMINSKI MA, BALC R, FILIPESCU S, VARGA I, 2011. The life cycle of Entzia (Foraminifera) in the salt marsh at Turda (Romania). In Bak M, Kaminski MA, Waskowska A (eds.) Integrating microfossil records from the oceans and epicontinental seas. Grzybowski Foundation Special Publication 17, 133-134.
  • FILIPESCU R, FILIPESCU S, 2014. New data on the Early – Middle Badenian transition in the NW Transylvanian Basin (Romania) revealed by the planktonic foraminifera assemblages. Studia UBB Geologia, 59 (1-2), 39-44. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5038/1937-8602.59.1.3
  • BINDIU R, FILIPESCU S, 2014. Foraminiferal biostratigraphy and paleoenvironments of the middle Eocene deposits from the northern part of the Tarcău Nappe (Eastern Carpathians, Romania). Studia UBB Geologia, 59 (1-2), 45-59. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5038/1937-8602.59.1.4

In journals indexed in other international databases:

  • FILIPESCU S, 1988. Die Entwicklungsgeschiechte der Erde. VEB F.A. Brokhaus Verlag, Leipzig, 1981 Studia Univ. Babes-Bolyai, Geologia – Geographia XXXIII/1. Cluj-Napoca (review).
  • FILIPESCU S, 1988. Freiberger Forschungshefte, C 410 Geowissenschaften – Palaeontologie 1986. Studia Univ. Babes-Bolyai, Geologia – Geographia XXXIII/1. Cluj-Napoca (review).
  • FILIPESCU S, 1988. Cenozoic Cosmopolitan Deep-Water Benthic Foraminifera, by F.P.C.M. van Morkhoven, W.A. Berggren, A.S. Edwards. Studia Univ. Babes-Bolyai, Geologia – Geographia XXXIII/2. Cluj-Napoca (review).
  • FILIPESCU S, 1988. Revue de Paleobiologie, Volume special No.2, 1988, Partie I, II – BENTHOS ’86. Third International Symposium on Benthic Foraminifera, 22-28 September 1986. Museum d’Histoire Naturelle Geneve – Suisse. ISSN 0253-6730. Studia Univ. Babes-Bolyai, Geologia – Geographia XXXIV/2. Cluj-Napoca, 1989 (review).
  • PETRESCU I, MESZAROS N, FILIPESCU S, BUDA A, 1988. Contributions to the stratigraphic knowledge of the Neogene deposits in borehole 12 Meresti (S-E Transylvanian Basin). Studia Univ. Babes-Bolyai, Geol.-Geogr. 33(2), 15-24. Cluj-Napoca.
  • PETRESCU I, NICA T, FILIPESCU S, BARBU,O, CHIRA C, AVRAM R, VALACZKAI T, 1989. Paleoclimatical significance of the palynological approach to the Pliocene deposits of Lupoaia (Gorj County). Studia Univ. Babes-Bolyai, Geol.-Geogr., 34(2), 75-81. Cluj-Napoca.
  • MESZAROS N, NICORICI E, FILIPESCU S, 1989. Le nannoplancton des depots neogenes saliferes traverses par les forages executes aux environs de la ville Turda. Studia Univ. Babes-Bolyai, Geol.-Geogr., 34(2), 61-65. Cluj-Napoca.
  • PETRESCU I, MESZAROS N, CHIRA C, FILIPESCU S, 1990. Lower Badenian paleoclimate at Lapugiu de Sus (Hunedoara County) on account of paleontological investigations. Studia Univ. Babes-Bolyai, Geol.-Geogr., 35(2), 13-22. Cluj-Napoca.
  • GHERGARI L, MESZAROS N, HOSU A, FILIPESCU S, CHIRA C, 1991. The Gypsiferous Formation at Cheia (Cluj County). Studia Univ. Babes-Bolyai, Geol.-Geogr., 36(1), 13-28, Cluj-Napoca.
  • GHERGARI L, MESZAROS N, MARZA I, CHIRA C, FILIPESCU S, IVAN I, 1991. Contributions to the petrographic and chronostratigraphic knowledge of the tuffs in the Cojocna area. “The volcanic tuffs from the Transylvanian Basin, Cluj-Napoca, 1989”, 207-216.
  • MARZA I, VADAN M, FILIPESCU S, HOSU AL, IANOLIU C, DAVID A, 1991. Note sur l’age et la petrographie du tuf de Sarmasel. Studia Univ. Babes-Bolyai, Geol.-Geogr., 36(2), 85-89, Cluj-Napoca.
  • MESZAROS N, FILIPESCU S, 1991. Le nannoplancton du Complex du Tuf de Dej (Ripa Dracului). “The volcanic tuffs from the Transylvanian Basin, Cluj-Napoca, 1989”, 79-82.
  • FILIPESCU S, 1992. Data concerning the Kossovian from Podeni (western border of the Transylvanian Basin). Studia Univ. Babes-Bolyai, Geologia, 37(2), 79-82. Cluj-Napoca.
  • FILIPESCU S, 1994. Microfauna in the Neogene deposits close to the salt diapir of Turda-Valea Sărată (West Transylvanian Basin). “The Miocene from the Transylvanian Basin, Cluj-Napoca 1990”, 139-145.
  • FILIPESCU S, GIRBACEA R, 1994. Stratigraphic Remarks on the Middle Miocene Deposits from Garbova de Sus (Transylvanian Basin, Romania). Studia Univ. Babes-Bolyai, Geologia 39(1-2), 275-286, Cluj-Napoca.
  • BUCUR II, FILIPESCU S, 1994. Middle Miocene Red Algae from the Transylvanian Basin (Romania). Beiträge zur Paläontologie, vol. 19, 39-47. Wien.
  • FILIPESCU S, HOSU A, 1995. Stratigraphical features of the Middle Miocene Formations from the western border of the Transylvanian Basin. Romanian Journal of Stratigraphy, 76/7 (X Congr. RCMNS, Bucuresti, Abstracts volume), p.33.
  • HOSU A, FILIPESCU S, 1995. Sequence stratigraphy on the Middle Miocene deposits from Gârbova de Sus (Transylvanian Basin, Romania). Studii si Cercetari, 1, 87-97. Muzeul Judetean Bistrita.
  • POPESCU GH, MĂRUNȚEANU M, FILIPESCU S, 1995. Neogene from Transylvania Depression – Guide to excursion A1 (pre – Congress). Romanian Journal of Stratigraphy (X-th Congress RCMNS, Bucuresti, 1995), 76/3, 1-27. Bucuresti. ISSN 1220-5664
  • FILIPESCU S, 1996. Lithostratigraphic units and associated microfauna in the Miocene deposits from the western part of the Transylvanian Basin. The 90th Anniversary Conference of the Geological Institute of Romania. Anuarul I.G.R. vol. 69, nr. 1, 71-73. Bucuresti.
  • FILIPESCU S, 1996. Stratigraphy of the Neogene from the western border of the Transylvanian Basin. Studia Univ. Babes-Bolyai, Geologia 41(2), 3-78, Cluj-Napoca.
  • FILIPESCU S, 1997. Several comments on the nomenclature of the lithostratigraphic units from the Transylvanian Depression. Studia Univ. Babes-Bolyai, Geologia, 42(2), 81-85.
  • POPA M, COCIUBA I, FILIPESCU S, 1998. The occurrence of Sarmatian deposits close to the springs of Vida Valley (Apuseni Mountains, Romania). Studia Univ. Babes-Bolyai, Geologia, 43(2), 57-64. Cluj-Napoca.
  • FILIPESCU S, 1999. The significance of foraminifera fauna from the Feleac Formation (Transylvanian Basin, Romania). Studia Univ. Babes-Bolyai, Geologia, 44(2), 125-131. Cluj-Napoca.
  • FILIPESCU S, POPA M, WANEK F, 2000. The significance of some Sarmatian faunas from the southwestern part of the Pădurea Craiului Mountains (Romania). In: Bucur, I.I. & Filipescu S. (eds.) Acta Palaeontologica Romaniae, vol. II. Proceedings of the Second Romanian Symposium on Palaeontology, Cluj-Napoca 1-3 Octombrie 1999. 163-169. Presa Universitara Clujeana. Cluj-Napoca.
  • CODREA V, HOSU A, FILIPESCU S, VREMIR M, DICA P, SASARAN E, TANTAU I, 2001. Aspecte ale sedimentatiei cretacic superioare din aria Alba Iulia – Sebes (jud. Alba). Studii si cercetari (Geologie – Geografie), vol. 6, 63-68. Bistrita.
  • FILIPESCU S, 2001. Wielician foraminifera at the western border of the Transylvanian Basin. Studia Univ. Babes-Bolyai, Geologia, 46(2), 115-123. Cluj-Napoca.
  • FILIPESCU S, POPA M, 2002. Biostratigraphic and paleoecologic significance of the macro- and microfossil assemblages in the Borod Formation (Eastern Borod Depression, north-west Romania). In: Olaru, L. (ed.) Acta Palaeontologica Romaniae, vol. III. Proceedings of the Third Romanian Symposium on Palaeontology, Iasi 28-30 September 2001. 135-148. Vasiliana, Iasi.
  • PETRESCU I, FILIPESCU S, CHIRA C, SASARAN E, POPA M, BICAN-BRISAN N, 2002. Paleontologic and stratigraphic data on the Cenozoic formations in the well site Transgex H2, Cluj-Napoca (Transylvanian Depression). Studia Univ. Babes-Bolyai, Geologia. Special issue 1. 285-300. Cluj-Napoca.
  • FILIPESCU S, KREZSEK C, Sedimentation and microfauna as keys to the evolution of the Transylvanian Basin during the Middle Miocene. Berichte des Institutes fur Erdwissenschaften. Karl-Franzens-Universitat Graz. Band 9. Pangeo Austria 2004. Beitrags – Kurzfassungen, 118-119. Graz.
  • CHENDEŞ C, KAMINSKI MA, FILIPESCU S, AKSU AE, YAŞAR D, 2004. The response of modern benthic foraminiferal assemblages to water-mass properties along the southern shelf of the Marmara Sea. In: Codrea, V, Petrescu, I, Dica, P (eds.) Acta Palaeontologica Romaniae, vol. IV, 69-80. Cluj-Napoca.
  • FILIPESCU S, 2004. Anomalinoides dividens bioevent at the Badenian / Sarmatian boundary – a response to paleogeographic and paleoenvironmental changes. Studia Univ. Babes-Bolyai, Geologia. Cluj-Napoca, XLIX/2, 21-26.
  • FILIPESCU S, 2004. Agglutinated foraminifera to sequence stratigraphy – the case of Bogdanowiczia pocutica In: Bubik, M. & Kaminski, M.A. (eds.) Proceedings of the Fifth International Workshop on Agglutinated Foraminifera. Grzybowski Foundation Special Publication 8, p. 460. Krakow.
  • FILIPESCU S, 2004. Bogdanowiczia pocutica Pishvanova in the Middle Miocene of Transylvania – Paleoenvironmental and stratigraphic implications. In: Codrea, V, Petrescu, I, Dica, P (eds.) Acta Palaeontologica Romaniae, vol. IV, 113-117. Cluj-Napoca.
  • FILIPESCU S, 2005. Revizuirea semnificaţiei şi conţinutului unităţilor litostratigrafice din Neogenul Depresiunii Transilvaniei conform recomandărilor şi standardelor Comisiei Internationale de Stratigrafie. Revista de Politica Stiintei si Scientometrie – Numar Special 2005 – ISSN-1582-1218.
  • FILIPESCU S, 2005. A Geologic Time Scale 2004, by F.M. Gradstein, J.G. Ogg and A.G. Smith (Eds.). Cambridge University Press, 2005, 589 pp., ISBN 0-521-78142-6. Studia Univ. Babes-Bolyai, Geologia 50 (1-2) (review).
  • FILIPESCU S, 2005. Atlas of Paleogene Cosmopolitan Deep-Water Agglutinated Foraminifera, by. M.A. Kaminski, F.M. Gradstein and collaborators Grzybowski Foundation Special Publication 10, London, 545 + vii pp, ISBN 83-912385. Studia Univ. Babes-Bolyai, Geologia 50 (1-2), 2005 (review).
  • FILIPESCU S, SILYE L, KREZSEK C, 2005. Sarmatian Micropaleontological assemblages and sedimentary paleoenvironments in the Southern Transylvanian Basin. In: Csiki, Z., Grigorescu, D., Lazăr, I. (eds.) Acta Palaeontologica Romaniae, vol. V (2005), 173-179. Bucureşti.
  • FILIPESCU S, KREZSEK C, SILYE L, 2006. Sequence of paleoenvironments in the southern Transylvanian Basin during the Middle to Late Miocene – clues to the uplift history of the Carpathians. Anuarul Institutului Geologic al Romaniei, 74/1, 63-64. Bucharest.
  • FILIPESCU S, 2007. In memoriam Professor Eugen Nicorici (1928-2007). Studia Universitatis Babes-Bolyai, Geologia, 52 (2), 79.
  • KAMINSKI MA, CETEAN CG, HENDERSON A, FILIPESCU S, 2007. On the Cretaceous occurrences of Ammogloborotalia Zheng, 2001 (Foraminifera). Studia Universitatis Babes-Bolyai, Geologia, 52 (2), 67-71. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5038/1937-8602.52.2.8
  • CETEAN CG, BALC R, KAMINSKI MA, FILIPESCU S, Biostratigraphy of the Cenomanian-Turonian boundary in the Eastern Carpathians (Dâmboviţa Valley): preliminary observations. Studia Universitatis Babes-Bolyai, Geologia, 53(1), 11-23. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5038/1937-8602.53.1.2
  • FILIPESCU S, BELDEAN C, 2008. Foraminifera in the deep-sea environments of the lower Hida Formation (Transylvanian Basin, Romania). In: Țabără, D., Olaru, L. (eds.): Acta Palaeontologica Romaniae, VI, 105-114.
  • BUCUR II, SAINT MARTIN J-P, FILIPESCU S, SĂSĂRAN E, PLEŞ G, 2011. On the presence of green algae (Dasycladales, Bryopsidales) in the Middle Miocene deposits from Podeni (western border of the Transylvanian Basin, Romania). In: Bucur II, Săsăran E, Pop D (eds) – Acta Palaeontologica Romaniae, VII, 69-75, Cluj-Napoca.
  • BELDEAN C, BERCEA R, FILIPESCU S, Sedimentology and biostratigraphy of the Early-Middle Miocene transition in NW Transylvanian Basin (Pâglişa and Dej sections). Studia Universitatis Babes-Bolyai, Geologia, 2013, 58(1), 57-70. DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5038/1937-8602.58.1.5
  • SILAGHI-DUMITRESCU R, SIMON S, FILIPESCU S, PLOSCARIU A, 2014. Implementation of a scientometric-based evaluation system for research units at a Romanian University. Revista de Politica Științei și Scientometrie, 3 (2), 151-165
  • SZEKELY SF, FILIPESCU S, 2015. Taxonomic record of the Oligocene benthic foraminifera from the Vima Formation (Transylvanian Basin, Romania). Acta Palaeontologica Romaniae, 11 (1), 25-62.
  • BINDIU-HAITONIC R, FILIPESCU S, 2016. Paleocene “flysch-type” agglutinated foraminifera from the northern part of the Eastern Carpathians (Romania). Studia UBB Geologia, 2016, 60 (2), 17-30.
  • BINDIU-HAITONIC R, NICULICI S, FILIPESCU S, BĂLC R, AROLDI C, 2017. Biostratigraphy and palaeoenvironments of the Eocene deep-water deposits of the Tarcău Nappe (Eastern Carpathians, Romania) based on agglutinated foraminifera and calcareous nannofossil assemblages. In: Kaminski MA & Alegret L (eds) – Proceedings of the Ninth International Workshop on Agglutinated Foraminifera. Grzybowski Foundation Special Publication, 22, 15-35.

Book chapters and papers in special publications:

  • FILIPESCU S, 1996. Foraminiferele Miocenului mediu marin de pe bordura vestica a Depresiunii Transilvaniei. Simpozionul aniversar “Ludwig Johann Neugeboren, 190 ani de la nastere” – Sibiu 1996. Convergente Transilvane, 67-73.
  • BURNETT J, SIDDALL R, FILIPESCU S, BOWN P, HOARE T, HOWARD D, 1998. Effective teaching in the field. IMAGE, the future for the fieldwork? Proceedings of the U.K. Geosciences Fieldwork Symposium, Leicester, 1997, 47-52. Leicester.
  • BURNETT J, SIDDALL R, FILIPESCU S, BOWN P, HOARE T, HOWARD D, 2000. IMAGE: Web-based Software to Enhance Learning in the Field. In: King H (ed.) – A Staff Resource Book to Support Earth Sciences Learning & Teaching in Higher Education. University of Southampton & Higher Education Funding Council for England. CXLI-CXLIII.
  • CHIRA C, FILIPESCU S, CODREA V, 2000. Paleoclimatic evolution in the Miocene from the Transylvanian Depression reflected in the fossil record. In: Hart, M.B. (ed.) Climates: Past, Present and Future. Geological Society Special Publication no. 181. 55-64. Plymouth.
  • BUCUR I.I. & FILIPESCU S, 2001. Middle Miocene red algae from the western border of the Transylvanian Basin. In: Bucur II, Filipescu S, Sasaran E (eds.) Algae and carbonate platforms in western part of Romania. 4th Regional Meeting of IFAA Cluj-Napoca 2001 – Field Trip Guidebook, 179-189. Cluj University Press.
  • FILIPESCU S, 2001. Cenozoic Lithostratigraphic units in Transylvania. In: Bucur, I.I, Filipescu S, Sasaran E (eds.) Algae and carbonate platforms in western part of Romania. 4th Regional Meeting of IFAA Cluj-Napoca 2001 – Field Trip Guidebook, 75-92. Cluj University Press.
  • FILIPESCU S, 2001. The Miocene from the western border of the Transylvanian Depression. In: Bucur, I.I, Filipescu S, Sasaran E (eds.) Algae and carbonate platforms in western part of Romania. 4th Regional Meeting of IFAA Cluj-Napoca 2001 – Field Trip Guidebook, 109-118. Cluj University Press.
  • BACIU C, FILIPESCU S, 2002. Structura geologica. In: Cristea, V, Baciu, C, Gafta, D (eds.) Municipiul Cluj-Napoca si zona periurbana. Studii ambientale. Accent Cluj-Napoca, p. 25-36.
  • VASILIEV I, KUIPER K, KRIJGSMAN W, KRÉZSEK C, FILIPESCU S, 2006. Radiometric dating and paleomagnetic results from the Sarmatian / Pannonian boundary in Oarba de Mureş, Transylvanian Basin. In: Vasiliev, I.: A new chronology for the Dacian Basin (Romania). Consequences for the kinematic and paleoenvironmental evolution of the Paratethys region. Geologica Ultraiectina. Mededelingen van de Faculteit Geowetenschappen Universiteit Utrecht. 267. 157-175.
  • RASSER MV, HARZHAUSER M, ANISTRATENKO OY, ANISTRATENKO VV, BASSI D, BELAK M, BERGER J-P, BIANCHINI G, ČIČIĆ S, ĆOSOVIĆ V, DOLÁKOVÁ N, DROBNE K, FILIPESCU S, GÜRS K, HLADILOVÁ Š, HRVATOVIĆ H, JELEN B, KASIŃSKI JR, KOVÁČ M, KRALJ P, MARJANAC T, MÁRTON E, MIETTO P, MORO A, NAGYMAROSY A, NEBELSICK JH, NEHYBA S, OGORELEC B, OSZCZYPKO N, PAVELIĆ D, PAVLOVEC R, PAVŠIČ J, PETROVÁ P, PIWOCKI M, POLJAK M, PUGLIESE N, REDŽEPOVIĆ R, RIFELJ H, ROETZEL R, SKABERNE D, SLIVA Ľ, STANDKE G, TUNIS G, VASS D, WAGREICH M, WESSELINGH F, 2008. Palaeogene and Neogene. In: McCann T. (ed.) – The Geology of Central Europe. The Geological Society London, 1031-1040.
  • TISCHLER M, MATENCO L, FILIPESCU S, GRÖGER HR, WETZEL A, FÜGENSCHUH B, 2008: Tectonics and sedimentation during convergence of the ALCAPA and Tisza–Dacia continental blocks: the Pienide nappe emplacement and its foredeep (N. Romania). In: Siegersmund, S., Fuegenschuh, B. & Froitzeim, N. (eds) – Tectonic Aspects of the Alpine-Dinaride-Carpathian System. Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 298, 317–334.
  • BUCUR II, FILIPESCU S, 2011. Middle Miocene red algae from Lopadea Veche (Western border of the Transylvanian Basin). In: Bucur I & Săsăran E (eds.) – Calcareous algae from Romanian Carpathians. Field trip Guidebook. Presa Universitară Clujeană, 115-122.
  • FILIPESCU S, 2011. Cenozoic lithostratigraphic units in Transylvania. In: Bucur I & Săsăran E (eds.) – Calcareous algae from Romanian Carpathians. Field trip Guidebook. Presa Universitară Clujeană, 37-48.
  • FILIPESCU S, 2011. The Miocene from the western border of the Transylvanian Basin. In: Bucur I & Săsăran E (eds.) – Calcareous algae from Romanian Carpathians. Field trip Guidebook. Presa Universitară Clujeană, 49-56.
  • DE LEEUW A, FILIPESCU S, MAȚENCO L, KRIJGSMAN W, KUIPER K, STOICA M, 2011. Paleomagnetic and chronostratigraphic constraints on the evolution of the middle Miocene Transylvanian Basin: implications for Central Paratethys stratigraphy & emplacement of the Tisza – Dacia plate. In: De Leeuw, J.H.W.M – Paleomagnetic and geochronologic constraints on the Miocene evolution of semi-isolated basins in South-Eastern Europe. Wöhrmann Print Service, Zutphen, 149-173.
  • BUCUR I, BRÂNZILĂ M, FILIPESCU S, MELINTE-DOBRINESCU M, POPA ME, BRUSTUR T, GRIGORESCU D, LAZĂR I, POPA M, SILYE L, 2018. Stratigrafia, 155-191. In: Rădulescu D, Panin N, Anastasiu N, Brustur T (coord.) – Istoria geoștiințelor în România. Editura Academiei Române, 455 pp.
  • TĂMAȘ DM, SCHLEDER Z, TĂMAȘ A, KREZSEK C, COPOT B, FILIPESCU S, 2019. Middle Miocene evolution and structural style of the Diapir Fold Zone, Eastern Carpathian Bend, Romania: insights from scaled analogue modelling. In: Hammerstein JA, Di Cuia R, Cottam M, Zamora G, Butler RWH (eds) Fold and Thrust Belts: Structural Style, Evolution and Exploration. Geological Society, London, Special Publications, 490, https://doi.org/10.1144/SP490-2019-091.

Books:

  • PETRESCU I, BUCUR II, RISTOIU D, AVRAM R, CHIRA C, CODREA V, FILIPESCU S, HOSU A, NICOLESCU S, SILVESTRU E, STRUSIEVICZ R, VALACZKAI T, 1993. Terra – catastrofe naturale, 259 pp., Editura Tehnica, Bucuresti.
  • BUCUR II, FILIPESCU S, 1999. Micropaleontologia foraminiferelor. Editura Presa Universitara Clujeana, 174 pp. ISBN 973-9354-99-8.
  • FILIPESCU S, 2002. Stratigrafie. Editura Presa Universitara Clujeana. 277 pp. ISBN 973-610-076-6. Cluj-Napoca.
  • PETRESCU I, BALINTONI I, CODREA V, FILIPESCU S, IONESCU C, RISTOIU D, CHIRA C, HAR N, BENEA M, BACIU C, BEDELEAN H, BARBU O, POPA M, PETRESCU DC, BALICA C, BRISAN N, IANOLIU C, SASARAN E, TANTAU I, DICA P, PRICA I, 2002. Catastrofe geologice. Editura Dacia Cluj-Napoca. 215 pp. ISBN 973-35-3473-X.
  • KAMINSKI MA & GRADSTEIN FM (coord), BÄCKSTRÖM S, BERGGREN WA, BUBÍK M, CARVAJAL-CHITTY H, FILIPESCU S, GEROCH S, JONES GD, KUHNT W, MCNEIL DH, NAGY J, PLATON E, RAMESH P, RÖGL F, THOMAS FC, WHITTAKER JE, YAKOVLEVA-O’NEIL S, Atlas of Paleogene Cosmopolitan Deep-Water Agglutinated Foraminifera. Grzybowski Foundation Special Publication 10, London, 545 + vii pp. ISBN 83-912385-9-X
  • BUCUR II, BALICA C, BEDELEAN H, BENEA M, CHIRA C, CODREA V, FILIPESCU S, FORRAY F, GAL A, POPA MV, SĂSĂRAN E, TANȚĂU I, 2008. Repere geologice în Apuseni și sud-vestul Carpaților Meridionali. Presa Universitară Clujeană, 225 pp. ISBN 978-973-610-720-7.

Edited volumes:

  • BUCUR II, FILIPESCU S, 2000. Acta Palaeontologica Romaniae, II. Proceedings of the Second Romanian Symposium on Palaeontology, Cluj-Napoca 1-3 October 1999. 504 pp. Editura Presa Universitara Clujeana. ISBN 973-8095-187-4.
  • BUCUR II, FILIPESCU S, SASARAN E, 2001. Algae and carbonate platforms in western part of Romania. 4th Regional Meeting of IFAA Cluj-Napoca 2001 – Field Trip Guidebook, 219pp. Cluj University Press. ISBN 973-610-004-9. Cluj-Napoca.
  • BACIU C, BUCUR II, FILIPESCU S, SASARAN E, 2002. Studia Universitatis Babes-Bolyai. Geologia – Volum special 1, 364 pp. Cluj-Napoca.
  • BUCUR II, FILIPESCU S, 2002. Research advances in calcareous algae and microbial carbonates. Proceedings of the 4th IFAA Regional Meeting, Cluj-Napoca, August 29 – September 5, 2001. Cluj University Press, 208 pp. ISBN 973-610-103-7.
  • FILIPESCU S, KAMINSKI MA, 2008. Eighth International Workshop on Agglutinated Foraminifera. Abstract Volume. Grzybowski Foundation Special Publication 14. 66 pp. ISBN 978-973-610-765-8.
  • BUCUR II, FILIPESCU S, 2008. Contributions to the Annual Scientific Session “Ion Popescu Voiteşti” organized by the Department of Geology of the Babeş-Bolyai University and the Cluj Branch of the Geological Society of Romania (Cluj-Napoca, November 28-29, 2008), 89 pp. ISBN 978-973-610-813-6.
  • FILIPESCU S, 2009. 3rd International Workshop Neogene of Central and South-Eastern Europe, Cluj-Napoca, May 20-24 2009. Abstract volume. 106 pp. ISBN: 978-973-610-873-0.
  • KAMINSKI MA., FILIPESCU S, 2011. Proceedings of the Eighth International Workshop on Agglutinated Foraminifera. Grzybowski Foundation Special Publication, 16, 359 + vi pp. ISBN 978-973-595-260-0. (ISI Proceedings)
  • FILIPESCU S, BUCUR II, 2016. Scientific Session “I.P. Voitești” 2016, Babeș-Bolyai University, Department of Geology. Abstracts volume, 69pp.
  • FILIPESCU S, BINDIU-HAITONIC R, TĂMAȘ DM (editori), 2017. Sesiunea Științifică Anuală “Ion Popescu Voitești” 2017, Departamentul de Geologie al Universității Babeș-Bolyai. Rezumate, 48pp.

Theses:

  • FILIPESCU S, 1984. Mineralogic study of Cataracte pegmatite (in Romanian). Graduation thesis. Babes-Bolyai University Cluj-Napoca.
  • FILIPESCU S, 1996. Stratigraphy of the Neogene from the western border of the Transylvanian Basin, between the Arieș and Teiuș valleys (in Romanian). PhD Thesis. Babeș-Bolyai University Cluj-Napoca, 226 pp., 37 pl.

University courses:

  • MESZAROS N, FILIPESCU S, 1993. Curs de Stratigrafie, vol.I. (Bazele stratigrafiei), 118 pp. Babes-Bolyai University Cluj-Napoca.
  • MESZAROS N, FILIPESCU S, 1995. Curs de Stratigrafie, vol.II. (Precambrian, Paleozoic), 134 pp. Babes-Bolyai University Cluj-Napoca.