Vlcia Jama, loc. 58 (Paleocene of Slovakia)

Also known as Reef 659

Where: Slovakia (49.2° N, 18.6° E: paleocoordinates 43.9° N, 14.8° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Thanetian (59.2 - 56.0 Ma)

• Montian-Thanetian age of the reef limestones

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified reef rocks

• algal-foraminiferal bioherm limestone blocks

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils, microfossils

Collection methods: peel or thin section,

Primary reference: O. Samuel, K. Borza, and E. Köhler. 1972. Microfauna and lithostratigraphy of the Paleogene and adjacent Cretaceous of the Middle Vah Valley (West Carpathian) 1-246 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 88274: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 06.04.2009

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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unclassified
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Haliotus sp.
Bryozoa
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Bryozoa indet.
Bryozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1831
Polychaeta
 Sabellida - Serpulidae
Serpula sp.
Serpula sp. Linnaeus 1758
Deuteropoda
  -
Ostracoda indet.
Ostracoda indet. Latreille 1802 ostracod
Anthozoa
 Hexacorallia -
Scleractinia indet.
Scleractinia indet. Bourne 1900 stony coral
Florideophyceae
 Corallinales - Corallinophycidae
Jania nummulitica, Corallina abundans, Distichoplax biserialis, "Amphiroa propria" = Pseudoamphiroa propria, Lithophyllum quadrangulum, Peyssonnelia antiqua
Jania nummulitica Lemoine 1927
Distichoplax biserialis Dieterich 1927
"Amphiroa propria" = Pseudoamphiroa propria Lemoine 1934
Peyssonnelia antiqua Johnson 1964
 Hapalidiales - Corallinophycidae
"Lithophyllum ex gr. mengaudi" = Mesophyllum mengaudii
"Lithophyllum ex gr. mengaudi" = Mesophyllum mengaudii Lemoine 1934
Chlorophyceae
 Dasycladales -
Acicularia sp.
Acicularia sp. d'Archiac 1843
 Dasycladales - Dasycladaceae
Dasycladaceae indet.
Dasycladaceae indet. Kutzing 1843
Protozoa
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Cadosina fusca
Foraminifera
 Lituolida - Lituolidae
Textularia sp.
Textularia sp. Defrance 1824
Globothalamea
 Rotaliida - Anomalinidae
Anomalina sp.
Anomalina sp. d'Orbigny 1826
 Rotaliida - Gavelinellidae
Gyroidina sp.
Gyroidina sp. d'Orbigny 1826
 Rotaliida - Discorbidae
Eponides sp.
Eponides sp. Montfort 1808
Nodosariata
 Nodosariida - Nodosariidae
Nodosaria sp.
Nodosaria sp. Lamarck 1812
 Vaginulinida - Vaginulinidae
Lenticulina sp.
Lenticulina sp. Lamarck 1804
Foraminifera
 Nummulitacea - Discocyclinidae
Discocyclina seunesi, Discocyclina sp., Discocyclina douvillei
 Rotaliacea - Rotaliidae
Rotalia perovalis
 Acervulinacea - Homotrematidae
Miniacina multicamerata, Miniacina multiformis, Miniacina sp.
 Planorbulinacea - Planorbulinidae
Planorbulina cretae
 Rotaliina - Mississippinidae
Mississippina binkhorsti
Tubothalamea
 Miliolida - Miliolidae
Miliola sp.
Miliola sp. Lamarck 1804
 Miliolida - Hauerinidae
Triloculina sp.
Triloculina sp. d'Orbigny 1826
Foraminifera
 Globigerinoidea - Globigerinidae
Globigerina aff. velascoensis, "Globigerina ex gr. triloculinoides" = Subbotina triloculinoides
"Globigerina ex gr. triloculinoides" = Subbotina triloculinoides Plummer 1926
 Buliminoidea - Buliminidae
Bulimina sp.
Bulimina sp. d'Orbigny 1826