PBDB Collection

Crni Kal (Eocene of Slovenia)

Also known as Reef 3636

Where: Slovenia (45.6° N, 13.9° E: paleocoordinates 39.0° N, 11.9° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Lutetian (47.8 - 41.3 Ma)

• early(?) Lutetian

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: perireef or subreef; lithified limestone

• Nearby coral-coralline algal limestones (Kosir et al. 2003) suggest subreefal nature of the associantions

• congomeratic limestones

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: Sampled by Pavlovec, given to author for study

Primary reference: G. Kolosvary. 1966. Lutetian corals from Crni Kal in Yugoslavia. Geologjia 10:189-204 [W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 71666: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Wolfgang Kiessling on 04.05.2007

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Taxonomic list

• Descriptions (identification?) mostly inaccurate according to Turnsek and Kosir (2004)

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Foraminifera
Nummulitacea - Nummulitidae	Nummulites sp. Nummulites sp. Lamarck 1801
Hydrozoa
-	Hydrozoa indet. Hydrozoa indet. Owen 1843
Anthozoa
Scleractinia - Caryophylliidae	"Cylicosmilia crnikalensis n. sp." = Parasmilia crnikalensis "Cylicosmilia crnikalensis n. sp." = Parasmilia crnikalensis Kolosvary 1966 stony coral
Scleractinia - Flabellidae	? Flabellum sp. ? Flabellum sp. Lesson 1831 stony coral
Scleractinia - Actinacididae	Actinacis cognata, Actinacis cf. cognata Actinacis cognata Oppenheim 1901 stony coral Actinacis cf. cognata Oppenheim 1901 stony coral
Scleractinia - Calamophylliidae	"Calamophyllia" crenaticostata, "Calamophyllia" sp. "Calamophyllia" crenaticostata stony coral "Calamophyllia" sp. Blainville 1830 stony coral
Scleractinia - Pocilloporidae	Stylophora contorta, Stylophora italica, Stylophora distans, Stylophora cf. distans Stylophora contorta stony coral Stylophora italica d'Achiardi 1866 stony coral Stylophora distans Leymerie 1846 stony coral Stylophora cf. distans Leymerie 1846 stony coral
Scleractinia - Astrocoeniidae	Astrocoenia cf. subreticulata Astrocoenia cf. subreticulata d'Achiardi 1875 stony coral
Scleractinia - Acroporidae	Dendracis sp., Dendracis cf. seriata Dendracis sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1849 stony coral Dendracis cf. seriata Reuss 1868 stony coral
Scleractinia - Euphylliidae	Euphyllia sp., Euphyllia cf. forojulensis, Euphyllia contorta, Euphyllia cf. contorta Euphyllia sp. Dana 1846 stony coral Euphyllia cf. forojulensis stony coral Euphyllia contorta stony coral Euphyllia cf. contorta stony coral
Scleractinia - Agathiphylliidae	"Heliastrea bosniaca" = Agathiphyllia bosniaca, "Heliastrea cf. bosniaca" = Agathiphyllia bosniaca "Heliastrea bosniaca" = Agathiphyllia bosniaca Oppenheim 1912 stony coral genus as Heliastraea "Heliastrea cf. bosniaca" = Agathiphyllia bosniaca Oppenheim 1912 stony coral genus as Heliastraea
Scleractinia - Montlivaltiidae	"Placosmilia multisinuosa" = Trochosmilia multisinuosa, Placosmilia sp., Placosmilia cf. bilobata "Placosmilia multisinuosa" = Trochosmilia multisinuosa Michelin 1846 stony coral Placosmilia sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral Placosmilia cf. bilobata d'Achiardi 1868 stony coral
Scleractinia - Merulinidae	""Calamophyllia" pseudoflabellum" = Caulastrea pseudoflabellum ""Calamophyllia" pseudoflabellum" = Caulastrea pseudoflabellum Catullo 1852 stony coral
Scleractinia - Mussidae	Manicina cf. flexuosa Manicina cf. flexuosa stony coral