Where: Croatia (44.0° N, 16.1° E: paleocoordinates 38.8° N, 13.4° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Promina Formation, Bartonian (41.3 - 38.0 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; lithified limestone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: cast
Primary reference: R. Pavlovec. 1959. Zgornjeeocenska favna iz okolice Drnisa [Upper Eocene fauna from Drnis area]. Razprave Slovenska Akademija Znanosti in Umetnosti, Razred za Prirodoslovne in Medicinske Vede 5:349-416 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 124309: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 11.02.2012
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
Meretrix striatissima venus clam
Meretrix hilarionis venus clam | |
Tellina granconensis tellin clam | |
Cardium dalmatinum cockle
Cardium rouyanum cockle
Cardium meriani cockle
Cardium hercegowinense cockle | |
"Corbis subpectunculus" = Fimbria subpectunculus d'Orbigny 1850 clam
Lucina dalmatina clam
Phacoides dinarii clam | |
"Pecten cf. parisiensis" = Chlamys (Chlamys) parisiensis
"Pecten cf. parisiensis" = Chlamys (Chlamys) parisiensis d'Orbigny 1850 scallop | |
Gastropoda | |
"Rostellaria goniophora" = Lambis goniophora, Terebellum cf. olivaceum
"Rostellaria goniophora" = Lambis goniophora Bellardi 1852 conch
Terebellum cf. olivaceum true conch | |
Clavilithes palareensis snail
Clavilithes aff. noae Lamarck 1803 snail | |
Natica cepacaea moon snail | |
Scalaria anconai wentletrap | |
"Deshayesia alpina" = Cernina (Deshayesia)
"Deshayesia alpina" = Cernina (Deshayesia) snail | |
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Cerithium dalmatinum, "Clava contracta" = Rhinoclavis
Cerithium dalmatinum cerith snail
"Clava contracta" = Rhinoclavis cerith snail | |
Velates schmidelianus snail | |
Anthozoa | |
Stylocoenia reussi Oppenheim 1901 stony coral | |
Astreopora minima d'Achiardi 1867 stony coral
Dendracis gervillii stony coral | |
Stylophora cf. conferta Reuss 1868 stony coral
Stylophora distans Leymerie 1846 stony coral | |
"Pattalophyllia cyclolitoides" = Nicaeotrochus cyclolitoides
"Pattalophyllia cyclolitoides" = Nicaeotrochus cyclolitoides Bellardi 1847 stony coral | |
? Pattalophyllia gnatae Oppenheim 1899 stony coral | |
"Rhabdophyllia intercostata" = Cladocora prolifera, "Rhabdophyllia tenuis" = Cladocora tenuis
"Rhabdophyllia intercostata" = Cladocora prolifera d'Achiardi 1866 stony coral
"Rhabdophyllia tenuis" = Cladocora tenuis Reuss 1868 stony coral | |
Cladangia cocchi stony coral | |
Placosmilia polygonata Oppenheim 1901 stony coral | |
"Heliopora bellardii" = Parapolytremacis bellardii
"Heliopora bellardii" = Parapolytremacis bellardii Haime 1852 |