Gluvaca I, Mt. Promina (Eocene of Croatia)

Where: Croatia (43.9° N, 16.1° E: paleocoordinates 38.8° N, 13.4° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Promina Formation, Bartonian (41.3 - 38.0 Ma)

• lower unit I

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; lithified limestone

• marly 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 124372: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 13.02.2012

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Taxonomic list

Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Acroporidae
Astreopora mostarensis Oppenheim 1901 stony coral
Dendracis gervillii stony coral
 Scleractinia - Pocilloporidae
"Stylacropora eocaenica" = Stylophora eocaenica, Stylophora distans
"Stylacropora eocaenica" = Stylophora eocaenica Kuehn 1948 stony coral
Stylophora distans Leymerie 1846 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Astrocoeniidae
Stylocoenia reussi Oppenheim 1901 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Montastraeidae
"Heliastrea irradians" = Montastrea irradians
"Heliastrea irradians" = Montastrea irradians Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral
Gastropoda
 Neritoidea - Neritidae
 Sorbeoconcha - Campanilidae
Campanile aff. giganteum Lamarck 1804 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
Natica cepacaea moon snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Pediculariidae
Cypraedia elegans Defrance 1826 snail
 Cerithioidea - Cerithiidae
"Clava contracta" = Rhinoclavis
"Clava contracta" = Rhinoclavis cerith snail
Bivalvia
 Cardiida - Veneridae
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
"Cardium gratum" = Cardium (Orthocardium) gratum Defrance in Deshayes 1829 cockle
 Lucinida - Lucinidae
"Corbis subpectunculus" = Fimbria subpectunculus
"Corbis subpectunculus" = Fimbria subpectunculus d'Orbigny 1850 clam
 Carditida - Crassatellidae
 Arcida - Arcidae