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
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
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa | |
Astreopora mostarensis Oppenheim 1901 stony coral
Dendracis gervillii stony coral | |
"Stylacropora eocaenica" = Stylophora eocaenica, Stylophora distans
"Stylacropora eocaenica" = Stylophora eocaenica Kuehn 1948 stony coral
Stylophora distans Leymerie 1846 stony coral | |
Stylocoenia reussi Oppenheim 1901 stony coral | |
"Heliastrea irradians" = Montastrea irradians
"Heliastrea irradians" = Montastrea irradians Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral | |
Gastropoda | |
Velates schmidelianus snail | |
Campanile aff. giganteum Lamarck 1804 snail | |
Natica cepacaea moon snail | |
Cypraedia elegans Defrance 1826 snail | |
"Clava contracta" = Rhinoclavis
"Clava contracta" = Rhinoclavis cerith snail | |
Bivalvia | |
Meretrix hilarionis venus clam | |
"Cardium gratum" = Cardium (Orthocardium) gratum Defrance in Deshayes 1829 cockle
Cardium dalmatinum cockle
Cardium rouyanum cockle | |
"Corbis subpectunculus" = Fimbria subpectunculus
"Corbis subpectunculus" = Fimbria subpectunculus d'Orbigny 1850 clam | |
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Arca dalmatina ark
Arca brongniarti ark |