Planinica (Cretaceous of Serbia and Montenegro)

Where: Serbia and Montenegro (44.2° N, 20.1° E: paleocoordinates 25.3° N, 18.8° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Kingena concinna brachiopod zone, Middle Cenomanian (99.6 - 93.5 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: foreshore; lithified, medium-grained sandstone

• very shallow transgressive bottom of a littoral rather than sublittoral area
• medium grained sandy matrix (without limestone breccia of coarse unit)

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: Repository: Institute of Regional Geology and Paleontology, Faculty of Mining and Geology, Belgrade (FMGB)

Primary reference: D. Rabrenovic, N. Vasic, J. Mitrovic-Petrovic, V. Radulovic, B. Radulovic and D. Sreckovic-Batocanin. 2002. The middle Cenomanian basal series of Planinica, Western Serbia. Geoloshki Anali Balkanskoga Poluostrva = Annales Geologiques de la Peninsule Balkanique 64:13-43 [M. Clapham/M. Manojlovic/M. Manojlovic]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 164671: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Marko Manojlovic on 10.12.2014

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Echinoidea
 Euechinoidea - Pseudodiadematidae
"Heterodiadema lybicum" = Heterodiadema libycum
"Heterodiadema lybicum" = Heterodiadema libycum Agassiz and Desor 1846 sea urchin
 Echinoneoida - Conulidae
 Holasteroida - Holasteridae
Holaster cf. marginalis Agassiz 1836 sea urchin
Holaster nodulosus Goldfuss 1863 sea urchin
 Spatangoida - Micrasteridae
Micraster cf. acutus Agassiz 1836 heart urchin
 Holectypoida - Holectypidae
"Holectypus larteti" = Coenholectypus larteti
"Holectypus larteti" = Coenholectypus larteti Cotteau 1869 sea urchin
Holectypus larteti major
 Holectypoida -
Echinoconus rothomagensis d'Orbigny 1856 sea urchin
 Holectypoida - Discoididae
Discoides minimus Agassiz 1840 sea urchin
Discoides subuculus Leske 1778 sea urchin
Discoides infera Desor 1858 sea urchin
 Arbacioida - Arbaciidae
Codiopsis doma Desmarest 1825 sea urchin
Cephalopoda
 Ammonitida - Desmoceratidae
Puzosia sp. Bayle 1878 ammonite
very eroded
 Ammonitida - Turrilitidae
Turrilites sp. Lamarck 1801 ammonite
poorly preserved whorl fragments
Rhynchonellata
 Rhynchonellida - Basiliolidae
Orbirhynchia oweni n. sp. Rabrenovic et al. 2002
 Rhynchonellida - Norellidae
Monticlarella lineolata Phillips 1829
internal mold
 Terebratulida - Kingenidae
Kingena concinna Owen 1970
slightly damaged specimens
 Terebratulida - Terebratulidae
"Terebratula" sp. Müller 1776