Uzumovici village (Eocene of Bosnia and Herzegovina)

Where: Bosnia and Herzegovina (44.7° N, 19.2° E: paleocoordinates 38.4° N, 16.5° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Middle Eocene (47.8 - 37.7 Ma)

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; marl

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: P. Oppenheim. 1908. Über eine Eocänfaunula von Ostbosnien und einige Eocänfossilien der Herzegowina. Jahrbuch der kaiserlich - königlichen geologischen Reichsanstalt 58(2) [W. Kiessling/M. Krause]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 179746: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Mihaela Krause on 29.06.2016

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Taxonomic list

Echinoidea
 Cidaroida - Cidaridae
Cidaris sp. Leske 1778 pencil urchin
Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Astrocoeniidae
Astrocoenia expansa d'Aehiardi 1875 stony coral
Astrocoenia aspera d'Achiardi 1875 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Siderastreidae
Pironastrea discoides d'Achiardi 1875 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Columastreidae
Columnastraea caillaudi Micheli 1846 stony coral