Javorníky, Vršatec Klippen, SE Karpaty Mountains (Jurassic of Slovakia)

Where: Slovakia (49.1° N, 18.2° E: paleocoordinates 40.7° N, 25.3° E)

• coordinate stated in text

When: Tithonian (152.1 - 145.0 Ma)

• Czorsztyn Unit

Environment/lithology: deep subtidal; limestone and wackestone

• shallow water; sediment-starved pelagic carbonate platform
• micritic, more or less bioclastic limestones; cavities with layers of crinoidal limestone (condensed, grain- and packstone); overlying read and cream bioclastic wackestone

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Primary reference: J. Schlögl, J. Michalík, K. Zágoršek and F. Atrops. 2008. Early Tithonian serpulid-dominated cavity-dwelling fauna, and the recruitement pattern of the serpulid larvae. Journal of Paleontology 82(2):351-361 [B. Seuss/B. Seuss]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 229112: authorized by Barbara Seuss, entered by Barbara Seuss on 13.02.2023

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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unclassified
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"Cyanobacteria indet." = Cyanobacteria, "Cyanophyta indet." = Cyanobacteria, Gastropoda indet., Ammonoidea indet., Serpulida indet., Cyclostomata indet., Rotularia sp., Bryozoa indet., ? Crania sp., Algae indet.
"Cyanobacteria indet." = Cyanobacteria Stanier 1973
"Cyanophyta indet." = Cyanobacteria Stanier 1973
Gastropoda indet.
juveniles
Ammonoidea indet.
fragments
Serpulida indet.
3 types of spirally coiled forms
Rotularia sp.
Rotularia (Praerotularia) sp.
Bryozoa indet.
encrusting cyclostome
Algae indet.
including microborings (Cavernula-like)
Foraminifera
 Involutinina - Involutinidae
Involutina sp.
Nodosariata
 Vaginulinida - Vaginulinidae
Lenticulina sp.
Lenticulina sp. Lamarck 1804
 Polymorphinida - Polymorphinidae
Bullopora tuberculata
Protozoa
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Radiolaria indet.
Bivalvia
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Bivalvia indet.
Bivalvia indet. Linnaeus 1758 clam
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
Ostrea sp.
Ostrea sp. Linnaeus 1758 oyster
 Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
Liostrea sp.
Liostrea sp. Douvillé 1904 oyster
 Ostreida - Posidoniidae
? Bositra sp.
? Bositra sp. De Gregorio 1886 oyster
Cephalopoda
 Phylloceratida - Phylloceratidae
Phylloceras kunthi
Phylloceras kunthi Neumayr 1871 ammonite
Polychaeta
 Serpulimorpha -
Vermiliopsis sp., Vermiliopsis "sp. 1", Vermiliopsis "sp. 2", Metavermilia sp., Neovermilia aff. limata
Rhynchonellata
 Thecideida -
Thecideida indet.
Thecideida indet. Pajaud 1970
unclassified
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Echinodermata indet.
Crinoidea
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Crinoidea indet.
Crinoidea indet. Miller 1821 Sea lily
 Roveacrinida - Saccocomidae
Saccocoma sp.
Saccocoma sp. Agassiz 1836 Sea lily
unclassified
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Porifera indet.
Porifera indet. Grant 1836
silicisponges; ? borings
Anthozoa
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Anthozoa indet.
Anthozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1834
 Hexacorallia -
Scleractinia indet.
Scleractinia indet. Bourne 1900 stony coral
solitary
Vermes
 Vermes -
? Vermes indet.
? Vermes indet. Linnaeus 1758
agglutinated tubes