Stranice, Coral level 3, Slovenia (Cretaceous to of Slovenia)

Also known as Reef 3128

Where: Slovenia (46.4° N, 15.4° E: paleocoordinates 31.2° N, 17.3° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Santonian to Santonian (86.3 - 72.1 Ma)

• No formal formation name. Corals in three leves.

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified reef rocks

• Biostromal coral associations

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: peel or thin section

Primary reference: D. Turnsek. 1994. Upper Cretaceous reef building colonial corals of Gosau facies from Stranice near Slovenske Konjice (Slovenia). Razprave IV. Razreda Sazu 35(1):3-41 [W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 23073: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Wolfgang Kiessling on 09.07.2002

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Taxonomic list

• Only corals described
Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Cunnolitidae
Cunnolites sp. Gagnebin 1772 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Latomeandridae
 Scleractinia -
 Scleractinia - Actinacididae
Actinacis reussi Oppenheim 1930 stony coral
 Helioporacea -
Echinoidea
  -
Echinoidea indet. Leske 1778 sea urchin
Gastropoda
  -
Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795 snail