Bukovje, Postojna area, Dinaric Platform, back-reef area (Jurassic to of Slovenia)

Also known as Reef 1171

Where: Slovenia (45.8° N, 14.1° E: paleocoordinates 32.1° N, 21.9° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Late/Upper Oxfordian to Late/Upper Oxfordian (161.2 - 152.1 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

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

• small patch-reefs in back-reef lagoon

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: peel or thin section,

Primary reference: D. Turnsek. 1997. Mesozoic corals of Slovenia. ZRC SAZU, Ljubljana 1-512 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel/W. Kiessling]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 68650: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 01.02.2007

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Taxonomic list

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Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Montlivaltiidae
Isastrea helianthoides
Isastrea helianthoides Goldfuss 1826 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Stylinidae
Heliocoenia costulata
Heliocoenia costulata Koby 1881 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Latomeandridae
Ovalastrea lobata
Ovalastrea lobata Koby 1884 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Dermosmiliidae
Epistreptophyllum tenue
Epistreptophyllum tenue Milaschewitsch 1876 stony coral
Demospongiae
 Chaetetida - Chaetetidae
Chaetetidae indet.
Chaetetidae indet. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850 chaetetid sponge