Kamnik Alps, Kamnisko sedlo (Triassic of Slovenia)

Also known as Reef 149

Where: Slovenia (46.3° N, 14.7° E: paleocoordinates 11.1° N, 21.6° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Julian (235.0 - 232.0 Ma)

• Cordevolian

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

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

• corals form patch reefs which vertically and laterally pass into bedded or massive algal limestones

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 68750: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 05.02.2007

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Protoheterastraeidae
Protoheterastrea minor Turnsek and Buser 1989 stony coral
listed as Protoheterastraea minor