Where: Slovenia (45.7° N, 14.0° E: paleocoordinates 34.8° N, 13.3° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Danian (66.0 - 61.6 Ma)
• bed 20, Upper Danian
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: open shallow subtidal; lithified packstone
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: peel or thin section,
Primary reference: K. Drobne, B. Ogorelec, M. Plenicar, M. L. Zucchi-Stolfa, and D. Turnsek. 1988. Maastrichtian, Danian and Thanetian beds in Dolenja Vas (NW Dinarides, Yugoslavia), microfacies foraminifers, rudists and corals. Razprave Slovenska Akademija Znanosti in Umetnosti, Razred za Naravoslovne Vede 29(6):147-224 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 79281: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 29.02.2008
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa | |
Goniopora imperatoris Vaughan 1919 stony coral |