Also known as Reef 3702
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 23b, Upper Danian
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified reef rocks
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 79286: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 29.02.2008
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa | |
"Plocophyllia karstica n. sp." = Euphyllia caliculata
"Plocophyllia karstica n. sp." = Euphyllia caliculata Catullo 1852 stony coral |