Dolenja Vas, Bed 24 (Paleocene of Slovenia)

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 24, Upper Danian

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified packstone and lithified grainstone

• small coral-algal patch reefs

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 79287: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 29.02.2008, edited by Jessica Zamagni

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Taxonomic list

Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Poritidae
"Litharaea subepithecata" = Goniopora websteri
"Litharaea subepithecata" = Goniopora websteri Bowerbank 1840 stony coral