Dolenja Vas, Bed 28 (Paleocene of Slovenia)

Where: Slovenia (45.7° N, 14.0° E: paleocoordinates 36.0° N, 12.9° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Thanetian (59.2 - 56.0 Ma)

• bed 28

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lagoonal or restricted shallow subtidal; lithified wackestone and lithified packstone

• restricted shelf behind algal-coral agglomerations

Size classes: macrofossils, microfossils

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 79292: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 29.02.2008, edited by Jessica Zamagni

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Taxonomic list

Foraminifera
 Rotaliacea - Pellatispiridae
Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Dendrophylliidae
Dendrophyllia sp. Blainville 1830 stony coral
Dendrophyllia candelabrum Henning 1899 stony coral