Dolenja Vas, Bed 29 (Paleocene of Slovenia)

Also known as Reef 3702

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 29

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

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

• small coral-algal patch reefs

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 79294: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 29.02.2008

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Taxonomic list

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Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Rhizangiidae
Rhizangia sp.
Rhizangia sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Poritidae
Goniopora imperatoris
Goniopora imperatoris Vaughan 1919 stony coral
Florideophyceae
 Corallinales - Corallinophycidae
Corallinaceae indet.
Corallinaceae indet. Lamouroux 1816
Foraminifera
 Planorbulinacea - Planorbulinidae
Planorbulina sp.
Planorbulina sp. d'Orbigny 1826
 Acervulinacea - Homotrematidae
Miniacina sp.
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Schlosserina sp.
 Lituolida - Lituolidae
Haddonia sp.