Where: Slovenia, Slovenia (45.7° N, 14.0° E: paleocoordinates 35.9° N, 12.8° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Upper Member (Trstelj Formation), Thanetian (59.2 - 56.0 Ma)
• Correspond to the upper part of the Trstelj beds (Operculina Lms.) of Pavlovec (1963) and to the upper part of the Miliolid Limestone of Stache (1889). Based on associated larger foraminifera the age of this collection correspond to SBZ 4 (Late Thanetian)
• member-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: slope or ramp reef; lithified, lenticular, white reef rocks
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: recrystallized, original aragonite, replaced with calcite
Collection methods: bulk, peel or thin section,
Primary reference: J. Zamagni, A. Kosir, and M. Mutti. 2009. The first microbialite-coral mounds in the Cenozoic (Uppermost Paleocene) from the Northern Tethys (Slovenia): Environmentally-triggered phase shifts preceding the PETM?. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 274(1-2):1-17 [W. Kiessling/J. Zamagni/W. Kiessling]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 80825: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Jessica Zamagni on 14.05.2008
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa | |
Bacarella vipavica Turnsek and Kosir 2004 stony coral | |
Madracis sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1849 stony coral
Astrocoenia gibbosa Duncan 1880 stony coral
Stylocoenia neutra Barta-Calmus 1973 stony coral | |
"Goniopora hrpeljensis" = Elephantaria lindstroemi, Actinacis cognata
"Goniopora hrpeljensis" = Elephantaria lindstroemi Oppenheim 1930 stony coral
Actinacis cognata Oppenheim 1901 stony coral | |
"? Litharaea sp." = Goniopora, Goniopora elegans
"? Litharaea sp." = Goniopora Blainville 1830 stony coral
Goniopora elegans Leymerie 1846 stony coral | |
Oculina conferta Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850 stony coral
Oculina becki Nielsen 1922 stony coral | |
Rhizangia padricensis Turnsek 1998 stony coral | |
Pachygyra savii d'Achiardi 1866 stony coral | |
"Plocophyllia karstica" = Euphyllia caliculata
"Plocophyllia karstica" = Euphyllia caliculata Catullo 1852 stony coral | |
Dendrophyllia candelabrum Henning 1899 stony coral |