Also known as Reef 660
Where: Slovakia (49.1° N, 18.4° E: paleocoordinates 43.8° N, 14.6° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Thanetian (59.2 - 56.0 Ma)
• Montian-Thanetian reef limestones in Cenomanian-Thanetian conglomerates
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified reef rocks
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils, microfossils
Collection methods: peel or thin section,
Primary reference: O. Samuel, K. Borza, and E. Köhler. 1972. Microfauna and lithostratigraphy of the Paleogene and adjacent Cretaceous of the Middle Vah Valley (West Carpathian) 1-246 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel/U. Merkel]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 88272: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 06.04.2009
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Rhodophyceae | |
Elianella elegans Pfender and Basse 1947 | |
Florideophyceae | |
"Jania cf. mengaudi" = Arthrocardia mengaudii, Corallina cf. abundans, "Amphiroa propria" = Pseudoamphiroa propria, Distichoplax biserialis, Lithophyllum quadrangulum, Archaeolithothamnium mamillosum, Mesophyllum ramosum, "Lithothamnium contraversum" = Lithothamnion
"Jania cf. mengaudi" = Arthrocardia mengaudii Lemoine 1934
"Amphiroa propria" = Pseudoamphiroa propria Lemoine 1934
Distichoplax biserialis Dieterich 1927
Lithophyllum quadrangulum Lemoine 1934
"Lithothamnium contraversum" = Lithothamnion | |
"Ethelia alba" = Polystrata alba, Peyssonnelia antiqua
"Ethelia alba" = Polystrata alba Pfender 1936
Peyssonnelia antiqua Johnson 1964 | |
Foraminifera | |
Bolivina sp. d'Orbigny 1839 | |
Nodosariata | |
Saracenaria sp. Defrance 1824
Lenticulina sp. Lamarck 1804 | |
Tubothalamea | |
Miliola sp. Lamarck 1804 | |
Globothalamea | |
Anomalina sp. d'Orbigny 1826 | |
Gyroidina sp. d'Orbigny 1826 | |
Foraminifera | |
Turborotalia sp. Cushman and Bermúdez 1949 | |
Textularia sp. Defrance 1824
Gaudryina sp. d'Orbigny 1839 | |
"Globigerina ex gr. triloculinoides" = Subbotina triloculinoides, Globigerina cf. aquiensis, Globigerina varianta
"Globigerina ex gr. triloculinoides" = Subbotina triloculinoides Plummer 1926
Globigerina varianta Subbotina 1953 | |
Protozoa | |
Chlorophyceae | |
Acicularia sp. d'Archiac 1843 | |
Anthozoa | |
Scleractinia indet. Bourne 1900 stony coral | |
unclassified | |
Echinodermata indet. Klein 1754 | |
Crinoidea | |
Crinoidea indet. Miller 1821 Sea lily | |
Sedentaria | |
Serpula sp. Linnaeus 1758 | |
Bryozoa | |
Bryozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1831 | |
Bivalvia | |
Bivalvia indet. Linnaeus 1758 clam | |
Gastropoda | |
Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795 snail |