Padriciano: Thanetian, Slovenia

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Astrocoeniidae
Astrocoenia bistallata
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Actinacididae
Goniopora hrpeljensis n. sp. Turnsek 1998
synonym of Elephantaria lindstroemi
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Poritidae
Litharaea websteri (Bowerbank 1840)
recombined as Goniopora websteri
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Siderastreidae
Pironastrea discoides d'Achiardi 1875
listed as Pironastraea discoides
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Rhizangiidae
Rhizangia padricensis n. sp. Turnsek 1998
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Meandrinidae
Orbignygyra sp. Alloiteau 1952
    = Pachygyra princeps Reuss 1854
Baron-Szabo 2006
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Dendrophylliidae
Dendrophyllia sp. Blainville 1830
see common names

Geography
Country:Slovenia State/province:Slovenia
Coordinates: 45.7° North, 13.8° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:35.9° North, 12.7° East
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Paleogene Epoch:Paleocene
Stage:Thanetian 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 1
Key time interval:Thanetian
Age range of interval:59.20000 - 56.00000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Local section:Padriciano Local bed:Pad-11/K-1; Pad-11; Pad-G/11; Pad-28
Local order:bottom to top
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: beds Pad-11/K-1; Pad-11; Pad-G/11; Pad-28
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified "limestone"
Includes fossils?Y
Environment:shallow subtidal indet. Tectonic setting:foreland basin
Glacial or sequence phase:transgressive
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:peel or thin section,field collection
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Metadata
Database number:79282
Authorizer:W. Kiessling Enterer:J. Zamagni, W. Kiessling
Modifier:J. Zamagni Research group:marine invertebrate,micropaleontology
Created:2008-02-29 04:01:04 Last modified:2008-03-01 05:15:51
Access level:authorizer only Released:2010-01-08 10:39:56
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

26586. D. Turnsek and K. Drobne. 1998. Paleocene Corals from the northern Adriatic platform. In L. Hottinger, K, Drobne (eds.), Paleogene Shallow Benthos of the Tethys. Opera-Dela SAZU, Lubljana 34(2):129-154 [W. Kiessling/J. Zamagni/W. Kiessling]

Secondary references:

17708 R. Baron-Szabo. 2006. Corals of the K/T-boundary: scleractinian corals of the suborders Astrocoeniina, Faviina, Rhipidogyrina and Amphiastraeina. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 4(1):1-108 [W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling]