Hrpelje-Kozina: Thanetian, Slovenia

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Rhizangiidae
Rhizangia padricensis Turnsek 1998
n. sp.
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Oculinidae
Oculina conferta Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Actinacididae
Goniopora hrpeljensis Turnsek 1998
synonym of Elephantaria lindstroemi
n. sp.
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Dendrophylliidae
Dendrophyllia sp. Blainville 1830
see common names

Geography
Country:Slovenia State/province:Slovenia
Coordinates: 45.6° North, 14.0° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:35.9° North, 12.8° 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:Hrpelje-Kozina Local bed:Hrp-15; Hrp-16; Hrp-23; Hrp-25
Local order:bottom to top
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: Hrp-15; Hrp-16; Hrp-23; Hrp-25
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified "limestone"
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:79288
Authorizer:W. Kiessling Enterer:J. Zamagni
Modifier:J. Zamagni Research group:marine invertebrate,micropaleontology
Created:2008-02-29 04:27:53 Last modified:2008-03-01 05:23:33
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]