Divaca: Thanetian, Slovenia

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Astreopora esperanzae Frost and Langenheim 1974
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Euphylliidae
Plocophyllia karstica Drobne 1988
synonym of Euphyllia caliculata
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Meandrinidae
Pachygyra savii d'Achiardi 1866
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Rhizangiidae
Rhizangia padricensis Turnsek 1998
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Oculinidae
Oculina conferta Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850
Oculina becki (Nielsen 1922)
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Acroporidae
Bacarella vipavica Turnsek and Kosir 2004
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Astrocoeniidae
Stylocoenia neutra Barta-Calmus 1973
Madracis sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1849
Astrocoenia gibbosa Duncan 1880
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Actinacididae
Actinacis cognata Oppenheim 1901
Goniopora hrpeljensis Turnsek 1998
synonym of Elephantaria lindstroemi
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Poritidae
Goniopora elegans (Leymerie 1846)
? Litharaea sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1849
synonym of Goniopora
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Dendrophylliidae
Dendrophyllia candelabrum Henning 1899
see common names

Geography
Country:Slovenia State/province:Slovenia
Coordinates: 45.7° North, 14.0° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:35.9° North, 12.8° East
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:outcrop
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
Geological group:Kras Formation:Trstelj Member:Upper
Stratigraphic resolution:member
Stratigraphy comments: 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)
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:lenticular,white lithified "reef rocks"
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: Microbiliate-coral mound with alternation at cemtimetric scale of corals and microbial crusts to form a sort of framework.
Environment:slope/ramp reef Tectonic setting:foreland basin
Glacial or sequence phase:transgressive
Geology comments: Deposition in the distal part of the mid-ramp setting affected by storms and currents, and likely periodically affected by increase of turbidity and nutrient levels
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:recrystallized,original aragonite,replaced with calcite
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Preservation of anatomical detail:medium
Abundance in sediment:common
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:bulk,peel or thin section,field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Taxonomic list comments:Determinations made by D.Turnšek from the ZRC SAZU, Lubljana
Metadata
Database number:80825
Authorizer:W. Kiessling Enterer:J. Zamagni
Modifier:W. Kiessling Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2008-05-14 01:28:58 Last modified:2008-05-14 08:27:29
Access level:authorizer only Released:2010-01-08 10:39:56
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
26603. 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]