Kozina: Thanetian, Slovenia

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Actinacididae
Goniopora hrpeljensis Turnsek 1998
synonym of Elephantaria lindstroemi
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Rhizangiidae
Rhizangia padricensis Turnsek 1998
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Dendrophylliidae
Dendrophyllia candelabrum Henning 1899
see common names

Geography
Country:Slovenia State/province:Slovenia
Coordinates: 45.6° North, 14.0° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:35.8° 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:group of beds
Stratigraphy comments: Based on the foraminiferal assemblage this collection has an age corresponding to SBZ 4 (Late Thanetian)
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:tabular lithified floatstone
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: Floatstones with coral colonies encrusted by algae, foraminifera and microbialitic veneers associated to foralgal sediments
Environment:open shallow subtidal Tectonic setting:foreland basin
Geology comments: Mid-ramp setting
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:recrystallized,original aragonite,replaced with calcite
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:bulk,peel or thin section
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Taxonomic list comments:determination done by D.Turnsek ZRC SAZU, Lubljana
Metadata
Database number:80832
Authorizer:W. Kiessling Enterer:J. Zamagni
Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2008-05-14 02:58:30 Last modified:2008-05-14 05:58:30
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]