Zavrh,Trnovski Gozd (Cretaceous of Slovenia)

Also known as Reef 3658

Where: Slovenia (46.0° N, 13.7° E: paleocoordinates 31.1° N, 21.1° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Valanginian (139.8 - 132.9 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified limestone

• 50 cm thick layer of white limestone built mainly by the corals and hydrozoans considered here. This layer represents a real reef formation.

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: D. Turnsek and S. Buser. 1974. The lower Cretaceous corals,hydrozoans, and chaetetids of Banjska Planota and Trnovski Gozd. Slovenska Akademija Znanosti im Umetnosti. Ljubljana, Yugoslavia. 17(2):85-122 [W. Kiessling/A. Girndt/W. Kiessling]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 76919: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Antje Girndt on 10.12.2007

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Taxonomic list

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Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Rhipidogyridae
"Ironella giseldonensis" = Starostinia giseldonensis
"Ironella giseldonensis" = Starostinia giseldonensis Krasnov and Starostina 1970 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Latomeandridae
"Microphyllia cf. bachmayeri" = Latiastrea canavarii, Microphyllia undans
"Microphyllia cf. bachmayeri" = Latiastrea canavarii Prever 1909 stony coral
Microphyllia undans Etallon 1859 stony coral
Stromatoporoidea
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Milleporidium crassum
Milleporidium crassum stromatoporoid sponge