Hricovske Podhradie, loc. 51 (Paleocene of Slovakia)

Also known as Reef 659

Where: Slovakia (49.2° N, 18.6° E: paleocoordinates 43.9° N, 14.8° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Thanetian (59.2 - 56.0 Ma)

• Montian-Thanetian age of the reef limestones found in younger sediments (Ilerdian)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

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

• grey-white bioherm limestones, detritic, main components are algae (10-30%) and foraminifers; rare corals, sponges, bryozoans, crinoids

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils, microfossils

Collection methods: peel or thin section,

Primary reference: O. Samuel, K. Borza, and E. Köhler. 1972. Microfauna and lithostratigraphy of the Paleogene and adjacent Cretaceous of the Middle Vah Valley (West Carpathian) 1-246 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 88183: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 03.04.2009

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Actinacididae
Actinacis haueri
Actinacis haueri Reuss 1854 stony coral
unclassified
  -
Echinodermata indet.
Crinoidea
  -
Crinoidea indet.
Crinoidea indet. Miller 1821 Sea lily
Bryozoa
  -
Bryozoa indet.
Bryozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1831
Bivalvia
  -
Bivalvia indet.
Bivalvia indet. Linnaeus 1758 clam
Globothalamea
 Rotaliida - Cibicididae
Cibicides sp.
Cibicides sp. Monfort 1808
 Rotaliida - Discorbidae
Eponides sp.
Eponides sp. Montfort 1808
Tubothalamea
 Miliolida - Hauerinidae
Quinqueloculina sp.
Quinqueloculina sp. d'Orbigny 1826
Foraminifera
 Lituolida - Lituolidae
Haddonia sp., Textularia sp., Gaudryina sp.
Textularia sp. Defrance 1824
Gaudryina sp. d'Orbigny 1839
 Planorbulinacea - Planorbulinidae
Planorbulina cretae
 Rotaliina - Mississippinidae
Mississippina binkhorsti
 Acervulinacea - Homotrematidae
Miniacina multicamerata, Miniacina multiformis, Miniacina sp.
 Rotaliacea - Rotaliidae
Rotalia sp., Rotalia trochidiformis
Rotalia sp. Lamarck 1804
Rotalia trochidiformis Lamarck 1804
 Nummulitacea - Discocyclinidae
Discocyclina seunesi, Discocyclina douvillei, Discocyclina sp.
Nodosariata
 Vaginulinida - Vaginulinidae
Lenticulina sp.
Lenticulina sp. Lamarck 1804
Foraminifera
 Globigerinoidea - Globigerinidae
"Globigerina ex gr. triloculinoides" = Subbotina triloculinoides, Globigerina sp.
"Globigerina ex gr. triloculinoides" = Subbotina triloculinoides Plummer 1926
Globigerina sp. d'Orbigny 1826
 Globigerinoidea - Globorotaliidae
Globorotalia ex gr. angulata, Globorotalia cf. chapmani, Globorotalia ex gr. pusilla, Globorotalia cf. pseudomenardii
 Textulariina - Coscinophragmatidae
Coscinophragma cribrosum
Florideophyceae
 Corallinales - Corallinophycidae
Corallina abundans, Distichoplax biserialis, "Amphiroa propria" = Pseudoamphiroa propria, Lithophyllum quadrangulum, "Ethelia alba" = Polystrata alba, Peyssonnelia antiqua
Distichoplax biserialis Dieterich 1927
"Amphiroa propria" = Pseudoamphiroa propria Lemoine 1934
"Ethelia alba" = Polystrata alba Pfender 1936
Peyssonnelia antiqua Johnson 1964
 Hapalidiales - Corallinophycidae
Mesophyllum ramosum, "Lithothamnium densum" = Lithothamnion, "Lithothamnium contraversum" = Lithothamnion
"Lithothamnium densum" = Lithothamnion
"Lithothamnium contraversum" = Lithothamnion
Chlorophyceae
 Dasycladales - Dasycladaceae
Dasycladaceae indet.
Dasycladaceae indet. Kutzing 1843
 Dasycladales -
Acicularia sp.
Acicularia sp. d'Archiac 1843