Kruje, rudist biostrome (Cretaceous to of Albania)

Also known as Reef 1187

Where: Albania (41.5° N, 19.8° E: paleocoordinates 25.7° N, 19.4° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Santonian to Santonian (86.3 - 72.1 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

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

• rudist biostrome

Size classes: macrofossils, microfossils

Primary reference: L. H. Peza. 1989. An outline of the Cretaceous of Albania. in J. Wiedmann, ed., Cretaceous of the Western Tethys 483-504 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 74612: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 16.08.2007

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Taxonomic list

unclassified
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Foraminifera
 Textulariina - Pfenderinidae
 Textulariina - Cuneolinidae
 Textulariina - Dicyclinidae
Dicyclina schlumbergeri Munier-Chalmas 1887
 Thaumatoporellales -
Bivalvia
 Myalinida - Inoceramidae
Inoceramus ex gr. salisburgensis Fugger and Kastner 1885 clam
 Hippuritida - Hippuritidae
Hippuritella sp. Douvillé 1908 rudist
 Hippuritida - Radiolitidae
Radiolites sp. Lamarck 1801 rudist
Durania sp. Douvillé 1908 rudist
Echinoidea
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Echinoidea indet. Leske 1778 sea urchin