Tunjice Village, bed 6 (Miocene of Slovenia)

Where: Slovenia (46.2° N, 14.6° E: paleocoordinates 45.8° N, 14.3° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Coprolitic Horizon Formation, Sarmatian (12.7 - 11.6 Ma)

• Lower Sarmatian/Upper Serravallian. Bed 6, 60 cm thick.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lagoonal or restricted shallow subtidal; lithified, diatomaceous, calcareous mudstone

• Variable salinities but present of marine taxa (scyphozoa, fish, bivalves) indicates predominantly marine environment. Semi-enclosed depositional environment in which the stratified water body, shallow depths, and soft bottom represented prerequisites for development of hypoxia and anoxia.
• Horizontally laminated diatomaceous carbonate siltstone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: adpression

Primary reference: W. Zessin, J. Zalohar, and T. Hitij. 2008. A new fossil dragonfly (Insecta, Odonata, Libellulidae) of the Miocene (Lower-Sarmatian) of the Tunjice Hills, Slovenia. Virgo, Mitteilungsblatt des Entomologischen Vereins Mecklenburg 11:86-96 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 103103: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 22.01.2011, edited by Mark Uhen

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Taxonomic list

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Actinopteri
 Syngnathiformes - Syngnathidae
Hippocampus slovenicus n. sp., Hippocampus sarmaticus n. sp.
Hippocampus slovenicus n. sp. Zalohar et al. 2009 sea horse
Hippocampus sarmaticus n. sp. Zalohar et al. 2009 sea horse
Insecta
 Odonata - Libellulidae
Sloveniatrum robici n. gen. n. sp.
Sloveniatrum robici n. gen. n. sp. Zessin et al. 2008 common skimmer