Drnis area (Eocene of Croatia)

Where: Croatia (43.9° N, 16.2° E: paleocoordinates 39.7° N, 13.7° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Promina Formation, Late/Upper Eocene (37.2 - 33.9 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: G. Kolosvary. 1967. Korallen und Balaniden aus den paläogenen Schichten Jugoslawiens [Corals and balanids from Paleogene beds of Yugoslavia]. Geologija 10:205-218 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 87473: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 18.03.2009

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Taxonomic list

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Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Merulinidae
Hydnophyllia collinaria
Hydnophyllia collinaria Catullo 1856 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Montlivaltiidae
Placosmilia bilobata, Trochosmilia multilobata, "Placosmilia multisinuosa" = Trochosmilia multisinuosa
Placosmilia bilobata d'Achiardi 1868 stony coral
"Placosmilia multisinuosa" = Trochosmilia multisinuosa Michelin 1846 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Mussidae
Circophyllia dachiardii, ? Desmocladia septifera
? Desmocladia septifera Reuss 1874 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Acrosmiliidae
"Leptophyllia dubravitzensis" = Acrosmilia dubravitzensis
"Leptophyllia dubravitzensis" = Acrosmilia dubravitzensis Oppenheim 1901 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Dermosmiliidae
Calamophylliopsis sp.
Calamophylliopsis sp. Alloiteau 1952 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Agariciidae
Pachyseris sp.
Pachyseris sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1849 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Actinacididae
? Bosnopsammia cf. katzeri
? Bosnopsammia cf. katzeri Oppenheim 1908 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Pocilloporidae
Stylophora annulata, Stylophora distans
Stylophora annulata Reuss 1864 stony coral
Stylophora distans Leymerie 1846 stony coral