Praznov, klippen belt (Cretaceous of Slovakia)

Where: Slovakia (49.1° N, 18.5° E: paleocoordinates 38.7° N, 17.2° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Praznov Formation, Late/Upper Cenomanian (99.6 - 93.5 Ma)

• upper part of praznov beds

Environment/lithology: marine; conglomerate

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: E. Scheibner. 1960. Some new occurrences of corals in the klippen belt in Slovakia. Geologicky Sbornik 11(2):281-282 [W. Kiessling/M. Nimke]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 87241: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Madeleine Nimke on 12.03.2009

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
"Exogyra columba" = Rhynchostreon suborbiculatum, "Exogyra columba" = Rhynchostreon suborbiculatum
"Exogyra columba" = Rhynchostreon suborbiculatum Lamarck 1801 oyster
subsp. silicea
"Exogyra columba" = Rhynchostreon suborbiculatum Lamarck 1801 oyster
subsp. minor
Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Actinastreidae
Actinastrea sp. d'Orbigny 1849 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Montlivaltiidae
Montlivaltia sp. Lamouroux 1821 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Merulinidae
 Scleractinia - Actinacididae
Elephantaria lindstroemi Oppenheim 1930 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Synastraeidae
Synastrea carinata stony coral
Synastrea sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral
 Helioporacea -
Foraminifera
 Globigerinoidea - Globorotaliidae
"Praeglobotruncana delrioensis" = Globorotalia delrioensis
"Praeglobotruncana delrioensis" = Globorotalia delrioensis Plummer 1931
 Orbitolinacea - Orbitolinidae
 Globigerinina - Rotaliporidae
 Globigerinaceae - Globotruncanidae
"Rotalipora appenninica" = Globotruncana appenninica
"Rotalipora appenninica" = Globotruncana appenninica Renz 1936