Also known as Reef 660
Where: Slovakia (49.1° N, 18.5° E: paleocoordinates 43.8° N, 14.7° 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
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 88275: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 06.04.2009
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Foraminifera | |
Tubothalamea | |
Foraminifera | |
Florideophyceae | |
Mesophyllum ramosum, "Lithothamnium sp." = Lithothamnion
"Lithothamnium sp." = Lithothamnion Heydrich 1897 | |
Jania cf. nummulitica, Distichoplax biserialis, Lithophyllum contraversum, Lithophyllum sp., Peyssonnelia antiqua, "Ethelia alba" = Polystrata alba
Jania cf. nummulitica Lemoine 1927
Distichoplax biserialis Dieterich 1927
Lithophyllum sp. Philippi 1837
Peyssonnelia antiqua Johnson 1964
"Ethelia alba" = Polystrata alba Pfender 1936 | |
Chlorophyceae | |
Acicularia sp. d'Archiac 1843 | |
Anthozoa | |
Scleractinia indet. Bourne 1900 stony coral | |
Agathelia asperella Reuss 1854 stony coral | |
Bivalvia | |
Bivalvia indet. Linnaeus 1758 clam | |
Bryozoa | |
Bryozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1831 | |
Polychaeta | |
Serpulidae indet. Rafinesque 1835 | |
Deuteropoda | |
Ostracoda indet. Latreille 1802 ostracod | |
unclassified | |
Echinodermata indet. Klein 1754 | |
Crinoidea | |
Crinoidea indet. Miller 1821 Sea lily |