Sväta Helena, loc. 37 (Paleocene of Slovakia)

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

• coral, algal-coral and algal-foraminiferal reef limestones in sandstones and conglomerates

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
 Lituolida - Lituolidae
Tubothalamea
 Miliolida - Alveolinidae
Foraminifera
 Planorbulinacea - Planorbulinidae
 Nummulitacea - Discocyclinidae
Florideophyceae
 Hapalidiales - Corallinophycidae
Mesophyllum ramosum, "Lithothamnium sp." = Lithothamnion
"Lithothamnium sp." = Lithothamnion Heydrich 1897
 Corallinales - Corallinophycidae
Jania cf. nummulitica Lemoine 1927
Distichoplax biserialis Dieterich 1927
Lithophyllum sp. Philippi 1837
Peyssonnelia antiqua Johnson 1964
"Ethelia alba" = Polystrata alba Pfender 1936
Chlorophyceae
 Dasycladales -
Acicularia sp. d'Archiac 1843
Anthozoa
 Hexacorallia -
Scleractinia indet. Bourne 1900 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Agatheliidae
Agathelia asperella Reuss 1854 stony coral
Bivalvia
  -
Bivalvia indet. Linnaeus 1758 clam
Bryozoa
  -
Bryozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1831
Polychaeta
 Sabellida - Serpulidae
Serpulidae indet. Rafinesque 1835
Deuteropoda
  -
Ostracoda indet. Latreille 1802 ostracod
unclassified
  -
Crinoidea
  -
Crinoidea indet. Miller 1821 Sea lily