Vrzavka, klippen belt (Cretaceous of Slovakia)

Where: Slovakia (48.8° N, 17.8° E: paleocoordinates 33.5° N, 19.6° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Senonian (100.5 - 66.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; limestone

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 87243: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Madeleine Nimke on 12.03.2009

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Taxonomic list

Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Siderastreidae
"Synastrea exigua" = Palaeosiderofungia exigua
"Synastrea exigua" = Palaeosiderofungia exigua Reuss 1854 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Montastraeidae
"Montastrea corallaris" = Montastraea
"Montastrea corallaris" = Montastraea stony coral
 Scleractinia - Cunnolitidae
"Cyclolites sp." = Cunnolites
"Cyclolites sp." = Cunnolites Gagnebin 1772 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Montlivaltiidae
Placosmilia sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Agatheliidae
Agathelia asperella Reuss 1854 stony coral
 Helioporacea -