Osojnica, Banjska planota (Cretaceous to of Slovenia)

Also known as Reef 1315

Where: Slovenia (46.1° N, 13.7° E: paleocoordinates 29.0° N, 21.7° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Barremian to Barremian (129.4 - 113.0 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified limestone

• The reef limestone is 300 m thick and crops out in an area of 6 kmĀ². A large part of this reef must have been later eroded and redeposited, as evidenced by abundant clasts of Early Cretaceous reef organisms in the Senonian breccia north of Osojnica.

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: peel or thin section,

Primary reference: D. Turnsek. 1997. Mesozoic corals of Slovenia. ZRC SAZU, Ljubljana 1-512 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel/W. Kiessling]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 68728: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 05.02.2007

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Foraminifera
 Orbitolinacea - Orbitolinidae
Demospongiae
 Chaetetida - Chaetetidae
Chaetetidae indet. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850 chaetetid sponge
Stromatoporoidea
 Stromatoporoidea -
Stromatoporoidea indet. stromatoporoid sponge
Anthozoa
 Helioporacea - Helioporidae
 Scleractinia - Dermosmiliidae
Dermosmilia cretacica Turnsek 1974 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Siderastreidae
Siderastrea senecta Morycowa 1971 stony coral
[entered as Siderastraea senecta]
 Scleractinia - Eugyridae
Eugyra cotteaui Fromentel 1857 stony coral
Felixigyra patruliusi Morycowa 1971 stony coral
subspecies tenuiseptata
"Eohydnophora picteti" = Eugyra (Felixigyra) picteti Koby 1897 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Montlivaltiidae
Clausastrea bolzei, "Axosmilia fromenteli" = Peplosmilia fromenteli, "Peplosmilia fromenteli" = Peplosmilia fromenteli
Clausastrea bolzei Alloiteau 1960 stony coral
"Axosmilia fromenteli" = Peplosmilia fromenteli Angelis d'Ossat 1905 stony coral
"Peplosmilia fromenteli" = Peplosmilia fromenteli Angelis d'Ossat 1905 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Placophylliidae
Placophyllia curvata Turnsek 1974 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Comoseriidae
Polyphylloseris convexa d'Orbigny 1850 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Heterocoeniidae
Latusastrea exiguis Fromentel 1862 stony coral
Latusastrea decipiens Prever 1909 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Montastraeidae
"Phyllocoenia cotteaui" = Montastraea
"Phyllocoenia cotteaui" = Montastraea stony coral
 Scleractinia - Microsolenidae
Microsolena guttata, "Microsolena distefanoi" = Microsolena major
Microsolena guttata Koby 1897 stony coral
"Microsolena distefanoi" = Microsolena major Ferry 1861 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Latomeandridae
"Fungiastraea tendagurensis" = Dimorphastrea tendagurensis
"Fungiastraea tendagurensis" = Dimorphastrea tendagurensis Dietrich 1926 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Cyathophoridae
"Cyathophora pygmaea" = Cryptocoenia fontserei
"Cyathophora pygmaea" = Cryptocoenia fontserei Bataller 1947 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Stylinidae
"Stylina regularis" = Stylina digitiformis
"Stylina regularis" = Stylina digitiformis Achiardi 1880 stony coral
Bivalvia
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Bivalvia indet. Linnaeus 1758 clam