Sibenicnik Hill, Devín-Šibeničný vrch (Miocene of Slovakia)

Where: Slovakia (48.2° N, 17.0° E: paleocoordinates 47.7° N, 16.7° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Lower Mbr (β) Member, Badenian (13.7 - 12.7 Ma)

• Late Badenian

• member-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: perireef or subreef; conglomerate

• coarse sand, breccias
• unsorted clastics (conglomerates)

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils, microfossils

Primary reference: M. Hyzny, N. Hudackova, R. Biskupic, S. Rybar, T. Fuksi, E. Halasova, K. Zagorsek, M. Jamrich, and Peter Ledvak. 2012. Devínska Kobyla- a window into the Middle Miocene shallow-water marine environments of the Central Paratethys (Vienna Basin, Slovakia). Acta Geologica Slovaca 4(2):95-111 [W. Kiessling/M. Krause/S. Ávila]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 145900: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Mihaela Krause on 12.06.2013, edited by Wolfgang Kiessling

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

unclassified
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Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Poritidae
Porites sp. Link 1807 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Siderastreidae
Siderastrea sp. Blainville 1830 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Fungiidae
Discotrochus sp. Milne-Edwards 1848 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Merulinidae
Tarbellastraea sp. Alloiteau 1950 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Faviidae
Faviidae indet. Gregory 1900 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Flabellidae
Flabellum sp. Lesson 1831 stony coral
Gastropoda
 Neogastropoda - Conidae
Conidae indet. Fleming 1822 cone shell
 Sorbeoconcha - Cypraeidae
Cypraeidae indet. Rafinesque 1815 cowry
Bivalvia
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Bivalvia indet. Linnaeus 1758 clam
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Pectinidae indet. Wilkes 1810 scallop