Petrinja Reef (Paleocene of Croatia)

Also known as Reef 639

Where: Croatia (45.4° N, 16.2° E: paleocoordinates 34.8° N, 14.8° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Paleocene (66.0 - 56.0 Ma)

• 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: L. Babic, I. Gusic, and J. Zupanic. 1976. Grebenski Paleocen u Baniji (sredisnja Hrvatska) [Paleocene reef limestone in the region of Banija (central Croatia)]. Geoloski Vjesnik 29:11-47 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 87251: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 12.03.2009

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Hormogoneae
 Oscillatoriales - Girvanellaceae
Girvanella sp. Nicholson and Etheridge 1878
Nodosariata
 Nodosariida - Nodosariidae
Nodosariidae indet. Ehrenberg 1838
Foraminifera
  -
Ophthalmidium sp. Kübler and Zwingli 1870
Globothalamea
 Rotaliida - Gavelinellidae
? Gyroidina sp. d'Orbigny 1826
 Rotaliida - Anomalinidae
 Loftusiida - Acervulinidae
Acervulinidae indet. Schultze 1854
Foraminifera
 Lituolida - Lituolidae
Textularia sp. Defrance 1824
Gaudryina sp. d'Orbigny 1839
 Globigerinoidea - Globorotaliidae
 Hormosinacea - Hormosinidae
? Reophax sp. Montfort 1808
 Lituolacea - Haplophragmoiidae
Placopsilina sp. d'Orbigny 1850
Tubothalamea
 Miliolida - Hauerinidae
 Miliolida - Miliolidae
Miliolidae indet. Ehrenberg 1839
Foraminifera
 Planorbulinacea - Planorbulinidae
 Discorbacea - Eponididae
Eponididae indet. Hofker 1951
 Rotaliacea - Rotaliidae
Rotalia sp. Lamarck 1804
Rhodophyceae
  - Solenoporaceae
Elianella elegans Pfender and Basse 1947
Florideophyceae
 Hapalidiales - Corallinophycidae
"Lithothamnium sp." = Lithothamnion
"Lithothamnium sp." = Lithothamnion Heydrich 1897
 Corallinales - Corallinophycidae
Corallinaceae indet. Lamouroux 1816
Jania sp. Lamoroux 1812
? Corallina sp. Linnaeus 1758
Archaeolithothamnium sp. Rothpletz 1891
Lithophyllum sp. Philippi 1837
Peyssonnelia antiqua Johnson 1964
"Pseudolithothamnium album" = Polystrata alba Pfender 1936
Chlorophyceae
 Dasycladales - Triploporellaceae
? Trinocladus sp. Raineri 1922
 Dasycladales - Dasycladaceae
Dasycladaceae indet. Kutzing 1843
? Broeckella sp. Munier-Chalmas 1922
Cymopolia sp. Lamouroux 1816
cf. Neomeris cretacea Steinmann 1899
 Dasycladales -
Acicularia sp. d'Archiac 1843
unclassified
  -
Porifera indet. Grant 1836
Hydrozoa
  -
Hydrozoa indet. Owen 1843
  - Nigriporellidae
Tubiphytes sp. Maslov 1956
Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Actinacididae
Actinacis sp. d'Orbigny 1849 stony coral
Gastropoda
  -
Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795 snail
Bivalvia
  -
Bivalvia indet. Linnaeus 1758 clam
Brachiopoda
  -
Brachiopoda indet. Cuvier 1805
Bryozoa
  -
Bryozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1831
unclassified
  -
Annelida indet. Lamarck 1809
Deuteropoda
  -
Ostracoda indet. Latreille 1802 ostracod
Crinoidea
  -
Crinoidea indet. Miller 1821 Sea lily
Echinoidea
  -
Echinoidea indet. Leske 1778 sea urchin
Holothuroidea
  -
Holothuroidea indet. de Blainville 1834 sea cucumber