Krim Mountain: Late/Upper Pliensbachian, Slovenia

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Annelida indet. Lamarck 1809
Gastropoda
Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795
Demospongiae - Anthaspidellidae
Stromatomorpha lamellosa
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Oppelismiliidae
Thecactinastraea krimensis n. sp. Turnsek and Kosir 2000
Heterastraea eveshami (Duncan 1867)
Heterastraea stricklandi (Duncan 1867)
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Siderastreidae
Siderosmilia perithecata n. sp. Turnsek and Kosir 2000
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Zardinophyllidae
Archaeosmiliopsis densus Melnikova 1975
Epismilia mauretaniensis Beauvais 1986
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Cuifastraeidae
Cuifastraea lopatensis n. sp. Turnsek and Kosir 2000
Foraminiferida
Foraminiferida indet. (Eichwald 1830)
spelled with current rank as Foraminifera
Cyclamminidae
Pseudocyclammina liasica
Thaumatoporellales
Thaumatoporella parvovesiculifera (Raineri 1922)
Rhodophyceae - Solenoporaceae
Solenopora liasica
Cyanophyceae - Garwoodiaceae
Bacinella irregularis Radoicic 1959
see common names

Geography
Country:Slovenia
Coordinates: 45.9° North, 14.5° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:30.9° North, 21.1° East
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Jurassic Epoch:Early/Lower Jurassic
Stage:Pliensbachian 10 m.y. bin:Jurassic 2
Key time interval:Late/Upper Pliensbachian
Age range of interval:192.90000 - 184.20000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:"Lithiotid Horizon"
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Stratigraphy comments: upper part of the Lithiotid Horizon
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified bafflestone
Secondary lithology: lithified framestone
Lithology description: coral-stromatoporoid bafflestone/framestone biostromes/smaller patch reefs within thick-bedded oolitic-peloidal-bioclastic grainstone/packstones
Environment:reef, buildup or bioherm
Geology comments: outer platform
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils,mesofossils,microfossils
Preservation of anatomical detail:good
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:peel or thin section,field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Also known as:Reef 576
Database number:87253
Authorizer:W. Kiessling Enterer:U. Merkel
Modifier:A. Khan Research group:marine invertebrate,micropaleontology
Created:2009-03-13 02:19:11 Last modified:2013-08-19 16:18:27
Access level:authorizer only Released:2010-03-13 02:19:11
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
29387. D. Turnsek and A. Kosir. 2000. Early Jurassic corals from Krim Mountain, Slovenia. Razprave Slovenska Akademija Znanosti in Umetnosti, Razred za Naravoslovne Vede, IV 41(1):81-113 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]