Sopada hill: Thanetian, Slovenia

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Actinacididae
Goniopora hrpeljensis Turnsek 1998
synonym of Elephantaria lindstroemi
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Oculinidae
Oculina conferta Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Astrocoeniidae
Stylocoenia neutra Barta-Calmus 1973
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Acroporidae
Astraeopora pseudopanicea
    = Astreopora auvertiaca Michelin 1844
Baron-Szabo 2006
see common names

Geography
Country:Slovenia State/province:Slovenia
Coordinates: 45.7° North, 13.9° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:36.0° North, 12.8° East
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Paleogene Epoch:Paleocene
Stage:Thanetian 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 1
Key time interval:Thanetian
Age range of interval:59.20000 - 56.00000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Local section:Sopada Local bed:Sop-5;Sop-5/3;Sop-6;Sop-6/0;Sop-6/12;Sop-7;Sop-7/5;Sop-8;Sop-8H;Sop-8/2;Sop-12;Sop-13;Sop-14;Sop-16;Sop-18
Local order:top to bottom
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: Sop-5;Sop-5/3;Sop-6;Sop-6/0;Sop-6/12;Sop-7;Sop-7/5;Sop-8;Sop-8H;Sop-8/2;Sop-12;Sop-13;Sop-14;Sop-16;Sop-18
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified "limestone"
Environment:shallow subtidal indet. Tectonic setting:foreland basin
Glacial or sequence phase:transgressive
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:peel or thin section,field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Database number:79293
Authorizer:W. Kiessling Enterer:J. Zamagni, U. Merkel
Modifier:J. Zamagni Research group:marine invertebrate,micropaleontology
Created:2008-02-29 04:48:48 Last modified:2008-03-01 05:57:46
Access level:authorizer only Released:2010-01-08 10:39:56
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
26586. D. Turnsek and K. Drobne. 1998. Paleocene Corals from the northern Adriatic platform. In L. Hottinger, K, Drobne (eds.), Paleogene Shallow Benthos of the Tethys. Opera-Dela SAZU, Lubljana 34(2):129-154 [W. Kiessling/J. Zamagni/W. Kiessling]

Secondary references:

17708 R. Baron-Szabo. 2006. Corals of the K/T-boundary: scleractinian corals of the suborders Astrocoeniina, Faviina, Rhipidogyrina and Amphiastraeina. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 4(1):1-108 [W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling]