Hrusica and Nanos Mts., rudist bioherms (Cretaceous of Slovenia)

Also known as Reef 3622

Where: Slovenia (45.9° N, 14.1° E: paleocoordinates 28.2° N, 14.9° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Hrusica Member, Cenomanian (100.5 - 93.9 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

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

• rudist bioherms

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: M. Plenicar and B. Jurkovsek. 2000. Rudisti iz cenomanijskih bioherm Hrusice in Nanosa [Rudists from the Cenomanian bioherms of Hrusica and Nanos, Slovenia]. Geologija 42:69-116 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 74892: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 04.09.2007

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Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Hippuritida - Requieniidae
Toucasia sp. Munier-Chalmas 1873 rudist
 Hippuritida - Caprinidae
"Caprina carinata" = Caprina baylei Gemmellaro 1865 rudist
 Hippuritida - Ichthyosarcolitidae
"Ichthyosarcolites bicarinatus" = Icthyosarcolites, "Ichthyosarcolites poljaki" = Icthyosarcolites, "Ichthyosarcolites monocarinatus" = Icthyosarcolites, Ichthyosarcolites tricarinatus
"Ichthyosarcolites bicarinatus" = Icthyosarcolites rudist
"Ichthyosarcolites poljaki" = Icthyosarcolites rudist
"Ichthyosarcolites monocarinatus" = Icthyosarcolites rudist
Ichthyosarcolites tricarinatus Parona 1921 rudist
 Hippuritida - Caprinulidae
 Hippuritida - Radiolitidae
Eoradiolites liratus Conrad 1852 rudist
 Pectinida - Neitheoidae
Neithea sp. Drouet 1824 scallop
 Pectinida - Chondrodontidae
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
Lopha sp. Röding 1798 oyster