Lijak Brook, rudist bioherm (Cretaceous to of Slovenia)

Also known as Reef 3623

Where: Slovenia (46.0° N, 13.7° E: paleocoordinates 31.1° N, 15.8° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Santonian to Santonian (86.3 - 72.1 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

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

• rudist bioherm

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: M. Plenicar and B. Jurkovsek. 2000. Rudists from the Santonian-Campanian bioherm near the spring of the Lijak Brook (SW Slovenia). Razprave Slovenska Akademija Znanosti in Umetnosti, Razred za Naravoslovne Vede, IV 41(1):51-79 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 74975: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 12.09.2007

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Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Hippuritida - Radiolitidae
 Hippuritida - Hippuritidae
 Hippuritida - Caprinidae
Sabinia sp. Parona 1908 rudist