Povazska Bystrica, loc. 36 (Paleocene of Slovakia)

Also known as Reef 660

Where: Slovakia (49.1° N, 18.5° E: paleocoordinates 43.8° N, 14.7° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Thanetian (59.2 - 56.0 Ma)

• Montian-Thanetian age of the reef limestones found in younger sediments (Ilerdian)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

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

• grey-yellow to yellow bioherm limestones; most frequent are algae

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils, microfossils

Collection methods: peel or thin section,

Primary reference: O. Samuel, K. Borza, and E. Köhler. 1972. Microfauna and lithostratigraphy of the Paleogene and adjacent Cretaceous of the Middle Vah Valley (West Carpathian) 1-246 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 88185: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 03.04.2009

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Anthozoa
 Hexacorallia -
Scleractinia indet. Bourne 1900 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Actinacididae
Actinacis remesi Felix 1903 stony coral
 Sphinctozoa -
Sphinctozoa indet. Steinmann 1882
Crinoidea
  -
Crinoidea indet. Miller 1821 Sea lily
Bryozoa
  -
Bryozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1831
Bivalvia
  -
Bivalvia indet. Linnaeus 1758 clam
Deuteropoda
  -
Ostracoda indet. Latreille 1802 ostracod
Foraminifera
 Globigerinoidea - Globigerinidae
Globigerina cf. varianta, "Globigerina ex gr. triloculinoides" = Subbotina triloculinoides
Globigerina cf. varianta Subbotina 1953
"Globigerina ex gr. triloculinoides" = Subbotina triloculinoides Plummer 1926
Nodosariata
 Polymorphinida - Polymorphinidae
? Globulina sp. d'Orbigny 1839
 Vaginulinida - Vaginulinidae
Lenticulina sp. Lamarck 1804
 Nodosariida - Nodosariidae
Nodosaria sp. Lamarck 1812
Lagena sp. Walker and Boys 1784
Foraminifera
 Lituolida - Lituolidae
 Acervulinacea - Homotrematidae
 Rotaliacea - Rotaliidae
 Nummulitacea - Discocyclinidae
 Nummulitacea - Nummulitidae
 Rotaliina - Mississippinidae
 Lituolacea - Ammosphaeroidinidae
 Hormosinacea - Hormosinidae
Tubothalamea
 Miliolida - Hauerinidae
Quinqueloculina sp. d'Orbigny 1826
Triloculina sp. d'Orbigny 1826
 Miliolida - Miliolidae
Miliola sp. Lamarck 1804
 Miliolida - Alveolinidae
Globothalamea
 Rotaliida - Gavelinellidae
 Rotaliida - Cibicididae
Chlorophyceae
 Dasycladales -
Acicularia sp. d'Archiac 1843
Rhodophyceae
  - Solenoporaceae
Elianella elegans Pfender and Basse 1947
Florideophyceae
 Corallinales - Corallinophycidae
Peyssonnelia antiqua Johnson 1964
Archaeolithothamnium sp. Rothpletz 1891
Jania sp. Lamoroux 1812