Dolenja vas, Bed 40 (Paleocene of Slovenia)

Where: Slovenia (45.7° N, 14.0° E: paleocoordinates 34.8° N, 13.3° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Danian (66.0 - 61.6 Ma)

• bed 40

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lagoonal or restricted shallow subtidal; lithified wackestone

• dark grey to black limestone

Size class: microfossils

Primary reference: K. Drobne, B. Ogorelec, M. Plenicar, M. L. Zucchi-Stolfa, and D. Turnsek. 1988. Maastrichtian, Danian and Thanetian beds in Dolenja Vas (NW Dinarides, Yugoslavia), microfacies foraminifers, rudists and corals. Razprave Slovenska Akademija Znanosti in Umetnosti, Razred za Naravoslovne Vede 29(6):147-224 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 79269: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 29.02.2008

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Taxonomic list

Globothalamea
 Rotaliida - Discorbidae
Valvulineria sp. Cushman 1926
Foraminifera
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Tubothalamea
 Miliolida - Miliolidae
Miliolidae indet. Ehrenberg 1839