Selce, rudist biostrome (Cretaceous of Albania)

Also known as Reef 1189

Where: Albania (42.5° N, 19.6° E: paleocoordinates 25.9° N, 18.2° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Coniacian (89.8 - 86.3 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

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

• rudist biostrome

Size classes: macrofossils, microfossils

Primary reference: L. H. Peza. 1989. An outline of the Cretaceous of Albania. in J. Wiedmann, ed., Cretaceous of the Western Tethys 483-504 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 74611: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 16.08.2007

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Taxonomic list

unclassified
  -
 Thaumatoporellales -
Foraminifera
 Biokovinacea - Charentiidae
  -
Tubothalamea
 Miliolida - Meandropsinidae
 Miliolida - Rhapydioninidae
Foraminifera
  -
 Lituolacea - Mayncinidae
 Textulariina - Dictyopsellidae
 Textulariina - Dicyclinidae
Dicyclina schlumbergeri Munier-Chalmas 1887
 Textulariina - Nezzazatidae
 Textulariina - Pfenderinidae
Globothalamea
 Rotaliida - Cancrisidae
 Rotaliida - Discorbidae
Foraminifera
  -
Cyanophyceae
  - Garwoodiaceae
Bacinella irregularis Radoicic 1959
Bivalvia
 Hippuritida - Radiolitidae
Medeella (Fossulites) sp. Parona 1924 rudist
Radiolites sp. Lamarck 1801 rudist
 Hippuritida - Hippuritidae
Gastropoda
 Heterostropha - Acteonidae
 Heterostropha - Acteonellidae
"Actaeonella sp." = Acteonella
"Actaeonella sp." = Acteonella d'Orbigny 1843 snail