Dolenja Vas, Bed 9 (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 9

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

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

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: peel or thin section,

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 79275: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 29.02.2008

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Taxonomic list

Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Columastreidae
"Haimesiastraea peruviana" = Haimesiastraea conferta
"Haimesiastraea peruviana" = Haimesiastraea conferta Vaughan 1900 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Rhizangiidae
Rhizangia sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral