Benedikt (Miocene of Slovenia)

Where: Slovenia (46.6° N, 15.9° E: paleocoordinates 46.2° N, 15.6° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Sarmatian (12.7 - 11.6 Ma)

• Sarmatian

Environment/lithology: marine; sandy marl

• sandy marl bed

Size classes: macrofossils, microfossils

Preservation: original phosphate

Collection methods: surface (in situ),

Primary reference: J. Pavsic and V. Mikuz. 1996. The baleen whale (Balaenoptera acutorostrata cuvierii) from Miocene beds near Benedikt in Slovenske Gorice, Slovenia. Razprave 37(4):85-97 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 55454: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 25.10.2005

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Coccolithophyceae
  -
Lanternithus minutus Stradner 1962
 Prymnesiophycidae - Prymnesiophycidae
Braarudosphaera sp. Deflandre 1947
Discoaster variabilis Martini and Bramlette 1963
Coccolithus pelagicus Wallich 1877
  -
Sphenolithus abies Deflandre 1954
 Eiffellithales - Eiffellithaceae
  -
Cyclicargolithus floridanus Roth and Hay 1967
Helicosphaera carteri
  -
Helicosphaera carteri Wallich 1877
Mammalia
 Cetacea -
Thalassotherii indet. Bisconti et al. 2013 whale
Pavsic * Mikuz entered this species as Balaenoptera acutorostrata cuvieri, but since PBDB doesn't track subspecies, it is entered here as Balaenoptera cuvierii so it is tracked properly by the systematics module
Toweius eminens
  - Coccolithacea
Toweius eminens Bramlette and Sullivan 1961
 Coccosphaerales - Calcidiscaceae
Calcidiscus leptoporus Murray and Blackman 1898