Where: Austria (47.7° N, 13.7° E: paleocoordinates 32.8° N, 22.2° E)
• coordinate stated in text
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Rossfeld Formation, Late/Upper Valanginian (140.2 - 136.4 Ma)
• The locality is situated in the southernmost part of the Tirolic Unit which underlays
•and/or neighbours in this region a small ‘Hallstädter Scholle’. The Tirolic Unit is a
•part the ‘Traunalpen Scholle’ which at this region displays the westernmost part of the
•Staufen-Höllengebirgs Nappe.
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: submarine fan; lithified, bioturbated, glauconitic, brown sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: mold/impression
Primary reference: A. Lukeneder. 2005. Taphonomy and stratigraphy of Early Cretaceous ammonoid mass occurrences (Late Valanginian; Northern Calcareous Alps; Upper Austria). Austrian Journal of Earth Sciences 98:34-51 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taphonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 55585: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Wolfgang Kiessling on 01.11.2005, edited by John Alroy
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Equisetopsida | |
Brachyphyllum sp. Brongniart 1828 | |
Chondrichthyes | |
Sphenodus sp. Agassiz 1843 elasmobranch | |
Cephalopoda | |
Himantoceras sp. Thieuloy 1965 ammonite | |
"Haploceras (Neolissoceras) desmoceratoides" = Neolissoceras desmoceratoides, "Haploceras (Neolissoceras) grasianum" = Neolissoceras grasianum
"Haploceras (Neolissoceras) desmoceratoides" = Neolissoceras desmoceratoides Wiedmann 1966 ammonite genus total is 57, count not broken down
"Haploceras (Neolissoceras) grasianum" = Neolissoceras grasianum d'Orbigny 1841 ammonite genus total is 57, count not broken down
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"Bochianites oosteri" = Bochianites neocomiensis
"Bochianites oosteri" = Bochianites neocomiensis d'Orbigny 1842 ammonite | |
Olcostephanus densicostatus Wegner 1909 ammonite | |
Crioceratites sp. Leveillé 1837 ammonite | |
Criosarasinella furcillata, ? Rodighieroites sp., "Neocomites subpachydicranus" = Neocomites (Teschenites) subpachydicranus, "Neocomites praediscus" = Neocomites (Neocomites) praediscus
Criosarasinella furcillata Thieuloy 1977 ammonite
? Rodighieroites sp. Company 1987 ammonite
"Neocomites subpachydicranus" = Neocomites (Teschenites) subpachydicranus Reboulet 1996 ammonite genus total is 21, count not broken down
"Neocomites praediscus" = Neocomites (Neocomites) praediscus Reboulet 1996 ammonite genus total is 21, count not broken down
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Protetragonites sp. Hyatt 1900 ammonite | |
Jeanthieuolyites cf. quinquestriatus ammonite | |
Phyllopachyceras winkleri Uhlig 1882 ammonite
Phylloceras serum Oppel 1865 ammonite | |
Rhynchonellata | |