Sulzkogel R3, Bed 2, Rossfeld Formation, Upper Austria (Cretaceous of Austria)

Where: Austria (47.8° N, 14.5° E: paleocoordinates 32.5° N, 22.8° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Rossfeld Formation, Late/Upper Valanginian (140.2 - 136.4 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: offshore; lithified siltstone and lithified marl

• gray marly siltstones and silty marls

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: Z. Vasicek and P. Faupl. 1996. Die Cephalopoden aus den Rossfeldschichten der Reichraminger Decke (Obervalanginium, oberösterreichische Kalkalpen) [Cephalopods from the Rossfeld Formation of the Reichraming Nappe (Late Valanginian, Northern Calcareous Alps, Upper Austria)]. Jahrbuch der Geologischen Bundesanstalt 139(1):101-125 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 69108: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 19.02.2007

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Taxonomic list

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Brachiopoda
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Brachiopoda indet.
Brachiopoda indet. Cuvier 1805
Cephalopoda
 Phylloceratida - Phylloceratidae
Phylloceras sp., "Ptychophylloceras semisulcatum" = Phylloceras semisulcatum
Phylloceras sp. Suess 1865 ammonite
"Ptychophylloceras semisulcatum" = Phylloceras semisulcatum d'Orbigny 1842 ammonite
subspecies kiliani
 Ammonitida - Olcostephanidae
Olcostephanus sp.
Olcostephanus sp. Neumayr 1875 ammonite
 Ammonitida - Haploceratidae
"Haploceras (Neolissoceras) grasianum" = Neolissoceras grasianum, ? Haploceras sp.
"Haploceras (Neolissoceras) grasianum" = Neolissoceras grasianum d'Orbigny 1841 ammonite
? Haploceras sp. Zittel 1870 ammonite
 Ammonitida - Oosterellidae
Oosterella cf. begastrensis
Oosterella cf. begastrensis Company 1987 ammonite
 Ammonitida - Protetragonitidae
Leptotetragonites cf. honnoratianus
Leptotetragonites cf. honnoratianus d'Orbigny 1841 ammonite
 Ammonitida - Neocomitidae
Rodighieroites cf. cardulus, Eleniceras ex gr. tchechitevi, Neocomites sp., "Neocomites aff. callidiscus" = Neocomites (Teschenites) callidiscus
Rodighieroites cf. cardulus Company 1987 ammonite
Eleniceras ex gr. tchechitevi Breskovski 1967 ammonite
Neocomites sp. Uhlig 1905 ammonite
"Neocomites aff. callidiscus" = Neocomites (Teschenites) callidiscus Thieuloy 1971 ammonite
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Lamellaptychus trauthi, Lamellaptychus cf. bicurvatus
Lamellaptychus trauthi ammonoid aptychus