Hakenwand R4b, 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

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

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

• group of beds-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 69120: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 20.02.2007

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Taxonomic list

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Cephalopoda
 Phylloceratida - Phylloceratidae
Phylloceras sp., "Ptychophylloceras cf. semisulcatum" = Phylloceras semisulcatum
Phylloceras sp. Suess 1865 ammonite
"Ptychophylloceras cf. semisulcatum" = Phylloceras semisulcatum d'Orbigny 1842 ammonite
 Ammonitida - Olcostephanidae
Olcostephanus sp., Olcostephanus cf. densicostatus
Olcostephanus sp. Neumayr 1875 ammonite
Olcostephanus cf. densicostatus Wegner 1909 ammonite
 Ammonitida - Haploceratidae
"Haploceras (Neolissoceras) extracornutum" = Neolissoceras, "Haploceras (Neolissoceras) salinarium" = Neolissoceras salinarium, "Haploceras (Neolissoceras) ex gr. salinarium" = Neolissoceras salinarium, ? Haploceras sp.
"Haploceras (Neolissoceras) extracornutum" = Neolissoceras ammonite
"Haploceras (Neolissoceras) salinarium" = Neolissoceras salinarium Uhlig 1887 ammonite
"Haploceras (Neolissoceras) ex gr. salinarium" = Neolissoceras salinarium Uhlig 1887 ammonite
? Haploceras sp. Zittel 1870 ammonite
 Ammonitida - Bochianitidae
Bochianites neocomiensis
Bochianites neocomiensis d'Orbigny 1842 ammonite
 Ammonitida - Oosterellidae
"Oosterella cf. fascigera" = Oosterella gaudryi
"Oosterella cf. fascigera" = Oosterella gaudryi Nickles 1892 ammonite
 Ammonitida - Lytoceratidae
Lytoceras sp., Lytoceras cf. subfimbriatum
Lytoceras sp. Suess 1865 ammonite
Lytoceras cf. subfimbriatum d'Orbigny 1841 ammonite
 Ammonitida - Neocomitidae
Neocomites sp., Neocomites cf. pachydicranus, Neocomites cf. drumensis, Neocomites neocomiensis
Neocomites sp. Uhlig 1905 ammonite
Neocomites cf. pachydicranus Thieuloy 1977 ammonite
Neocomites cf. drumensis Thieuloy 1977 ammonite
Neocomites neocomiensis d'Orbigny 1841 ammonite
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Lamellaptychus cf. lorioli, Lamellaptychus sp.
Lamellaptychus cf. lorioli ammonoid aptychus
Lamellaptychus sp. Trauth 1927 ammonoid aptychus