Where: Germany (47.7° N, 12.9° E: paleocoordinates 32.3° N, 15.1° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Gosau Group, Santonian (86.3 - 83.6 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: lagoonal or restricted shallow subtidal; lithified wackestone and lithified floatstone
Size classes: macrofossils, microfossils
Collection methods: peel or thin section,
Primary reference: R. Höfling. 1985. Faziesverteilung und Fossilvergesellschaftungen im karbonatischen Flachwassser-Milieu der alpinen Oberkreide (Gosau-Formation) [Facies and fossils from the Upper Cretaceous carbonate shallow water deposits of the Eastern Alps (Gosau Formation)]. Münchner Geowissenschaftliche Abhandlungen, A 3:1-241 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 74484: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 07.08.2007
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Cyanophyceae | |
Bacinella sp. Radoicic 1959 | |
Lithocodium | |
Lithocodium sp. Elliott 1956 | |
unclassified | |
Cirripedia | |
Cirripedia indet. barnacle | |
Ostracoda | |
Mauritsina sp. ostracod | |
Cytherella sp. Jones 1849 ostracod | |
Rhynchonellata | |
Terebratulidae indet. Gray 1840 | |
Scaphopoda | |
Dentalium sp. Linnaeus 1758 tusk shell | |
Bivalvia | |
Arca sp. Linnaeus 1758 ark | |
Cucullaea sp. Lamarck 1801 clam | |
"Gryphaea vesicularis" = Pycnodonte (Phygraea) vesicularis, Exogyra sp.
"Gryphaea vesicularis" = Pycnodonte (Phygraea) vesicularis Lamarck 1806 oyster
Exogyra sp. Say 1820 oyster | |
Ostrea sp. Linnaeus 1758 oyster | |
Pinna decussata Goldfuss 1837 oyster | |
Neithea sp. Drouet 1824 scallop | |
"Chlamys" aff. septemplicatus scallop | |
Lithophaga alpina mussel | |
"Trigonia cf. scabra" = Pterotrigonia (Scabrotrigonia) scabra
"Trigonia cf. scabra" = Pterotrigonia (Scabrotrigonia) scabra Lamarck 1819 clam | |
cf. Lapeirousia sp. Bayle 1878 rudist
Radiolites ex gr. angeiodes rudist | |
"Hippurites (Vaccinites) sulcatus" = Vaccinites archiaci, Hippurites (Vaccinites) oppeli, Hippurites sp.
"Hippurites (Vaccinites) sulcatus" = Vaccinites archiaci Munier-Chalmas 1892 rudist
Hippurites sp. Lamarck 1801 rudist | |
"Cardium" ottoi, ""Cardium" cf. productum" = Granocardium productum
"Cardium" ottoi cockle
""Cardium" cf. productum" = Granocardium productum Sowerby 1832 cockle | |
"Tapes" sp. Mühlfeld 1811 venus clam
"Venus" sp. Linnaeus 1758 venus clam | |
Gastropoda | |
Hexaglauconia fallaciosa snail | |
Fusinus aff. baccatus snail | |
Pyrazus cf. sexangulum snail | |
"Actaeonella laevis" = Acteonella
| |
Ebala sp. Gray 1847 snail | |
Homalopoma cf. arenosa snail | |
Discotectus sp. Favre 1913 top snail
Trochus ex gr. coarctatus top snail | |
Polychaeta | |
Sedentaria | |
Polydora sp. Bosk 1801 | |
Anthozoa | |
Montlivaltia cf. hippuritiformis stony coral | |
Columastrea striata Goldfuss 1826 stony coral | |
"Placocoenia dumortieri" = Paraplacocoenia rotula
"Placocoenia dumortieri" = Paraplacocoenia rotula Goldfuss 1826 stony coral | |
"Procladocora tenuis" = Cladocora gracilis
"Procladocora tenuis" = Cladocora gracilis d'Orbigny 1850 stony coral | |
Aulosmilia aff. aspera Sowerby 1832 stony coral | |
Placosmilia martini Michelin 1846 stony coral | |
Parasmilia multicostata stony coral | |
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Brachyseris sp. Alloiteau 1947 stony coral
Dimorphastrea sulcosa Reuss 1854 stony coral | |
"Cunnolites undulatus" = Cunnolites polymorphus
| |
Meandraraea sp. Étallon 1859 stony coral | |
Synastrea agaricites Goldfuss 1826 stony coral | |
Actinacis cf. elegans Reuss 1854 stony coral
Actinacis haueri Reuss 1854 stony coral | |
Demospongiae | |
Cliona sp. demosponge | |
Foraminifera | |
Patellina sp. Williamson 1858 | |
Placopsilina sp. d'Orbigny 1850 | |
Tubothalamea | |
Quinqueloculina sp. d'Orbigny 1826
cf. Massilina sp. Schlumberger 1893
Schlumbergerina sp. Munier-Chalmas 1882 | |
Foraminifera | |
Gaudryina glabrata, Gaudryina sp., Textularia cf. ripleyensis, Textularia sp., Ammobaculites fragmentarius, Ammobaculites subcretaceus
Gaudryina sp. d'Orbigny 1839
Textularia sp. Defrance 1824
Ammobaculites subcretaceus Cushman and Alexander 1930 | |
Nodosariata | |
Lagena aff. globosa Montagu 1803 | |
Foraminifera | |
Globotruncana ex gr. lapparenti Brotzen 1954 | |
Globothalamea | |
Ulvophyceae | |
Halimeda sp. Lamouroux 1812 | |
Chlorophyceae | |
Clypeina sp. Michelin 1845 | |
Neomeris sp. Lamouroux 1816 | |
Acicularia sp. d'Archiac 1843 | |
Florideophyceae | |
"Ethelia alba" = Polystrata alba
"Ethelia alba" = Polystrata alba Pfender 1936 | |
Rhodophyceae | |
Pycnoporidium cf. sinuosum Johnson and Konishi 1960 |