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: open 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 74485: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 07.08.2007
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Cyanophyceae | |
Cayeuxia sp. Frollo 1938 | |
Florideophyceae | |
Archaeolithothamnium sp. Rothpletz 1891 | |
Chlorophyceae | |
Dasycladaceae indet. Kutzing 1843 | |
Foraminifera | |
Globotruncana ex gr. lapparenti Brotzen 1954
Archaeoglobigerina blowi Pessagno 1967 | |
"Hedbergella planispira" = Globigerina planispira
"Hedbergella planispira" = Globigerina planispira Tappan 1940 | |
Spiroplectammina sp. Cushman 1927 | |
"Marginulina cretacea" = Cristellaria (Marginulina)
"Marginulina cretacea" = Cristellaria (Marginulina) | |
Globothalamea | |
Foraminifera | |
Nodosariata | |
"Lenticulina ex gr. muensteri" = Lenticulina munsteri
"Lenticulina ex gr. muensteri" = Lenticulina munsteri Roemer 1839 | |
Tubothalamea | |
Quinqueloculina sp. d'Orbigny 1826 | |
Patellina cf. subcretacea Cushman and Alexander 1930 | |
Scaphopoda | |
Dentalium sp. Linnaeus 1758 tusk shell | |
Bivalvia | |
"Cardium" ottoi cockle | |
Pinna decussata Goldfuss 1837 oyster | |
Exogyra sp. Say 1820 oyster | |
Gastropoda | |
Hexaglauconia fallaciosa snail | |
Fusinus aff. baccatus snail | |
Turboella sp. Leach in Gray 1847 snail | |
Exechocirsus sp. Cossmann 1906 horn snail
Dircella sp. Sohl 1960 horn snail | |
Turritellidae indet. Lovén 1847 turret shell | |
Trochus cf. coarctatus top snail | |
Turbinidae indet. Rafinesque 1815 snail
Homalopoma cf. arenosa snail | |
Acmaea sp. Eschscholtz 1830 limpet | |
Aptyxiella cf. gracilis snail | |
Rhynchonellata | |
Argyrotheca sp. Dall 1900 | |
Crustacea | |
Crustacea indet. Brünnich 1772 | |
Ostracoda | |
Cytherella sp. Jones 1849 ostracod | |
Mauritsina sp. ostracod | |
Echinoidea | |
Echinoidea indet. Leske 1778 sea urchin | |
Anthozoa | |
Placosmilia martini Michelin 1846 stony coral | |
Columastrea striata Goldfuss 1826 stony coral | |
Parasmilia multicostata stony coral | |
Dimorphastrea sulcosa Reuss 1854 stony coral | |
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Montlivaltia cf. hippuritiformis stony coral | |
Synastrea agaricites Goldfuss 1826 stony coral |