PBDB Collection

Bruderndorf, Lithothamnium Limestone (Paleocene of Austria)

Where: Niederösterreich, Austria (48.5° N, 16.3° E: paleocoordinates 37.2° N, 15.8° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Lithothamnium Limestone Formation, Danian (66.0 - 61.6 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; lithified limestone

• algal limestones

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: O. Kühn. 1930. Das Danien der äusseren Klippenzone bei Wien [Danian of the outer Klippen Belt near Vienna]. Geologische und Palaeontologische Abhandlungen 17(5):495-576 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 87002: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 27.02.2009

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Taxonomic list

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Foraminifera
Foraminiferida -	"Foraminiferida indet." = Foraminifera "Foraminiferida indet." = Foraminifera Eichwald 1830 foram
Florideophyceae
- Corallinophycidae	"Lithothamnium applanatum" = Lithothamnion, "Lithothamnium kuehni n. sp." = Lithothamnion, "Lithothamnium sp." = Lithothamnion, Mesophyllum sp., Mesophyllum austriacum n. sp., Archaeolithothamnium sp., Lithophyllum impositum n. sp., Lithophyllum pisolithicum, Lithophyllum sp. "Lithothamnium applanatum" = Lithothamnion "Lithothamnium kuehni n. sp." = Lithothamnion "Lithothamnium sp." = Lithothamnion Heydrich 1897 Mesophyllum sp. Lemoine 1930 Mesophyllum austriacum n. sp. Lemoine 1930 Archaeolithothamnium sp. Rothpletz 1891 Lithophyllum impositum n. sp. Lithophyllum pisolithicum Lithophyllum sp. Philippi 1837
Crinoidea
Cyrtocrinida - Holopodidae	Cyathidium sp. Cyathidium sp. Steenstrup 1846 Sea lily
Echinoidea
Spatangoida - Micrasteridae	Brissopneustes sp. Brissopneustes sp. heart urchin
Gymnolaemata
Cheilostomata - Calloporidae	Callopora nuda n. sp. Callopora nuda n. sp.
Cheilostomata - Antroporidae	"Membrendoecium striatum n. sp." = Antropora "Membrendoecium striatum n. sp." = Antropora
Cheilostomata - Onychocellidae	Onychocella cf. disparilis Onychocella cf. disparilis
Cheilostomata - Tessaradomidae	Beisselina grandissima n. sp. Beisselina grandissima n. sp.
Cheilostomata - Lagynoporidae	Canupora prima n. sp. Canupora prima n. sp.
Cheilostomata - Hincksinidae	Ogivalina ramiformis n. sp. Ogivalina ramiformis n. sp.
Stenolaemata
Cyclostomata - Cerioporidae	Ceriopora cf. gutta Ceriopora cf. gutta
Cyclostomata - Entalophoridae	Entalophora bifrons Entalophora bifrons
Cyclostomata - Diastoporidae	Spiropora verticillata Spiropora verticillata Goldfuss 1826
Bivalvia
Pectinida - Pectinoidae	Pecten inversum Pecten inversum scallop
Ostreida - Gryphaeidae	Pycnodonte vesicularis, "Ostrea hippopodium" = Pycnodonte (Phygraea) vesicularis Pycnodonte vesicularis Lamarck 1806 oyster "Ostrea hippopodium" = Pycnodonte (Phygraea) vesicularis Lamarck 1806 oyster
Cardiida - Cardiidae	Cardium sp. Cardium sp. Linnaeus 1758 cockle
Scaphopoda
Dentaliida - Dentaliidae	Dentalium cf. angulare Dentalium cf. angulare tusk shell
Gastropoda
Epitonioidea - Epitoniidae	Scalaria brancoi Scalaria brancoi wentletrap
Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae	Natica pagoda Natica pagoda Forbes 1846 moon snail
Neogastropoda - Nassariidae	Fusus sp. Fusus sp. Bruguière 1789 snail
Heterostropha - Acteonidae	Bullina sp. Bullina sp. Férussac 1822 snail
Anthozoa
Scleractinia - Turbinoliidae	Sphenotrochus granulatus Sphenotrochus granulatus stony coral
Scleractinia - Caryophylliidae	"Caryosmilia abeli n. sp." = Caryosmilia granosa, Paracyathus ravni n. sp. "Caryosmilia abeli n. sp." = Caryosmilia granosa Wanner 1902 stony coral Paracyathus ravni n. sp. Kühn 1930 stony coral