Nassfeld (Carboniferous to of Austria)

Where: Austria (46.6° N, 13.3° E: paleocoordinates 11.2° S, 23.4° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Auernig Formation, Kasimovian to Kasimovian (307.0 - 298.9 Ma)

• "Lower Limestone Beds"

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: open shallow subtidal; lithified wackestone

• bioclastic wackestones with dasycladaceans

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: peel or thin section,

Primary reference: H. W. Kügel. 1987. Sphinctozoen aus den Auernigschichten des Nassfeldes (Oberkarbon, Karnische Alpen, Österreich) [Sphinctozoan from the Auernig beds of Nassfeld (Upper Carboniferous, Carnic Alps, Austria)]. Facies 16:143-156 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 112145: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 05.07.2011

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Taxonomic list

Demospongiae
 Agelasida - Aphrosalpingidae
Uvacoelia schellwieni n. gen. n. sp.
Uvacoelia schellwieni n. gen. n. sp. Kügel 1987 demosponge
 Agelasida - Sebargasiidae
Amblysiphonella sp. Steinmann 1882 demosponge
 Agelasida - Thaumastocoeliidae
Sollasia ostiolata Steinmann 1882 demosponge
Girtyocoelia beedei Girty 1909 demosponge
 Verticillitida - Colospongiidae
Colospongia pramollensis n. sp. Kügel 1987 demosponge
Colospongia benjamini Girty 1909 demosponge