Reingruberhöhe (Eocene to of Austria)

Where: Austria (48.5° N, 16.3° E: paleocoordinates 43.8° N, 14.2° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Bartonian to Bartonian (41.3 - 33.9 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: coastal; lithified, glauconitic sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: O. Kühn. 1966. Eozänkorallen aus Österreich [Eocene corals from Austria]. Sitzungsberichte Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften, Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Klasse I 175:317-355 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 124306: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 10.02.2012

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Taxonomic list

Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Caryophylliidae
Odontocyathus sieberi n. sp. Kühn 1966 stony coral
Odontocyathus minor n. sp. Kühn 1966 stony coral
Trochocyathus (Paratrochocyathus) thorenti d'Orbigny 1850 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Flabellidae
Flabellum appendiculatum Brongniart 1823 stony coral