Beds 329-332, Rauchkofel section, Woyaler facies (Silurian to of Austria)

Where: Austria (46.7° N, 13.0° E: paleocoordinates 51.7° S, 58.6° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

When: Pridoli to Pridoli (423.0 - 410.8 Ma)

• Interval in which these beds lie spans Silurian-Devonian boundary.

Environment/lithology: marine; limestone

• "Wolayer facies = micritic nodular limestones with reduced thicknesses of about 30 m due to stratigraphic gaps in the Lower Silurian."

Primary reference: H. W. Fluegel, H. Jaeger, H. P. Schoenlaub and G. B. Vai. 1977. Carnic Alps. in A. Martinsson, ed. The Silurian-Devonian boundary (IUGS, Series A, Number 5). Schweizerbart'sche, Stuttgart. 126-142 [M. Foote/M. Foote/M. Foote]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 13913: authorized by Michael Foote, entered by Michael Foote on 03.05.2002

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Taxonomic list

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Anthozoa
 Stauriida - Petraiidae
Petraia laevis
Petraia laevis horn coral
Crinoidea
 Monobathrida - Scyphocrinitidae
Scyphocrinites sp.
Scyphocrinites sp. Zenker 1833 Sea lily
corrected from Scyphocrinus
Cephalopoda
 Orthocerida - Orthoceratidae
Orthoceras tiro
Gastropoda
 Murchisoniina - Loxonematidae
Holopella subcompressa
Trilobita
 Phacopida - Encrinuridae
Encrinurus transiens
 Proetida - Proetidae
Proetus romanicus
Proetus romanicus von Gaernter 1930 trilobite