Hohe Wand (Triassic of Austria)

Also known as Reef 21

Where: Austria (48.0° N, 16.4° E: paleocoordinates 28.3° N, 19.5° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Dachstein Formation, Sevatian (212.0 - 205.6 Ma)

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; limestone

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Primary reference: S. M. Sadati. 1981. The Hohe Wand: An Upper Triassic Lagoonal Reef at the Eastern Margin of the Northern Calcareous Alps (Lower Austria). Facies 5:191-264 [W. Kiessling/M. Krause/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 170674: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Mihaela Krause on 26.06.2015

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Chlorophyceae
 Dasycladales - Diploporaceae
 Dasycladales - Dasycladaceae
 Dasycladales - Triploporellaceae
Griphoporella curvata Guembel 1915
 Thaumatoporellales -
Foraminifera
 Textulariina - Coscinophragmatidae
 Ammodiscoidea - Ammodiscidae
 Hormosinacea - Hormosinidae
Reophax sp. de Montfort 1808
  -
Ophthalmidium sp. Kübler and Zwingli 1870
Nodosariata
 Robertinida - Duostominidae
Duostomina sp. Kristan-Tollmann 1960
 Nodosariida - Nodosariidae
Nodosaria sp. Lamarck 1812
Foraminifera
 Lituolida - Lituolidae
"Lituosepta" sp. Cati 1959
Textularia sp. Defrance 1824
 Lagenina - Ichthyolariidae
 Endothyroidea - Endothyridae
 Fusulinina - Earlandiidae
Tubothalamea
 Miliolida - Milioliporidae
Miliolipora cuvillieri Bronniman and Zaninetti 1971
 Miliolida - Nubeculariidae
 Miliolida - Miliolidae
"Sigmoilina" sp. Schlumberger 1887
 Miliolida - Hauerinidae
Quinqueloculina sp. d'Orbigny 1826
Foraminifera
 Involutinina - Involutinidae
Rhodophyceae
  - Solenoporaceae
Parachaetetes sp. Deninger 1906
Lithocodium aggregatum
  -
Cyanophyceae
  -
  - Garwoodiaceae
Ortonella sp. Garwood 1914
very rare
Garwoodia sp. Wood 1941
Hedstroemia sp. Rothpletz 1913
Malacostraca
 Decapoda -
Palaxius sp. Brönnimann and Norton 1960 decapod
Polychaeta
  -
Strophomenata
 Strophomenida - Strophomenidae
"Pycnoporidium ? eomesozoicum" = Gosaukammerella eomesozoica
"Pycnoporidium ? eomesozoicum" = Gosaukammerella eomesozoica Flügel 1972
Gastropoda
  -
Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795 snail
Shamovella
  -
"Tubiphytes obscurus" = Shamovella obscura
"Tubiphytes obscurus" = Shamovella obscura Maslov 1956
Radiomura
  -
Radiomura cautica Senowbari-Daryan and Schaefer 1979
Calcarea
 Calcaronea - Stellispongiidae
? Peronidella sp. Hinde 1893 calcareous sponge
Demospongiae
 Lithistida - Anthaspidellidae
  -
Lovcenipora sp. demosponge
 Agelasida - Thaumastocoeliidae
Follicatena cautica Ott 1967 demosponge
 Agelasida - Cryptocoeliidae
Cryptocoelia wurmi Senowbari-Daryan and Dullo 1980 demosponge
 Agelasida - Solenolmiidae
Paradeningeria sp. Senowbari-Daryan and Schäfer 1979 demosponge
 Agelasida - Sebargasiidae
Amblysiphonella sp. Steinmann 1882 demosponge
 Hadromerida - Celyphiidae
Uvanella irregularis Ott 1967 demosponge
Paravesicocaulis sp. Kovacs 1978 demosponge
Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Astrocoeniidae
"Astrocoenia" sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral
Genus younger
 Scleractinia - Actinastreidae
"Astrocoenia waltheri" = Chondrocoenia waltheri
"Astrocoenia waltheri" = Chondrocoenia waltheri Frech 1890 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Thecosmiliidae
Montlivaltia sp. Lamouroux 1821 stony coral
"Thecosmilia" sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral
Genus first known from Jurassic
 Scleractinia - Astraeomorphidae
Astraeomorpha sp. Reuss 1854 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Thamnasteriidae
"Thamnasteria" sp. LeSauvage 1823 stony coral
Genus younger
Hydrozoa
 Milleporina - Heterastrididae
Muranella
  -
Paraeolisaccus endococcus
  -
Paraeolisaccus endococcus Senowbari-Daryan and Schaefer 1980