Gosau KS 14_3 (Paleocene of Austria)

Where: Upper Austria, Austria (47.5° N, 13.5° E: paleocoordinates 37.8° N, 12.8° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Kambuhel Limestone Formation, Thanetian (59.2 - 56.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; limestone

Size classes: mesofossils, microfossils

Primary reference: F. Schlagintweit, L. Svabenicka, and H. Lobitzer. 2003. An occurrence of Paleocene reefal limestone in the Zwieselalm Formation of Gosau (Upper Austria). Beitrage zur Geologie des Salzkammerguts 173-180 [M. Clapham/K. Hassell]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 216229: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Keenan Hassell on 09.12.2020

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Florideophyceae
 Corallinales - Corallinophycidae
Pseudoamphiroa sp. Moussavian 1989
Polystrata alba Pfender 1936
Jania sp. Lamoroux 1812
 Hapalidiales - Corallinophycidae
Lithothamnion sp. Heydrich 1897
Rhodophyceae
  - Solenoporaceae
Chlorophyceae
 Dasycladales -
Terquemella sp. Morellet and Morellet 1913
Acicularia sp. d'Archiac 1843
Foraminifera
 Planorbulinacea - Planorbulinidae
Globothalamea
 Rotaliida - Gavelinellidae
Tubothalamea
 Miliolida - Hauerinidae
Quinqueloculina sp. d'Orbigny 1826
Polychaeta
 Sabellida - Serpulidae