Gosau KS 14_5 (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 216231: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Keenan Hassell on 09.12.2020

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

unclassified
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Polychaeta
 Sabellida - Serpulidae
Foraminifera
 Lituolida - Lituolidae
 Acervulinacea - Homotrematidae
 Rotaliacea - Pellatispiridae
Tubothalamea
 Miliolida - Miliolidae
Sigmoilina sp. Schlumberger 1887
Chlorophyceae
 Dasycladales -
Russoella sp. Baratolo 1984
Terquemella sp. Morellet and Morellet 1913
 Dasycladales - Polyphysaceae
 Dasycladales -
Acicularia sp. d'Archiac 1843
 Dasycladales - Bornetellaceae
Rhodophyceae
  - Solenoporaceae
Florideophyceae
 Corallinales - Corallinophycidae
Peyssonnelia antiqua Johnson 1964