Gamsbach, horizon 2 (Cretaceous of Austria)

Where: Austria (47.7° N, 14.9° E: paleocoordinates 35.7° N, 15.0° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Nephrolites frequens nannofossil zone, Nierental Formation (Gosau Group), Late/Upper Maastrichtian (70.6 - 66.0 Ma)

• Uppermost Maastrichtian (upper part of Nephrolites frequens Zone CC26)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: slope; lithified marl

• Deep-water sediments
• Light grey to brownish hemipelagic marlstones and marly limestones alternating with sandy turbidites

Size class: macrofossils

Reposited in the NHMW

Collection methods: bulk, peroxide, sieve

Primary reference: I. Feichtinger, J. Pollerspöck, M. Harzhauser, G. Auer, M. Kranner and G. Guinot. 2024. Elasmobranch assemblages from a bathyal environment spanning the Cretaceous-Paleogene boundary in Austria. Austrian Journal of Earth Sciences 117:1-11 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 233352: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 06.02.2024

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Chondrichthyes
 Euselachii -
Lamniformes indet.
Lamniformes indet. Berg 1958 mackerel shark
 Squalimorphi -
Squaliformes indet.
 Squaliformes - Somniosidae
Protoxynotus sp., Centroscymnus sp.
Protoxynotus sp. Herman 1975 sleeper shark
Centroscymnus sp. Barbosa du Bocage and Brito Capello 1864 sleeper shark