Also known as Reef 3194
Where: Styria, Austria (47.6° N, 13.9° E: paleocoordinates 32.7° N, 16.5° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Late/Upper Santonian to Late/Upper Santonian (85.8 - 72.1 Ma)
• Based on bivalves
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified, argillaceous reef rocks
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: mechanical, peel or thin section,
• Study focusing on corals
Primary reference: R. C. Baron-Szabo. 1999. Taxonomy of Upper Cretaceous scleractinian corals of the Gosau Group (Weissenbackalm, Steiermark, Austria). Abhandlungen der Geologischen Bundesanstalt Wien 56(2):441-464 [W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 25480: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Wolfgang Kiessling on 13.09.2002
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Taxonomic list
Echinoidea | |
Echinoidea indet. Leske 1778 sea urchin | |
Polychaeta | |
Serpulidae indet. Rafinesque 1835 | |
Gastropoda | |
Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795 snail | |
Bivalvia | |
Bivalvia indet. Linnaeus 1758 clam | |
"Hippuritoidea indet." = Hippuritacea
"Hippuritoidea indet." = Hippuritacea Gray 1848 rudist | |
Brachiopoda | |
Brachiopoda indet. Cuvier 1805 | |
Anthozoa | |
"Montastrea sp." = Montastraea
"Montastrea sp." = Montastraea Blainville 1830 stony coral | |
Actinastrea fromenteli Alloiteau 1954 stony coral | |
"Paraplacocoenia orbignyana" = Paraplacocoenia rotula
"Paraplacocoenia orbignyana" = Paraplacocoenia rotula Goldfuss 1826 stony coral | |
Acrosmilia conica d'Orbigny 1850 stony coral |