Where: Styria, Austria (47.6° N, 13.9° E: paleocoordinates 31.5° N, 15.0° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Complexiopollis zone, Late/Upper Turonian (93.5 - 89.3 Ma)
• Based on nannonplankton and palynomorphs
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: open shallow subtidal; poorly lithified marl
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 25482: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Wolfgang Kiessling on 13.09.2002
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa | |
"Fungiastraea exigua" = Palaeosiderofungia exigua
"Fungiastraea exigua" = Palaeosiderofungia exigua Reuss 1854 stony coral | |
"Latohelia cf. circularia" = Pleurocora arachnoides
"Latohelia cf. circularia" = Pleurocora arachnoides Knorr and Walch 1777 stony coral | |
Phyllosmilia aegiale, Aulosmilia aspera, Aulosmilia cuneiformis, Rennensismilia complanata, Rennensismilia inflexa
Phyllosmilia aegiale Felix 1903 stony coral
Aulosmilia aspera Sowerby 1832 stony coral
Aulosmilia cuneiformis Milne-Edwards and Haime 1849 stony coral
Rennensismilia complanata Goldfuss 1826 stony coral
Rennensismilia inflexa Reuss 1854 stony coral | |
"Placosmilia turonensis" = Placosmilia martini
"Placosmilia turonensis" = Placosmilia martini Michelin 1846 stony coral | |
"Smilotrochus jacobi" = Smilotrochus milneri
"Smilotrochus jacobi" = Smilotrochus milneri Gregory 1898 stony coral | |
Cunnolites sp. Gagnebin 1772 stony coral | |
Deuteropoda | |
Ostracoda indet. Latreille 1802 ostracod | |
Foraminifera | |
"Foraminiferida indet." = Foraminifera
"Foraminiferida indet." = Foraminifera Eichwald 1830 foram |