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
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Taxonomic list
Anthozoa | |
Rennensismilia complanata, Rennensismilia inflexa, Aulosmilia aspera, Aulosmilia cuneiformis, Phyllosmilia aegiale
Rennensismilia complanata Goldfuss 1826 stony coral
Rennensismilia inflexa Reuss 1854 stony coral
Aulosmilia aspera Sowerby 1832 stony coral
Aulosmilia cuneiformis Milne-Edwards and Haime 1849 stony coral
Phyllosmilia aegiale Felix 1903 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 | |
"Latohelia cf. circularia" = Pleurocora arachnoides
"Latohelia cf. circularia" = Pleurocora arachnoides Knorr and Walch 1777 stony coral | |
"Fungiastraea exigua" = Palaeosiderofungia exigua
"Fungiastraea exigua" = Palaeosiderofungia exigua Reuss 1854 stony coral | |
Cunnolites sp. Gagnebin 1772 stony coral | |
Deuteropoda | |
Ostracoda indet. Latreille 1802 ostracod | |
Foraminifera | |
"Foraminiferida indet." = Foraminifera
"Foraminiferida indet." = Foraminifera Eichwald 1830 foram |