Cardiola Community, Ludfordian, Carnic Alps (Silurian of Austria)

Where: Austria (46.6° N, 13.0° E: paleocoordinates 6.8° S, 19.1° E)

• coordinate based on political unit

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: siluricus zone, Ludfordian (425.6 - 423.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; limestone and black shale

• "closely associated with 'Orthoceras' Limestone Community and fadies...Best developed where the 'O.' Lst. facies interfingers with the black graptolitic facies. Therefore BA 4-5, and possibly 3, is suggested."
• See geology comments.

Primary reference: G. B. Vai. 1999. Wenlockian to Emsian communities of the Carnic Alps (Austria and Italy). in A. J. Boucot and J. D. Lawson, eds. Paleocommunities--a case study from the Silurian and Lower Devonian. Cambridge University Press. 282-304 [M. Foote/M. Foote/M. Foote]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 26200: authorized by Michael Foote, entered by Michael Foote on 08.10.2002

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Taxonomic list

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Pterobranchia
 Graptoloidea - Monograptidae
"Monograptus bohemicus" = Bohemograptus bohemicus, Monograptus dubius, Monograptus butovicensis
"Monograptus bohemicus" = Bohemograptus bohemicus Barrande 1850 graptolite
Monograptus dubius graptolite
Crinoidea
  -
Crinoidea indet.
Crinoidea indet. Miller 1821 Sea lily
Bivalvia
 Cyrtodontida - Cardiolidae
Cardiola docens, Cardiola cf. consanguis
Cephalopoda
 Orthocerida - Sphaerorthoceratidae
Hemicosmorthoceras celloni
Rhynchonellata
 Atrypida - Septatrypidae
Septatrypa sappho
Trilobita
 Proetida - Proetidae
Proetus sp.
Proetus sp. Steininger 1831 trilobite
 Corynexochida - Styginidae
Scutellum sp.
Scutellum sp. Pusch 1833 trilobite
Deuteropoda
  -
Ostracoda indet.
Ostracoda indet. Latreille 1802 ostracod