Where: Northern Alps, Austria (47.4° N, 11.4° E: paleocoordinates 8.2° N, 22.9° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Wettersteinkalk Formation, Ladinian (242.0 - 237.0 Ma)
Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified reef rocks
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils, microfossils
Collection methods: peel or thin section
Primary reference: E. Ott. 1967. Segmentierte Kalkschwämme (Sphinctozoa) aus der alpinen Mitteltrias und ihre Bedeutung als Riffbildner im Wettersteinkalk. Bayerische Akademie der Wissenschaften, mathematisch-naturwissenschaftliche Klasse, Abhandlungen, Neue Folge (131)1-96 [W. Kiessling/B. Brenneis/B. Brenneis]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 38140: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Benjamin Brenneis on 14.04.2004
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Rhodophyceae | |
Solenopora sp. Dybowski 1877
Parachaetetes sp. Deninger 1906 | |
Chlorophyceae | |
Teutloporella herculea Stoppani 1857 | |
Cladogirvanella cipitensis | |
Cladogirvanella cipitensis Ott 1966 | |
Cyanophyceae | |
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Demospongiae | |
Solenolmia magna n. sp.2
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Cryptocoelia zitteli Steinmann 1882 demosponge | |
Follicatena cautica n. gen. n. sp.
Follicatena cautica n. gen. n. sp. Ott 1967 demosponge | |
Vesicocaulis oenipontanus1, Vesicocaulis depressus n. gen. n. sp., Vesicocaulis alpinus n. gen. n. sp.
Vesicocaulis depressus n. gen. n. sp. Ott 1967 demosponge
Vesicocaulis alpinus n. gen. n. sp. Ott 1967 demosponge | |
? Amblysiphonella timorica Vinassa de Regny 1915 demosponge | |
Colospongia catenulata n. sp.
Colospongia catenulata n. sp. Ott 1967 demosponge | |
Uvanella irregularis n. gen. n. sp. Ott 1967 demosponge | |
Calcarea | |
Peronidella sp. Hinde 1893 calcareous sponge | |
Holocoelia | |
Shamovella | |
"Tubiphytes obscurus" = Shamovella obscura
"Tubiphytes obscurus" = Shamovella obscura Maslov 1956 | |
Anthozoa | |
? Pinacophyllum sp. Frech 1890 stony coral | |
Retiophyllia sp. Cuif 1966 stony coral | |
Margarosmilia cassiana stony coral | |
Bivalvia | |
Bivalvia indet. Linnaeus 1758 clam | |
Gastropoda | |
Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795 snail | |
Crinoidea | |
Crinoidea indet. Miller 1821 Sea lily | |
Echinoidea | |
Echinoidea indet. Leske 1778 sea urchin | |
Nullipora | |
"Diplopora annulata" = Nullipora annulata
"Diplopora annulata" = Nullipora annulata Schafhaeutl 1853 |