Gruene Schneid Bed 8 (Devonian of Austria)

Where: Austria (47.0° N, 13.0° E: paleocoordinates 21.3° S, 22.2° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Bispathodus ultimus conodont zone, Pal Limestone Formation, Late/Upper Famennian (364.7 - 360.7 Ma)

• Kaiser, Kumpan & Rasser (2020; Newsl. Stratigraphy) put this in the praesulcata zone.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; limestone

• Sequence described as pelagic, "cephalopod" limestone.

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: H.P. Schönlaub, M. Attrep, K. Boeckelmann, R. Dreesen, R. Feist, A. Feininger, G. Hahn, P. Klein, D. Korn, R. Kratz, M. Magaritz, C.J. Orth, and J.-M. Schramm. 1992. The Devonian/Carboniferous Boundary in the Carnic Alps (Austria) - A Multidisciplinary Approach. Jahrbuch der Geologischen Bundesanstalt 135(1):57-98 [D. Korn/D. Korn/D. Korn]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 38603: authorized by Michael Foote, entered by Michael Foote on 26.04.2004

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Taxonomic list

Trilobita
 Proetida - Phillipsiidae
Typhloproetus (Silesiops) korni Feist 1992 trilobite
Helioproetus subcarintiacus Richter 1913 trilobite
Cephalopoda
 Goniatitida - Prionoceratidae
Balvia sp. Lange 1929 ammonite
 Clymeniida - Parawocklumeriidae
Parawocklumeria paradoxa Wedekind 1918 ammonite
 Clymeniida - Wocklumeriidae
Wocklumeria sphaeroides Richter 1848 ammonite
 Clymeniida - Cymaclymeniidae
Cymaclymenia striata Muenster 1832 ammonite
Conodonta
 Ozarkodinida - Palmatolepidae
Palmatolepis spp. Müller 1956 conodont
 Ozarkodinida - Polygnathidae
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