Gruene Schneid Bed 5 (5a,5b,5c) (Carboniferous of Austria)

Where: Austria (47.0° N, 13.0° E: paleocoordinates 19.5° S, 20.1° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Siphonodella bransoni conodont zone, Pal Grande Formation, Hastarian (358.9 - 353.8 Ma)

• sulcata to Lower duplicata (?) Zone [JA: originally entered as Tournaisian, but Hastarian based on zonal assignment; see Somerville 2008]; PJW: Basal Tournaisian at Cresta Verde is the Kronhof.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; bioturbated, gray, red wackestone

• Overall sequence described as pelagic cephalopod limestone. "29 cm thick greyish to weakly pink colored limestone bed the lowermost 3 to 4 cm of which are distinctly pinkish colored. In this portion residual clay from pressure solution is more common than in the upper portion of the bed....Thin sections reveal a strongly bioturbated and mottled goniatite wackestone with some ostracodes, crinoid debris, spheres, few bivalves and trilobites. Geopetal fabrics are common in the whole bed."

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 38612: authorized by Michael Foote, entered by Michael Foote on 26.04.2004

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Taxonomic list

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Cephalopoda
 Goniatitida - Gattendorfiidae
"Gattendorfia evoluta" = Kazakhstania evoluta, Gattendorfia subinvoluta, Acutimitoceras kleinerae, Acutimitoceras convexum, Acutimitoceras sphaeroidale, Acutimitoceras sp., Acutimitoceras subbilobatum, Acutimitoceras acutum, Acutimitoceras intermedium
"Gattendorfia evoluta" = Kazakhstania evoluta Vohringer 1960 ammonite
Acutimitoceras sp. Librovitch 1957 ammonite
Acutimitoceras subbilobatum Munster 1839 ammonite
Acutimitoceras acutum Schindewolf 1923 ammonite
Acutimitoceras intermedium Schindewolf 1923 ammonite
 Goniatitida - Prionoceratidae
? Mimimitoceras sp.
? Mimimitoceras sp. Korn 1988 ammonite
 Prolecanitida - Prolecanitidae
Eocanites planus, Eocanites cf. spiratissimus
Bivalvia
  -
"Pelecypoda indet." = Bivalvia
"Pelecypoda indet." = Bivalvia Linnaeus 1758 clam
Trilobita
 Proetida - Phillipsiidae
Semiproetus (Macrobole) aff. drewerensis, ? Globusia sp., "Semiproetus (Macrobole) funirepa" = Eowinterbergia funirepa, Liobolina submonstrans
Semiproetus (Macrobole) aff. drewerensis Richter and Richter 1951 trilobite
? Globusia sp. Osmolska 1973 trilobite
"Semiproetus (Macrobole) funirepa" = Eowinterbergia funirepa Flajs and Feist 1988 trilobite
Liobolina submonstrans Richter and Richter 1951 trilobite
Deuteropoda
  -
Ostracoda indet.
Ostracoda indet. Latreille 1802 ostracod
Crinoidea
  -
Crinoidea indet.
Crinoidea indet. Miller 1821 Sea lily
Conodonta
 Ozarkodinida - Elictognathidae
Elictognathus laceratus
 Ozarkodinida - Polygnathidae
Bispathodus aculeatus, Bispathodus stabilis, Siphonodella praesulcata, Siphonodella sulcata, Siphonodella duplicata, "Polygnathus communis" = Neopolygnathus communis, Polygnathus purus, Polygnathus mehli
"Polygnathus communis" = Neopolygnathus communis Branson and Mehl 1934 conodont
 Ozarkodinida - Idiognathodontidae
Protognathodus meischneri, Protognathodus kuehni, Protognathodus collinsoni, Protognathodus kockeli
Protognathodus meischneri Ziegler 1969 conodont
Protognathodus kuehni Ziegler and Leuteritz 1970 conodont
Protognathodus collinsoni Ziegler 1969 conodont
Protognathodus kockeli Bischoff 1957 conodont