Ka 44, Kaltenhausen, Salzburg (Jurassic of Austria)

Where: Austria (47.7° N, 13.1° E: paleocoordinates 33.6° N, 22.3° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• hand sample-level geographic resolution

When: Oberalmer Schichten Formation, Late/Upper Tithonian (150.8 - 145.0 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: slope; lithified lime mudstone

• thin-bedded greenish grey micritic Aptychus beds and thick-bedded coarse detritic Barmstein Limestones

Size class: microfossils

Preservation: original silica

Collection methods: bulk, chemical, hydrochloric, sieve,

Primary reference: T. Steiger. 1992. Systematik, Stratigraphie und Palökologie der Radiolarien des Oberjura-Unterkreide-Grenzbereiches im Osterhorn-Tirolikum (Nördliche Kalkalpen, Salzburg und Bayern). Zitteliana 19:1-188 [W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 51195: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Wolfgang Kiessling on 01.06.2005

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Protozoa
 Spumellaria - Emiluviidae
Emiluvia pessagnoi Foreman 1973 radiolarian
includes ssp. multipora
Emiluvia chica Foreman 1973 radiolarian
listed as Emiluvia tecta n. sp.
 Spumellaria - Angulobracchiidae
Deviatus diamphidius Foreman 1973 radiolarian
listed as Foremanella diamphidia
Angulobracchia media Steiger 1992 radiolarian
 Spumellaria - Pantanelliidae
Pantanellium berriasianum Baumgartner 1984 radiolarian
 Spumellaria - Tritrabidae
Tritrabs exotica Pessagno 1977 radiolarian
Tritrabs ewingi Pessagno 1977 radiolarian
includes ssp. worzeli and minima
 Spumellaria - Parvivaccidae
Acusten glebulosa Foreman 1973 radiolarian
listed as Staurosphaera glebulosa
Acaeniotyle umbilicata Rüst 1898 radiolarian
including A. tuberosa
Acastea diaphorogona Foreman 1973 radiolarian
listed as Acaeniotyle diaphorogona
Acastea diaphorogona Foreman 1973 radiolarian
ssp. dentata
 Spumellaria - Patulibracchiidae
Halesium bipartitum radiolarian
Halesium irregularis Steiger 1992 radiolarian
 Spumellaria - Hagiastridae
Tetratrabs "sp. B" Baumgartner 1980 radiolarian
 Actinommacea - Xiphostylidae
Triactoma tithonianum Rüst 1885 radiolarian
s. str.
 Nassellaria - Sethocapsidae
Sethocapsa leiostraca Foreman 1973 radiolarian
 Nassellaria - Pterocorythidae
 Nassellaria - Pseudodictyomitridae
Pseudodictyomitra carpatica Lozyniak 1969 radiolarian
 Nassellaria - Hsuidae
Hsuum sp. Pessagno 1977 radiolarian
listed as Protunuma(?) sp. B
 Nassellaria - Archaeodictyomitridae
"Thanarla conica" = Thanarla brouweri
"Thanarla conica" = Thanarla brouweri Tan Sin Hok 1927 radiolarian
 Nassellaria - Syringocapsidae
Podobursa triacantha Fischli 1916 radiolarian
s. str.
Podobursa triacantha Fischli 1916 radiolarian
ssp. polyacantha (includes hexaradiata and octoradiata)
Parapodocapsa furcata Steiger 1992 radiolarian
Podocapsa amphitreptera Foreman 1973 radiolarian
Syringocapsa polylophia radiolarian
listed as Helocingulum polylophium
"Favosyringium affine" = Syringocapsa affine Rüst 1898 radiolarian
also listed as Theosyringium amaliae
Dibolachras chandrika Kocher 1981 radiolarian
 Nassellaria - Spongocapsulidae
Obesacapsula rusconensis Baumgartner 1984 radiolarian
includes O. morroensis [entered as Obesacapsula ruscoensis]
Obesacapsula bullata Steiger 1992 radiolarian
Obesacapsula cetia Foreman 1973 radiolarian
listed as Sethocapsa cetia
 Nassellaria - Parvicingulidae
Mirifusus mediodilatatus Rüst 1885 radiolarian
ssp. globosus and minor
Tethysetta boesii Parona 1890 radiolarian
listed as Parvicingula boesii
 Entactinaria - Saturnalidae
"Acanthocircus dicranacanthos" = Dicerosaturnalis dicranacanthos, "Acanthocircus amissus" = Acanthocircus trizonalis
"Acanthocircus dicranacanthos" = Dicerosaturnalis dicranacanthos Squinabol radiolarian
"Acanthocircus amissus" = Acanthocircus trizonalis Rüst 1898 radiolarian