Ka 22, Kaltenhausen, Salzburg (Cretaceous of Austria)

Where: Austria (47.7° N, 13.1° E: paleocoordinates 33.4° N, 21.9° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• hand sample-level geographic resolution

When: Oberalmer Schichten Formation, Berriasian (145.0 - 139.8 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 51198: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Wolfgang Kiessling on 01.06.2005

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Protozoa
 Actinommacea - Xiphostylidae
Triactoma tithonianum Rüst 1885 radiolarian
s. str.
 Nassellaria -
 Nassellaria - Sethocapsidae
Sethocapsa leiostraca Foreman 1973 radiolarian
 Nassellaria - Syringocapsidae
Podobursa triacantha Fischli 1916 radiolarian
s. str.
Podobursa triacantha Fischli 1916 radiolarian
ssp. tetraradiata
"Favosyringium affine" = Syringocapsa affine Rüst 1898 radiolarian
also listed as Theosyringium amaliae
 Nassellaria - Spongocapsulidae
Obesacapsula bullata Steiger 1992 radiolarian
Obesacapsula rusconensis Baumgartner 1984 radiolarian
includes O. morroensis [entered as Obesacapsula ruscoensis]
Obesacapsula cetia Foreman 1973 radiolarian
listed as Sethocapsa cetia
 Nassellaria - Parvicingulidae
Mirifusus mediodilatatus Rüst 1885 radiolarian
s. str.
Mirifusus mediodilatatus Rüst 1885 radiolarian
ssp. globosus and minor
 Nassellaria - Pterocorythidae
 Spumellaria - Patulibracchiidae
Homoeoparonaella argolidensis Baumgartner 1980 radiolarian
Halesium bipartitum radiolarian
"Angulobracchia latifolia" = Halesium latifolia Steiger 1992 radiolarian
Halesium irregularis Steiger 1992 radiolarian
 Spumellaria - Angulobracchiidae
Angulobracchia media Steiger 1992 radiolarian
Angulobracchia trifolia Steiger 1992 radiolarian
 Spumellaria - Pyramispongiidae
"Nodotetraedra barmsteinensis" = Pyramispongia barmsteinensis
"Nodotetraedra barmsteinensis" = Pyramispongia barmsteinensis Steiger 1992 radiolarian
should be Pyramispongia
 Spumellaria - Tritrabidae
Tritrabs ewingi Pessagno 1977 radiolarian
includes ssp. worzeli and minima
 Spumellaria - Pantanelliidae
Gorgansium morganense Pessagno and Blome 1980 radiolarian
 Spumellaria - Pseudoaulophacidae
Alievium helenae Schaaf 1981 radiolarian
 Spumellaria - Emiluviidae
Emiluvia pessagnoi Foreman 1973 radiolarian
includes ssp. multipora