Ammonitico Rosso limestone 2, Section KB1-A, Steinmühl Fm (Cretaceous of Austria)

Where: Austria (47.9° N, 14.4° E: paleocoordinates 33.1° N, 23.0° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Steinmühl Formation, Early/Lower Berriasian (145.0 - 140.2 Ma)

• decimetre to centimetre bedded; Ammonite Zonation: Jacobi zone; Capionellid Zonation: Calpionella zone, Ferasini subzone

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: basinal (); lithified, condensed, red wackestone

• KB1-A crosses the western part of the east-west striking Losenstein Syncline, which is situated in the southernmost part of the Ternberg Nappe, and is the last Syncline to the north filled with Lower Cretaceous Sediments. KB1-A situated directly on the border between Ternberg Nappe and Reichraming Nappe
• decimetre to centimetre bedded compact to nodular, red ('Ammonitico rosso' type) condensed pelagic limestone

Size classes: macrofossils, microfossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Collection methods: bulk, acetic, sieve,

• Material is deposited in the paleontological collections of the Museum of Natural History (NHMW), Vienna, Austria; data on macrofossils is given but assignement to specific beds only partially possible

Primary reference: A. Lukeneder and D. Rehakova. 2004. Lower Cretaceous Section of the Ternberg Nappe (Northern Calcareous Alps, Upper Austria): facies-changes, biostratigraphy and paleoecology. Geologica Carpathica 55(3):227-237 [W. Kiessling/T. Schossleitner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 60194: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Thomas Schossleitner on 06.05.2006

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Taxonomic list

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Cephalopoda
 Ammonitida - Oppeliidae
? Oppelia sp.
? Oppelia sp. ammonite
 Ammonitida - Lytoceratidae
Lytoceras sp.
Lytoceras sp. Suess 1865 ammonite
 Phylloceratida - Phylloceratidae
Phylloceras sp.
Phylloceras sp. Suess 1865 ammonite
Protozoa
 Calpionellida -
Calpionella alpina
Polyhymenophora
 Spirotrichia -
Tintinnopsella carpathica, Remaniella ferasini, Remaniella duranddelgai, Remaniella catalanoi
Nodosariata
 Vaginulinida - Vaginulinidae
Lenticulina sp.
Lenticulina sp. Lamarck 1804
Foraminifera
 Spirillinina - Spirillinidae
Spirillina sp.
Spirillina sp. Reuss 1862