Eisriesenwelt bei Werfen, Tennengebirge, Alps (Triassic to of Austria)

Where: Austria (47.5° N, 13.3° E: paleocoordinates 22.2° N, 17.8° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Carnian to Carnian (237.0 - 208.5 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified grainstone and lithified reef rocks

• sequence shows transition from prereefsediments of the Upper Carnian to massive reeflike facies to 'lagoonal lime' of the Lower Norian
• massive pale limestone('Riffkalk'), 2/3 of it consisting of debris ; peloidrich grainstone; bafflestone; oncoidal grainstone; some debris blocks contain bird's-eyes

Size classes: macrofossils, microfossils

Collection methods: bulk, peel or thin section,

• Material deposited at the Institute of Paleontology, University of Erlangen

Primary reference: P. Riedel. 1990. Riffbiotope im Karn und Nor (Obertrias) der Tethys: Entwicklung, Einschnitte und Diversitätsmuster [Reef biotopes of the Carnian and Norian (Upper Triassic) in the Thetys: Development, incisions and diversitypatterns]. Ph. D. thesis - Erlangen 1-96 [W. Kiessling/T. Schossleitner/W. Kiessling]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 60369: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Thomas Schossleitner on 11.05.2006

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Taxonomic list

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Hydrozoa
  - Nigriporellidae
Tubiphytes sp.
Tubiphytes sp. Maslov 1956
Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Thecosmiliidae
"Montlivaltia" sp.
"Montlivaltia" sp. Lamouroux 1821 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Reimaniphylliidae
? Retiophyllia sp.
? Retiophyllia sp. Cuif 1966 stony coral
Demospongiae
 Verticillitida - Colospongiidae
Colospongia sp.
Colospongia sp. Laube 1865 demosponge
 Agelasida - Sebargasiidae
Amblysiphonella sp.
Amblysiphonella sp. Steinmann 1882 demosponge
 Agelasida - Solenolmiidae
? Solenolmia sp.
? Solenolmia sp. Pomel 1872 demosponge
Nodosariata
 Robertinida - Duostominidae
Duostomina sp.
Duostomina sp. Kristan-Tollmann 1960
Foraminifera
 Involutinina - Involutinidae
Aulotortus communis, Aulotortus sinuosus
 Ammodiscoidea - Ammodiscidae
Glomospira sp.
Glomospira sp. Rzehak 1895
listed as Glomospira/ella sp.
Rhodophyceae
  - Solenoporaceae
? Solenopora sp.
? Solenopora sp. Dybowski 1877