Ber 72/7, Hanselgraben, Berchtesgaden Calcareous Alps (Jurassic of Germany)

Where: Bavaria, Germany (47.6° N, 13.0° E: paleocoordinates 33.8° N, 22.9° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• hand sample-level geographic resolution

When: Strubberg Formation, Late/Upper Callovian (164.7 - 161.2 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: basinal (); lithified, black, brown wackestone

• matrix supported, polymictic breccia elements (mass flow deposits); matrix of breccia elements consists of brownish black laminated radiolarite; components of the mass flow deposits derived mostly from the Dachstein-reef-limestone-facies zone and Zwieselalm-facies zone- in the strict sense Gosausee-limestone-facies zone: a)Pötschen limestone, b)Pötschen dolomite, c)limestones of the Dürrenberg formation and d)reef components

Size class: microfossils

Collection methods: bulk,

Primary reference: S. Missoni, H. J. Gawlick, H. Suzuki and V. Diersche. 2005. Die paläogeographische Stellung des Watzmann Blockes in den Berchtesgadener Kalkalpen - Neuergebnisse auf der Basis der Analyse der Trias- und Jura-Entwicklung. Journal of Alpine Geology - Mitt. Ges. Geol. Bergbaustud. Österreich 47:169-209 [W. Kiessling/T. Schossleitner/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 66976: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Thomas Schossleitner on 01.11.2006

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Protozoa
 Nassellaria - Eucyrtidiidae
 Nassellaria - Xitidae
Xitus aff. pulcher Pessagno 1977 radiolarian
 Nassellaria - Pseudodictyomitridae
Loopus doliolum, "Pseudodictyomitra cf. primitiva" = Loopus primitivus
Loopus doliolum radiolarian
"Pseudodictyomitra cf. primitiva" = Loopus primitivus Matsuoka and Yao 1985 radiolarian
 Nassellaria - Diacanthocapsidae
"Theocapsomma medvednicensis" = Theocapsommella medvednicensis, "Theocapsomma cucurbiformis" = Theocapsomella cucurbiformis
"Theocapsomma medvednicensis" = Theocapsommella medvednicensis Gorican 1999 radiolarian
"Theocapsomma cucurbiformis" = Theocapsomella cucurbiformis Baumgartner 1995 radiolarian
 Nassellaria - Williriedellidae
"Tricolocapsa cf. conexa" = Striatojaponocapsa conexa, "Tricolocapsa aff. conexa" = Striatojaponocapsa conexa, "Tricolocapsa plicarum" = Striatojaponocapsa plicarum, "Praezhamoidellum yaoi" = Hemicryptocapsa yaoi, Zhamoidellum ovum, Williriedellum cf. crystallinum
"Tricolocapsa cf. conexa" = Striatojaponocapsa conexa Matsuoka 1983 radiolarian
"Tricolocapsa aff. conexa" = Striatojaponocapsa conexa Matsuoka 1983 radiolarian
"Tricolocapsa plicarum" = Striatojaponocapsa plicarum Yao 1979 radiolarian
"Praezhamoidellum yaoi" = Hemicryptocapsa yaoi Kozur 1984 radiolarian
Zhamoidellum ovum Dumitrica 1970 radiolarian
Williriedellum cf. crystallinum Dumitrica 1970 radiolarian
 Nassellaria - Sethocapsidae
"Stylocapsa tecta" = Kilinora tecta, Gongylothorax favosus
"Stylocapsa tecta" = Kilinora tecta Matsuoka 1983 radiolarian
Gongylothorax favosus Dumitrica 1970 radiolarian
 Nassellaria - Syringocapsidae
"Tricolocapsa aff. fusiformis" = Japonocapsa fusiformis
"Tricolocapsa aff. fusiformis" = Japonocapsa fusiformis Yao 1979 radiolarian
 Nassellaria - Amphipyndacidae
 Nassellaria - Parvicingulidae
Dictyomitrella cf. kamoensis Mizutani and Kido 1983 radiolarian
 Nassellaria - Unumidae
 Nassellaria - Archaeodictyomitridae
Archaeodictyomitra apiarium Rüst 1885 radiolarian
 Nassellaria - Hsuidae
Hsuum maxwelli Pessagno 1977 radiolarian
 Spumellaria - Emiluviidae
Emiluvia orea Baumgartner 1980 radiolarian