Hakenwand R4a, Rossfeld Formation, Upper Austria (Cretaceous of Austria)

Where: Austria (47.8° N, 14.5° E: paleocoordinates 32.5° N, 22.8° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Rossfeld Formation, Late/Upper Valanginian (140.2 - 136.4 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: offshore; lithified siltstone and lithified marl

• gray marly siltstones and silty marls

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: Z. Vasicek and P. Faupl. 1996. Die Cephalopoden aus den Rossfeldschichten der Reichraminger Decke (Obervalanginium, oberösterreichische Kalkalpen) [Cephalopods from the Rossfeld Formation of the Reichraming Nappe (Late Valanginian, Northern Calcareous Alps, Upper Austria)]. Jahrbuch der Geologischen Bundesanstalt 139(1):101-125 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 69117: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 19.02.2007

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Taxonomic list

Cephalopoda
 Ammonitida - Lytoceratidae
Lytoceras sp. Suess 1865 ammonite
 Ammonitida - Neocomitidae
Neocomites sp. Uhlig 1905 ammonite
Neocomites cf. drumensis Thieuloy 1977 ammonite
Neocomites neocomiensis d'Orbigny 1841 ammonite
Eleniceras ex gr. tchechitevi Breskovski 1967 ammonite
Eleniceras aff. stevrecensis Breskovski 1967 ammonite
Rodighieroites cf. cardulus Company 1987 ammonite
 Ammonitida - Oosterellidae
Oosterella sp. Kilian 1911 ammonite
 Ammonitida - Haploceratidae
Haploceras sp., "Haploceras (Neolissoceras) grasianum" = Neolissoceras grasianum
Haploceras sp. Zittel 1870 ammonite
"Haploceras (Neolissoceras) grasianum" = Neolissoceras grasianum d'Orbigny 1841 ammonite
 Ammonitida - Bochianitidae
Bochianites neocomiensis d'Orbigny 1842 ammonite
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Lamellaptychus sp. Trauth 1927 ammonoid aptychus