Lattenberg, basal Gosau facies (Cretaceous of Germany)

Where: Germany (47.7° N, 12.9° E: paleocoordinates 32.3° N, 15.1° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Gosau Group, Santonian (86.3 - 83.6 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: open shallow subtidal; lithified wackestone and lithified floatstone

• rudist debris limestones

Size classes: macrofossils, microfossils

Collection methods: peel or thin section,

Primary reference: R. Höfling. 1985. Faziesverteilung und Fossilvergesellschaftungen im karbonatischen Flachwassser-Milieu der alpinen Oberkreide (Gosau-Formation) [Facies and fossils from the Upper Cretaceous carbonate shallow water deposits of the Eastern Alps (Gosau Formation)]. Münchner Geowissenschaftliche Abhandlungen, A 3:1-241 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 74486: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 07.08.2007

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Taxonomic list

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Rhodophyceae
  - Solenoporaceae
Pycnoporidium sinuosum, Solenopora sp., Marinella lugeoni
Pycnoporidium sinuosum Johnson and Konishi 1960
Solenopora sp. Dybowski 1877
Marinella lugeoni Pfender 1939
Florideophyceae
  - Corallinophycidae
Archaeolithothamnium sp.
Archaeolithothamnium sp. Rothpletz 1891
 Peyssonneliales - Rhodymeniophycidae
"Ethelia alba" = Polystrata alba
"Ethelia alba" = Polystrata alba Pfender 1936
Nodosariata
 Polymorphinida - Polymorphinidae
Bullopora cf. laevis
Foraminifera
 Lituolida - Lituolidae
Textulariidae indet., Haddonia hagni
Textulariidae indet. Ehrenberg 1838
 Rotaliacea -
Rotaliacea indet.
Rotaliacea indet. Ehrenberg 1839
Tubothalamea
 Miliolida - Hauerinidae
Quinqueloculina sp.
Quinqueloculina sp. d'Orbigny 1826
 Miliolida - Nubeculariidae
? Nubecularia sp.
 Miliolida - Cornuspiridae
Vidalina hispanica
Foraminifera
 Textulariina - Dictyopsellidae
Dictyopsella kiliani
 Lituolacea - Haplophragmoiidae
Placopsilina sp.
Placopsilina sp. d'Orbigny 1850
Chlorophyceae
 Dasycladales -
Acicularia cf. endoi
 Dasycladales - Polyphysaceae
Clypeina sp.
Clypeina sp. Michelin 1845
Echinoidea
 Cidaroida - Cidaridae
Cidaris sp.
Cidaris sp. Leske 1778 pencil urchin
Bryozoa
  -
Bryozoa indet.
Bryozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1831
Gastropoda
 Heterostropha - Nerineidae
Nerinea (Symplotyxis) nobilis
Bivalvia
 Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
Exogyrinae indet.
Exogyrinae indet. Vialov 1936 oyster
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
Lithophaga alpina
 Hippuritida - Radiolitidae
Biradiolites acuticostatus, Neoradiolites hermi, Durania sp., Radiolites angeiodes, Radiolites ex gr. angeiodes, Radiolites mammillaris, Radiolites subradiosus, Radiolites sp., Radiolites ex gr. subradiosus, Radiolites aff. squamosus, Lapeirousia aff. pervinquierei
Durania sp. Douvillé 1908 rudist
Radiolites sp. Lamarck 1801 rudist
 Hippuritida - Hippuritidae
Hippurites (Vaccinites) cornuvaccinum, Hippurites (Vaccinites) sp.
Hippurites (Vaccinites) sp. Lamarck 1801 rudist
unclassified
  -
Annelida indet.
Annelida indet. Lamarck 1809
Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Actinastreidae
Columactinastraea sp.
Columactinastraea sp. Alloiteau 1952 stony coral
[entered as Columactinastrea sp.]
Demospongiae
 Clavulina - Clionaidae
Cliona sp.
Cliona sp. demosponge
Hormogoneae
 Oscillatoriales - Girvanellaceae
Girvanella sp.
Girvanella sp. Nicholson and Etheridge 1878
Lithocodium
  -
Lithocodium sp.
Lithocodium sp. Elliott 1956
Cyanophyceae
  - Garwoodiaceae
Bacinella cf. irregularis
  -
Cayeuxia sp.
Cayeuxia sp. Frollo 1938