PBDB Collection

Hochmoos-Russbach, Gosau (Cretaceous of Austria)

Where: Austria (47.6° N, 13.5° E: paleocoordinates 32.1° N, 15.6° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

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

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; lithified marl

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: peel or thin section,

Primary reference: R. C. Baron-Szabo. 2003. Taxonomie und Ontogenie von Korallen der ostalpinen Oberkreide (Hochmoos- und Grabenbachschichten, Gosau Gruppe, Santon). Jahrbuch der Geologischen Bundesanstalt Wien 143(2):107-201 [R. Baron-Szabo/R. Baron-Szabo/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 74895: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 04.09.2007, edited by Wolfgang Kiessling

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Taxonomic list

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Anthozoa
Scleractinia - Rhipidogyridae	Orbignygyra tenella Orbignygyra tenella Goldfuss 1826 stony coral
Scleractinia - Meandrinidae	Phyllosmilia didymophila, Flabellosmilia bisinuatum, Aulosmilia aspera, Diploctenium ferrumequinum Phyllosmilia didymophila Felix 1903 stony coral Flabellosmilia bisinuatum Reuss 1854 stony coral Aulosmilia aspera Sowerby 1832 stony coral Diploctenium ferrumequinum Reuss 1854 stony coral
Scleractinia - Montlivaltiidae	Placosmilia fenestrata, Placosmilia martini, Peplosmilia latona Placosmilia fenestrata Felix 1900 stony coral Placosmilia martini Michelin 1846 stony coral Peplosmilia latona Felix 1903 stony coral
Scleractinia - Merulinidae	Cladocora gracilis, Hydnophora styriaca, Dictuophyllia radiata Cladocora gracilis d'Orbigny 1850 stony coral Hydnophora styriaca Michelin 1847 stony coral Dictuophyllia radiata Michelin 1847 stony coral
Scleractinia - Columastreidae	Columastrea striata Columastrea striata Goldfuss 1826 stony coral
Scleractinia - Actinastreidae	Actinastrea elongata, Columactinastraea pygmaea, Columactinastraea formosa Actinastrea elongata Alloiteau 1954 stony coral Columactinastraea pygmaea stony coral Columactinastraea formosa Goldfuss 1826 stony coral
Scleractinia - Agatheliidae	Multicolumnastraea cyathiformis, Agathelia asperella Multicolumnastraea cyathiformis Duncan 1865 stony coral Agathelia asperella Reuss 1854 stony coral
Scleractinia - Montastraeidae	"Montastrea sp." = Montastraea "Montastrea sp." = Montastraea Blainville 1830 stony coral
Scleractinia - Synastraeidae	Synastrea procera Synastrea procera Reuss 1854 stony coral
Scleractinia - Acrosmiliidae	Acrosmilia elongata Acrosmilia elongata Reuss 1854 stony coral
Scleractinia - Cyclolitidae	Aspidastraea orientalis Aspidastraea orientalis Kühn 1933 stony coral
Scleractinia - Actinacididae	"Actinacis parvistella" = Actinacis martiniana "Actinacis parvistella" = Actinacis martiniana d’Orbigny 1850 stony coral
Scleractinia - Haplaraeidae	Brachymeandra leptophylla, Astraraea media Brachymeandra leptophylla Reuss 1854 stony coral Astraraea media Sowerby 1832 stony coral
Scleractinia - Siderastreidae	"Fungiastraea exigua" = Palaeosiderofungia exigua "Fungiastraea exigua" = Palaeosiderofungia exigua Reuss 1854 stony coral
Scleractinia - Microsolenidae	Lophomeandra felixi, Lophomeandra cf. felixi Lophomeandra felixi Beauvais 1982 stony coral Lophomeandra cf. felixi Beauvais 1982 stony coral
Scleractinia - Cunnolitidae	Cunnolites polymorphus Cunnolites polymorphus Goldfuss 1826 stony coral
Scleractinia - Latomeandridae	Thamnoseris morchella, Dimorphastrea scutellum, Brachyphyllia felixi Thamnoseris morchella Reuss 1854 stony coral Dimorphastrea scutellum Oppenheim 1930 stony coral Brachyphyllia felixi Baron-Szabo 2000 stony coral
Scleractinia - Heterocoeniidae	Heterocoenia exigua, Heterocoenia verrucosa, Heterocoenia grandis Heterocoenia exigua Michelin 1846 stony coral Heterocoenia verrucosa Reuss 1854 stony coral Heterocoenia grandis Reuss 1854 stony coral
Scleractinia - Dendrophylliidae	Balanophyllia sp. Balanophyllia sp. Wood 1844 stony coral
Helioporacea -	Polytremacis partschi Polytremacis partschi Reuss 1854
Helioporacea - Helioporidae	Parapolytremacis septifera Parapolytremacis septifera Gregory 1990