Grabenbach, 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: Grabenbach 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 74905: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 05.09.2007

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Taxonomic list

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Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Actinastreidae
Columactinastraea pygmaea
Columactinastraea pygmaea Felix 1903 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Merulinidae
Hydnophora styriaca
Hydnophora styriaca Michelin 1847 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Meandrinidae
Flabellosmilia bisinuatum, Diploctenium ferrumequinum, Phyllosmilia didymophila
Flabellosmilia bisinuatum Reuss 1854 stony coral
Diploctenium ferrumequinum Reuss 1854 stony coral
Phyllosmilia didymophila Felix 1903 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Latomeandridae
Thamnoseris morchella
Thamnoseris morchella Reuss 1854 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Cunnolitidae
Cunnolites polymorpha