Zwieselalm (Paleocene of Austria)
Where: Salzburg, Austria (47.5° N, 13.5° E: paleocoordinates 36.6° N, 13.3° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Danian (66.0 - 61.6 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; lithified limestone
• algal limestone
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: O. Kühn. 1930. Das Danien der äusseren Klippenzone bei Wien [Danian of the outer Klippen Belt near Vienna]. Geologische und Palaeontologische Abhandlungen 17(5):495-576 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 87003: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 27.02.2009
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Taxonomic list
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| Florideophyceae | |
Jania sp., Lithophyllum sp., Lithophyllum pisolithicum, Archaeolithothamnium sp., Mesophyllum sp., "Lithothamnium sp." = Lithothamnion, "Lithothamnium applanatum" = Lithothamnion
Jania sp. Lamoroux 1812
Lithophyllum sp. Philippi 1837
Archaeolithothamnium sp. Rothpletz 1891
Mesophyllum sp. Lemoine 1930
"Lithothamnium sp." = Lithothamnion Heydrich 1897
"Lithothamnium applanatum" = Lithothamnion | |
| Stromatoporoidea | |
Milleporidium alpinum n. sp.
Milleporidium alpinum n. sp. stromatoporoid sponge | |
| Anthozoa | |
"Leptophyllia sp." = Acrosmilia
"Leptophyllia sp." = Acrosmilia d'Orbigny 1849 stony coral | |
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Actinacis remesi Felix 1903 stony coral | |
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cf. Paracyathus ravni Kühn 1930 stony coral | |
| Bryozoa | |
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Bryozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1831 | |
| Bivalvia | |
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Pycnodonte vesicularis Lamarck 1806 oyster | |
| Gastropoda | |
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Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795 snail | |