Losenstein Syncline, Schrambach Fm, KB1-B, beds 18 and 22: Barremian, Austria

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia - Myalinida - Inoceramidae
Inoceramus neocomiensis d'Orbigny 1845
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Propeamussiidae
Propeamussium sp. (de Gregorio 1884)
Cephalopoda
Rhynchoteuthis sp. d'Orbigny 1847
Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Lytoceratidae
Eulytoceras cf. phestum (Matheron 1878)
Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Holcodiscidae
Holcodiscus sp. Uhlig 1882
Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Pulchelliidae
Pulchellia sp.
Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Desmoceratidae
Pseudohaploceras sp. Hyatt 1900
Barremites (Barremites) cf. difficilis (d'Orbigny 1840)
Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Leptoceratoididae
Karsteniceras ternbergense Lukeneder 2002
Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Heteroceratidae
Moutoniceras moutonianum
Cephalopoda - Phylloceratida - Phylloceratidae
Phylloceras sp. Suess 1865
see common names

Geography
Country:Austria
Coordinates: 47.9° North, 14.4° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:30.6° North, 23.2° East
Basis of coordinate:stated in text
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period: Cretaceous Epoch: Early Cretaceous
Stage: Barremian 10 m.y. bin: Cretaceous 2
Key time interval: Barremian Ammonoid zone:  Moutoniceras moutonianum
Age range of interval: 125.77 - 121.4 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Schrambach
Local section:KB1-B Local bed:18, 22 m
Local order:bottom to top
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: PJW: Was Berriasian, but Moutoniceras moutonianum zone is Barremian.
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:black calcareous marl
Lithology description: black calcareous marls
Environment:basinal (carbonate)
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:mold/impression
Size of fossils:macrofossils,microfossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes:some genera,some macrofossils
Collection methods:bulk,acetic,sieve,field collection
Minimum sieve size:0.063 Maximum sieve size:0.500
Reason for describing collection:paleoecologic analysis
Collection method comments: Material is deposited in the paleontological collections of the Museum of Natural History (NHMW), Vienna, Austria; data on macrofossils is given but assignement to specific beds only partially possible
Metadata
Database number:169049
Authorizer:W. Kiessling Enterer:M. Krause
Modifier:P. Wagner Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2015-05-06 05:57:23 Last modified:2024-09-14 15:19:52
Access level:the public Released:2015-05-06 05:57:23
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

55234. A. Lukeneder. 2003. The Karsteniceras level: Dysoxic ammonoid beds within the Early Cretaceous (Barremian, Northern Calcareous Alps, Austria). Facies 49(1):87-100 [W. Kiessling/M. Krause]