Adnet Reef, Austria: Rhaetian, Austria

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Ophtalmidium sp. (Kübler and Zwingli 1870)
Tubothalamea - Miliolida - Milioliporidae
Galeanella panticae
Galeanella schaeferae
Ataxophragmiidae
Kaeveria fluegeli
Chlorophyceae - Dasycladales - Diploporaceae
Diplopora adnetensis
abundant category
Diplopora phanerospora
Senowbari-Daryan and Schäfer 1979
Diplopora tubispora
Senowbari-Daryan and Schäfer 1979
Chlorophyceae - Dasycladales - Dasycladaceae
Heteroporella zankli
Senowbari-Daryan and Schäfer 1979
Heteroporella crossi
Senowbari-Daryan and Schäfer 1979
Chlorophyceae - Dasycladales - Triploporellaceae
Griphoporella curvata Guembel 1915
rare category
Chlorophyceae - Dasycladales
Acicularia sp. d'Archiac 1843
Senowbari-Daryan and Schäfer 1979
Placklesia multipora Bilguetay 1968
Senowbari-Daryan and Schäfer 1979
Rhodophyceae - Solenoporaceae
Parachaetetes maslovi
Senowbari-Daryan and Schäfer 1979
Solenopora sp. Dybowski 1877
Senowbari-Daryan and Schäfer 1979
Solenopora cf. endoi
Senowbari-Daryan and Schäfer 1979
Solenopora aff. styriaca
Senowbari-Daryan and Schäfer 1979
Solenopora alcicornis Ott 1966
Senowbari-Daryan and Schäfer 1979
Calcarea - Calcaronea - Stellispongiidae
Peronidella sp. Hinde 1893
rare category
Demospongiae - Hadromerida - Celyphiidae
Uvanella norica Senowbari-Daryan 1990
common category
Demospongiae - Verticillitida - Annaecoeliidae
Annaecoelia sp. Senowbari-Daryan 1978
Annaecoelia interiecta n. sp. Senowbari-Daryan and Schaefer 1979
Senowbari-Daryan and Schäfer 1977
Annaecoelia mirabilis Senowbari-Daryan and Schaefer 1979
common category
Demospongiae - Verticillitida - Verticillitidae
? Cinnabaria adnetensis Senowbari-Daryan 1990
common category
Demospongiae - Verticillitida - Colospongiidae
Parauvanella bimuralis
Demospongiae - Agelasida - Auriculospongiidae
Molengraafia sp.
rare category
Demospongiae - Agelasida - Solenolmiidae
Solenolmia sp. Pomel 1872
Paradeningeria weyli Senowbari-Daryan and Schaefer 1979
common category
Paradeningeria gruberensis Senowbari-Daryan and Schaefer 1979
common category
Paradeningeria alpina Senowbari-Daryan and Schaefer 1979
abundant category
Welteria rhaetica n. sp. Senowbari-Daryan 1990
Senowbari-Daryan 1990
Disjectoporidae
Disjectopora sp. Waagen and Wentzel 1888
common category
unclassified
Radiomura cautica n. gen., n. sp. Senowbari-Daryan and Schaefer 1979
Senowbari-Daryan and Schäfer 1977
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Reimaniphylliidae
Retiophyllia clathrata (Emmrich 1853)
dominant category
Two branching Forms (A and B)
Distichophyllia maior n. sp. Roniewicz 1995
Roniewicz 1995
Cuifia columnaris Roniewicz 1995
common category
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Astraeomorphidae
Astraeomorpha crassisepta Reuss 1854
common category
Massive
Astraeomorpha confusa (Winckler 1861)
common category
Ramose
Seriastraea multiphylla Schäfer and Senowbari-Daryan 1978
common category
Lammelate
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Comoseridae
Spongiomorpha ramosa Frech 1890
common category
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Pamiroseriidae
Pamiroseris rectilamellosa (Winckler 1861)
abundant category
Massive
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Gablonzeriidae
Gablonzeria profunda (Reuss 1854)
rare category
unclassified
Pentaporella rhaetica
Senowbari-Daryan and Schäfer 1979
Spongiostromata indet.
Senowbari-Daryan and Schäfer 1979
Lithocodium sp. Elliott 1956
Senowbari-Daryan and Schäfer 1979
Cyanophyceae
"Cayeuxia" sp. Frollo 1938
Senowbari-Daryan and Schäfer 1979
C. div. sp.
Cyanophyceae - Garwoodiaceae
Bacinella irregularis Radoicic 1959
Senowbari-Daryan and Schäfer 1979
Baccanella floriformes
Senowbari-Daryan and Schäfer 1979
Hormogoneae - Oscillatoriales - Girvanellaceae
Senowbari-Daryan and Schäfer 1979
G. div. sp.
see common names

Geography
Country:Austria
Coordinates: 47.7° North, 13.2° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:30.8° North, 17.4° East
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period: Triassic Epoch: Late Triassic
Stage: Rhaetian 10 m.y. bin: Triassic 4
*Period:Late/Upper Triassic
*International age/stage:Late/Upper Rhaetian
Key time interval: Rhaetian
Age range of interval: 208.5 - 201.4 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Formation:Adnet
Stratigraphic resolution:member
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:red or brown lithified bafflestone
Environment:reef, buildup or bioherm
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:replaced with calcite
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Spatial orientation:life position
Preservation of anatomical detail:good
Articulated whole bodies:many
Size sorting:very poor
Fragmentation:occasional
Bioerosion:occasional
Encrustation:frequent
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes:difficult macrofossils
Collection methods:peel or thin section
Reason for describing collection:paleoecologic analysis
Metadata
Also known as:Reef 5
Database number:22963
Authorizer:W. Kiessling Enterer:W. Kiessling, B. Brenneis
Modifier:B. Brenneis Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2002-07-04 12:33:13 Last modified:2004-04-20 09:27:59
Access level:the public Released:2002-07-04 12:33:13
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

6610. M. Bernecker, O. Weidlich, and E. Flügel. 1999. Response of Triassic reef coral communities to sea-level fluctuations, storms and sedimentation: Evidence from a spectacular outcrop (Adnet, Austria). Facies 40:229-280 [W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling]

Secondary references:

10248 E. Roniewicz. 1995. Upper Triassic Solitary Corals from the Gosaukamm and other North Alpine Regions. Sitzungsberichte Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften, mathematisch-naturwissenschaftliche Klasse, Abteilung I 202:3-41 [W. Kiessling/B. Brenneis/B. Brenneis]
10282 P. Schäfer. 1979. Facies and Paleoecology of two Upper Triassic Reef-complexes of the Northern Calcareous Alps ("Upper Rhaetian" Reef Limestones, Salzburg, Austria). Facies 1:3-245 [W. Kiessling/B. Brenneis/B. Brenneis]
11908 B. Senowbari-Daryan. 1990. Die systematische Stellung der thalamiden Schwämme und ihre Bedeutung in der Erdgeschichte. Münchener Geowissenschaftliche Abhandlungen, Reihe A 21:5-326 [W. Kiessling/B. Brenneis/B. Brenneis]
9840 B. Senowbari-Daryan and P. Schäfer. 1977. Neue Kalkschwämme und ein Problematikum (Radiomura cautica n.g.,n.s.) aus Oberrhät-Riffen südlich von Salzburg (Nördliche Kalkalpen). Mitteilungen der österreichischen geologischen Gesellschaft (70)17-42 [W. Kiessling/B. Brenneis/B. Brenneis]
9860 B. Senowbari-Daryan and P. Schäfer. 1979. Distributional Patterns of Calcareous Algae within Upper Triassic Patch Reef Structures of the Northern Calcareous Alps (Salzburg). Bulletin Cent. Rech. Explor.- Prod. Elf-Aquitaine (3)811-820 [W. Kiessling/B. Brenneis/B. Brenneis]