Rötelstein, Salzkammergut: Late/Upper Kimmeridgian, Austria

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Demospongiae - Agelasida - Actinostromariidae
Actinostromaria shimizui
Steiger and Wurm 1980
Actinostromaria tokadiensis (Yabe and Sugiyama 1935)
Steiger and Wurm 1980
Stromatoporoidea
Ellipsactinia caprense
Steiger and Wurm 1980
Ellipsactinia ellipsoidea
Steiger and Wurm 1980
Astrostylopsis sp. Germovsek 1954
Steiger and Wurm 1980
Hydrozoa - Nigriporellidae
Tubiphytes sp. Maslov 1956
Steiger and Wurm 1980
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Thamnasteriidae
Thamnasteria sp. LeSauvage 1823
Steiger and Wurm 1980
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Montlivaltiidae
Thecosmilia sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848
Steiger and Wurm 1980
Montlivaltia sp. Lamouroux 1821
Steiger and Wurm 1980
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Actinastreidae
Actinastrea sp. d'Orbigny 1849
Steiger and Wurm 1980
unclassified
Lithocodium aggregatum Elliott 1956
Steiger and Wurm 1980
Cyanophyceae - Garwoodiaceae
Bacinella irregularis Radoicic 1959
Steiger and Wurm 1980
Cyanophyceae
Cayeuxia anae
Steiger and Wurm 1980
Cayeuxia piae
Steiger and Wurm 1980
Cayeuxia moldavica Frollo 1938
Steiger and Wurm 1980
unclassified
Protopeneroplis striata Weynschenck 1950
Steiger and Wurm 1980
Tubothalamea - Miliolida - Hauerinidae
Quinqueloculina sp. d'Orbigny 1826
Steiger and Wurm 1980
Tubothalamea - Miliolida - Nubeculariidae
Nubecularia sp.
Steiger and Wurm 1980
unclassified
Ophthalmidium sp. Kübler and Zwingli 1870
Steiger and Wurm 1980
Lituolida - Lituolidae
Ammobaculites sp. Cushman 1910
Steiger and Wurm 1980
Gaudryina sp. d'Orbigny 1839
Steiger and Wurm 1980
Textularia sp. Defrance 1824
Steiger and Wurm 1980
Trocholinidae
Trocholina alpina
Steiger and Wurm 1980
Trocholina sp. Paalzow 1922
Steiger and Wurm 1980
unclassified
Marginulina sp. d'Orbigny 1826
Steiger and Wurm 1980
spelled with current rank as Cristellaria (Marginulina)
Ammodiscidae
Ammodiscus sp. Reuss 1862
Steiger and Wurm 1980
Glomospira sp. Rzehak 1895
Steiger and Wurm 1980
Cyclamminidae
Pseudocyclammina lituus (Yokoyama 1890)
Steiger and Wurm 1980
Coscinophragmatidae
Coscinophragma cribrosum (Reuss 1846)
Steiger and Wurm 1980
Trochamminidae
Trochammina sp. Parker and Jones 1859
Steiger and Wurm 1980
Haplophragmoiidae
Placopsilina sp. d'Orbigny 1850
Steiger and Wurm 1980
Nautiloculinidae
Nautiloculina oolithica
Steiger and Wurm 1980
Globothalamea - Rotaliida - Discorbidae
Conicospirillina basiliensis Mohler 1938
Steiger and Wurm 1980
recombined as Mohlerina basiliensis
Discorbis sp. Lamarck 1804
Steiger and Wurm 1980
Nodosariata - Nodosariida - Nodosariidae
Dentalina sp. d'Orbigny 1826
Steiger and Wurm 1980
Nodosaria sp. Lamarck 1812
Steiger and Wurm 1980
Astacolus sp. de Montfort 1808
Steiger and Wurm 1980
Nodosariata - Vaginulinida - Lagenidae
Lingulina sp.
Steiger and Wurm 1980
Nodosariata - Polymorphinida - Polymorphinidae
Guttulina sp. d'Orbigny 1839
Steiger and Wurm 1980
Chlorophyceae - Dasycladales
Pseudoepimastopora jurassica
Steiger and Wurm 1980
Chlorophyceae - Dasycladales - Salpingoporelleae
Campbelliella striata (Bernier 1974)
Steiger and Wurm 1980
Chlorophyceae - Dasycladales - Polyphysaceae
Clypeina jurassica
Steiger and Wurm 1980
Chlorophyceae - Dasycladales - Dasycladaceae
Salpingoporella johnsoni
Steiger and Wurm 1980
Salpingoporella pygmaea (Gumbel 1891)
Steiger and Wurm 1980
Salpingoporella annulata Carozzi 1954
Steiger and Wurm 1980
Thaumatoporellales
Thaumatoporella parvovesiculifera (Raineri 1922)
Steiger and Wurm 1980
Ulvophyceae - Bryopsidales - Halimedaceae
Nipponophycus ramosus Yabe and Toyama 1928
Steiger and Wurm 1980
see common names

Geography
Country:Austria
Coordinates: 47.6° North, 13.9° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:33.4° North, 23.0° East
Geographic resolution:local area
Time
Period:Jurassic Epoch:Late/Upper Jurassic
Stage:Kimmeridgian 10 m.y. bin:Jurassic 5
Key time interval:Late/Upper Kimmeridgian
Age range of interval:152.20000 - 149.20000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Plassen
Stratigraphic resolution:formation
Stratigraphy comments: Formation name and age updated by Schlagintweit (2005)
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified "reef rocks"
Secondary lithology: lithified rudstone
Includes fossils?Y
Environment:reef, buildup or bioherm
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils,mesofossils,microfossils
Bioerosion:frequent
Encrustation:frequent
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:peel or thin section,field collection
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Metadata
Also known as:Reef 247
Database number:36222
Authorizer:W. Kiessling Enterer:W. Kiessling
Modifier:W. Kiessling Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2004-01-19 09:34:47 Last modified:2009-10-13 07:52:08
Access level:the public Released:2004-01-19 09:34:47
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

30895. F. Schlagintweit. 2005. Consinocodium japonicum ENDO, 1961 from the Upper Jurassic of the Northern Calcareous Alps of Austria : not a siphonous green alga, but a coralline sponge. Revue de Paléobiologie, Genève 24(2):533-540 [W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling]

Secondary references:

9713 T. Steiger and D. Wurm. 1980. Faziesmuster oberjurassischer Plattform-Karbonate (Plassen-Kalke), Nördliche Kalkalpen, Steirisches Salzkammergut, Österreich). Facies 2:241-284 [W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling/J. Alroy]