Fischerwiese, Steinplatte: Rhaetian, Austria

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Ophthalmidium sp. Kübler and Zwingli 1870
Gazdzicki et al. 1979
Trochamminidae
Trochammina alpina
Gazdzicki et al. 1979
Ammodiscidae
Tolypammina sp. Rhumbler 1895
Gazdzicki et al. 1979
Coscinophragmatidae
Alpinophragmium perforatum
Gazdzicki et al. 1979
Trocholinidae
Trocholina permodiscoides
Gazdzicki et al. 1979
Involutinidae
Involutina communis
Gazdzicki et al. 1979
Involutina sp.
Gazdzicki et al. 1979
Glomospirella friedli Kristan-Tollmann 1962
Gazdzicki et al. 1979
recombined as Parvalamella friedli
Tubothalamea - Miliolida - Cornuspiridae
Planiinvoluta deflexa
Gazdzicki et al. 1979
Tubothalamea - Miliolida - Milioliporidae
Galeanella sp.
Gazdzicki et al. 1979
Miliolipora sp.
Gazdzicki et al. 1979
Tubothalamea - Miliolida - Miliolidae
Sigmoilina sp. Schlumberger 1887
Gazdzicki et al. 1979
Nodosariata - Robertinida - Duostominidae
Diplotremina sp.
Gazdzicki et al. 1979
Endothyridae
? Endothyra sp.
Gazdzicki et al. 1979
Demospongiae - Agelasida - Sebargasiidae
Amblysiphonella steinmanni (Haas 1909)
Gazdzicki et al. 1979
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Stylophyllidae
Coccophyllum sturi Reuss 1864
Pinacophyllum parallelum Frech 1890
Stylophyllopsis rudis (Emmrich 1853)
14 specimens
Stylophyllopsis ramosa n. sp. Qi and Stanley 1989
9 specimens
Stylophyllopsis polyactis Frech 1890
12 specimens
Stylophyllopsis lindstroemi Frech 1890
32 specimens
> 30 specimens
Stylophyllum vesiculatum n. sp. Roniewicz 1989
3 specimens
Stylophyllum paradoxum Frech 1890
100 specimens
Stylophyllum polyacanthum Reuss 1854
50 specimens
Stylophyllopsis zitteli Frech 1890
100 specimens
recombined as Phacelostylophyllum zitteli
Anthostylis acanthophora (Frech 1890)
30 specimens
? Molukkia sp. Jaworski 1915
Maeandrostylis irregularis (Frech 1890)
19 specimens
entered as Meandrostylis irregularis
Maeandrostylis frechi (Haas 1909)
5 specimens
entered as Meandrostylis frechi
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Gigantostyliidae
Gigantostylis epigonus Frech 1890
50 specimens
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Pamiroseriidae
Pamiroseris rectilamellosa (Winckler 1861)
? Crassistella juvavica (Frech 1890)
Anthozoa - Scleractinia
Parastraeomorpha minuscula n. gen., n. sp. Roniewicz 1989
20 specimens
Parastraeomorpha similis n. gen., n. sp. Roniewicz 1989
2 specimens
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Procyclolitidae
Procyclolites triadicus Frech 1890
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Astraeomorphidae
Seriastraea multiphylla Schäfer and Senowbari-Daryan 1978
Astraeomorpha crassisepta Reuss 1854
9 specimens
Astraeomorpha confusa (Winckler 1861)
17 specimens
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Cuifastraeidae
Cuifastraea arthaberi (Haas 1909)
3 specimens
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Actinastreidae
Chondrocoenia schafhaeutli (Winckler 1861)
14 specimens
Chondrocoenia waltheri (Frech 1890)
1 specimen
Chondrocoenia ohmanni (Frech 1890)
20 specimens
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Gablonzeriidae
Gablonzeria profunda (Reuss 1854)
17 specimens
Gablonzeria major (Frech 1890)
2 specimens
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Cyclophylliidae
Cyclophyllia cyclica (Schaffer and Senowbari-Daryan 1978)
15 specimens
recombined as Cycliphyllia cyclica
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Reimaniphylliidae
Oedalmia sp. Cuif 1976
1 specimen
Oedalmia norica (Frech 1890)
17 specimens
Distichophyllia fritschi (Frech 1890)
1 specimen
Distichophyllia norica (Frech 1890)
70 specimens
Palaeastraea grandissima (Frech 1890)
6 specimens
Palaeastraea cyathophylloides (Frech 1890)
9 specimens
Kuhnastraea decussata (Reuss 1854)
16 specimens
Kuhnastraea incrassata (Frech 1890)
20 specimens
Retiophyllia sp. Cuif 1966
Retiophyllia sp. A
Retiophyllia oppeli (Reuss 1864)
14 specimens
Retiophyllia norica (Frech 1890)
40 specimens
Retiophyllia frechi n. sp. Roniewicz 1989
10 specimens
> 9 specimens
Retiophyllia multiramis n. sp. Roniewicz 1989
2 specimens
Retiophyllia caespitosa (Reuss 1864)
35 specimens
> 32 specimens
Retiophyllia gracilis n. sp. Roniewicz 1989
6 specimens
Retiophyllia robusta n. sp. Roniewicz 1989
12 specimens
Retiophyllia fenestrata (Reuss 1854)
1 specimen
Anthozoa - Scleractinia - Margarophylliidae
Distichomeandra minor (Frech 1890)
3 specimens
Distichomeandra dieneri (Haas 1909)
1 specimen
Distichomeandra austriaca (Frech 1890)
2 specimens
Margarosmilia charlyana (Frech 1890)
11 specimens
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferinida - Spondylospiridae
Zugmayerella koessensis
Gazdzicki et al. 1979
Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Cyclothyrididae
Fissirhynchia fissicostata (Suess 1854)
Gazdzicki et al. 1979
Bivalvia - Mytilida - Mytilidae
cf. Lithophaga (Leiosolenus) sp. (Carpenter 1856)
Carter and Stanley 2004
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Oxytomidae
Oxytoma inaequivalvis (Sowerby 1819)
Gazdzicki et al. 1979
recombined as Oxytoma inequivalvis
Bivalvia - Trigoniida - Trigoniidae
Trigonia zlambachiensis (Haas 1909)
Gazdzicki et al. 1979
Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Arcestidae
Stenarcestes polysphinctus (von Mojsisovics 1875)
Gazdzicki et al. 1979
Cephalopoda - Ceratitida - Choristoceratidae
Choristoceras marshi Hauer 1865
Gazdzicki et al. 1979
Holothuroidea - Dendrochirotida - Calclamnidae
Fissobractites subsymmetrica n. gen., n. sp. Kristan-Tollmann 1963
Kristan-Tollmann 1963
Eocaudina hexagona n. sp. Kristan-Tollmann 1963
Kristan-Tollmann 1963
see common names

Geography
Country:Austria State/province:Calcareous Alps
Coordinates: 47.6° North, 13.7° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:30.5° North, 17.6° East
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Triassic Epoch:Late/Upper Triassic
Stage:Rhaetian 10 m.y. bin:Triassic 4
Key time interval:Rhaetian
Age range of interval:208.50000 - 201.30000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Zlambach
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:gray,green marl
Secondary lithology: lithified "limestone"
Includes fossils?Y
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: Corals come mainly from soft, grey and greenish-grey marls, less often from limestones. Coral-bearing limestones are hard, poorly sorted organodetrital calcirudites, or well sorted calcarenites composed of peloids and fine detrital fragments.
Environment:perireef or subreef
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body,recrystallized,original aragonite
Size of fossils:macrofossils,mesofossils,microfossils
Preservation of anatomical detail:good
Fragmentation:frequent
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:bulk,chemical,peel or thin section,acetic,sieve,field collection,survey of museum collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Also known as:Reef 40
Database number:38141
Authorizer:W. Kiessling, L. Villier, A. Dunhill Enterer:B. Brenneis, L. Villier, B. Allen
Modifier:L. Villier Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2004-04-14 08:33:44 Last modified:2010-11-28 15:12:27
Access level:the public Released:2004-04-14 08:33:44
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

10246. E. Roniewicz. 1989. Triassic Corals of the Zlambach Beds, Northern Calcareous Alps, Austria. Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften, Mathematisch- naturwissenschaftliche Klasse, Denkschriften 126:1-152 [W. Kiessling/B. Brenneis/B. Brenneis]

Secondary references:

68972 J. G. Carter and G. D. Stanley. 2004. Late Triassic Gastrochaenid and Lithophaginid Borings (Mollusca: Bivalvia) from Nevada (USA) and Austria. Journal of Paleontology 78(1):230-234 [A. Dunhill/B. Allen]
29109 F. Frech. 1890. Die Korallenfauna der Trias. Palaeontographica 37:1-116 [W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling]
34346 A. Gazdzicki, H. Kozur, and R. Mock. 1979. The Norian-Rhaetian boundary in the light of micropaleontological data. Geologija 22(1):71-112 [L. Villier/L. Villier]
31739 E. Kristan-Tollmann. 1963. Holothurien-Sklerite aus der Trias der Ostalpen. Sitzungsberichte der Akademie der Wissenschaften in Wien, Abteilung 1 172:351-380 [L. Villier/L. Villier]