Ms 4, Marktschellenberg, Berchtesgaden: Early/Lower Valanginian, Germany

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Protozoa - Spumellaria - Pseudoaulophacidae
Alievium helenae Schaaf 1981
Protozoa - Spumellaria
Tetrarectangulum poratum Steiger 1992
Protozoa - Spumellaria - Parvivaccidae
Acastea diaphorogona (Foreman 1973)
ssp. dentata
Acaeniotyle umbilicata (Rüst 1898)
including A. tuberosa
Protozoa - Spumellaria - Pyramispongiidae
Nodotetraedra barmsteinensis Steiger 1992
recombined as Pyramispongia barmsteinensis
should be Pyramispongia
Protozoa - Spumellaria - Patulibracchiidae
? Homoeoparonaella informal sp. B Baumgartner 1980
Protozoa - Spumellaria - Pantanelliidae
Pantanellium lanceola
Protozoa - Spumellaria - Emiluviidae
Emiluvia chica Foreman 1973
listed as Emiluvia tecta n. sp.
Emiluvia pessagnoi Foreman 1973
includes ssp. multipora
Protozoa - Spumellaria - Tritrabidae
Archaeotritrabs gracilis Steiger 1992
Ditrabs sansalvadorensis
Tritrabs rhododactylus Baumgartner 1980
Tritrabs ewingi (Pessagno 1977)
includes ssp. worzeli and minima
Protozoa - Spumellaria - Angulobracchiidae
? Angulobracchia portmanni Baumgartner 1984
Angulobracchia media Steiger 1992
Deviatus sp. Li 1986
sp. A and B combined
Deviatus diamphidius (Foreman 1973)
listed as Foremanella diamphidia
Protozoa - Nassellaria
Favosyringium quadriaculeatum
Protozoa - Nassellaria - Xitidae
Xitus spicularius (Aliev 1961)
Protozoa - Nassellaria - Pseudodictyomitridae
Pseudodictyomitra carpatica (Lozyniak 1969)
Protozoa - Nassellaria - Syringocapsidae
Podobursa triacantha (Fischli 1916)
s. str.
Podobursa triacantha (Fischli 1916)
ssp. tetraradiata
Podobursa triacantha (Fischli 1916)
ssp. polyacantha (includes hexaradiata and octoradiata)
Protozoa - Nassellaria - Parvicingulidae
Wrangellium depressum (Baumgartner 1984)
listed as Pseudodictyomitra depressa
Praecaneta cosmonica
synonym of Praeparvicingula
listed as Parvicingula cosmonica
Protozoa - Nassellaria - Spongocapsulidae
Obesacapsula cetia (Foreman 1973)
listed as Sethocapsa cetia
Obesacapsula polyedra (Steiger 1992)
listed as Sethocapsa polyedra
Protozoa - Nassellaria - Archaeodictyomitridae
Archaeodictyomitra apiarium (Rüst 1885)
Archaeodictyomitra vulgaris Pessagno 1977
Protozoa - Nassellaria - Sethocapsidae
Sethocapsa trachyostraca Foreman 1973
Sethocapsa leiostraca Foreman 1973
Protozoa - Entactinaria - Saturnalidae
Acanthocircus informal sp. A Squinabol 1903
Acanthocircus informal sp. B Squinabol 1903
Acanthocircus breviaculeatus Donofrio and Mostler 1978
Acanthocircus amissus (Squinabol 1914)
synonym of Acanthocircus trizonalis
Acanthocircus dicranacanthos Squinabol
recombined as Dicerosaturnalis dicranacanthos
see common names

Geography
Country:Germany
Coordinates: 47.7° North, 13.1° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:33.0° North, 21.9° East
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:hand sample
Time
Period:Cretaceous Epoch:Early/Lower Cretaceous
Stage:Valanginian 10 m.y. bin:Cretaceous 1
Key time interval:Early/Lower Valanginian
Age range of interval:139.80000 - 132.60000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Schrambach-Schichten
Local section:Marktschellenberg Local bed:3 m
Local order:bottom to top
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified argillaceous lime mudstone
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: Marly greenish grey micritic limestones
Environment:slope Tectonic setting:passive margin
Geology comments: Upper slope
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body,original silica
Size of fossils:microfossils
Preservation of anatomical detail:medium
Abundance in sediment:common
Temporal resolution:time-averaged
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:bulk,chemical,hydrochloric,sieve,field collection
Minimum sieve size:0.010 Maximum sieve size:1.000
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Database number:51217
Authorizer:W. Kiessling Enterer:W. Kiessling
Modifier:W. Kiessling Research group:micropaleontology
Created:2005-06-01 02:38:28 Last modified:2005-06-01 05:38:28
Access level:the public Released:2005-06-01 02:38:27
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

13637. T. Steiger. 1992. Systematik, Stratigraphie und Palökologie der Radiolarien des Oberjura-Unterkreide-Grenzbereiches im Osterhorn-Tirolikum (Nördliche Kalkalpen, Salzburg und Bayern). Zitteliana 19:1-188 [W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling]