Sulzkogel R3, Bed 1, Rossfeld Formation, Upper Austria: Late Valanginian, Austria

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Cephalopoda
Lamellaptychus bicurvatus
1 individual
Lamellaptychus ? trauthi
1 individual
Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Bochianitidae
Bochianites neocomiensis (d'Orbigny 1842)
8 individuals
Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Oosterellidae
Oosterella cf. begastrensis Company 1987
1 individual
Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Lytoceratidae
Lytoceras sp. Suess 1865
1 individual
Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Neocomitidae
Rodighieroites cf. cardulus Company 1987
1 individual
Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Haploceratidae
? Haploceras sp. Zittel 1870
4 individuals
Haploceras (Neolissoceras) cf. extracornutum
1 individual
Cephalopoda - Phylloceratida - Phylloceratidae
Ptychophylloceras cf. ptychoicum (Quenstedt 1845)
1 individual
see common names

Geography
Country:Austria
Coordinates: 47.8° North, 14.5° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:32.5° North, 22.8° East
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period: Cretaceous Epoch: Early Cretaceous
Stage: Valanginian 10 m.y. bin: Cretaceous 1
Key time interval: Late Valanginian
Age range of interval: 139.8 - 132.6 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Rossfeld
Local section:Sulzkogel R3 Local bed:1
Local order:bottom to top
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified siltstone
Secondary lithology: lithified marl
Lithology description: gray marly siltstones and silty marls
Environment:offshore
Taphonomy
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Database number:69107
Authorizer:W. Kiessling Enterer:U. Merkel
Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2007-02-19 04:24:13 Last modified:2007-02-19 06:24:14
Access level:the public Released:2007-02-19 04:24:11
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

19927. Z. Vasicek and P. Faupl. 1996. Die Cephalopoden aus den Rossfeldschichten der Reichraminger Decke (Obervalanginium, oberösterreichische Kalkalpen) [Cephalopods from the Rossfeld Formation of the Reichraming Nappe (Late Valanginian, Northern Calcareous Alps, Upper Austria)]. Jahrbuch der Geologischen Bundesanstalt 139(1):101-125 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]