Neuberg (Krampen): Early/Lower Maastrichtian, Austria

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Cephalopoda - Phylloceratida - Phylloceratidae
Partschiceras forbesianum (d'Orbigny 1850)
recombined as Phyllopachyceras forbesianum
Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Tetragonitidae
Saghalinites sp. Wright and Matsumoto 1954
Saghalinites wrighti Birkelund 1965
Anagaudryceras sp. Shimizu 1934
Anagaudryceras lueneburgense (Schluter 1872)
Pseudophyllites cf. indra (Forbes 1846)
Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Pachydiscidae
Menuites costatus Kennedy and Summesberger 1986
Pachydiscus (Pachydiscus) epiplectus (Redtenbacher 1873)
recombined as Pachydiscus epiplectus
Pachydiscus (Pachydiscus) neubergicus (Hauer 1858)
Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Scaphitidae
? Hoploscaphites sp. Nowak 1911
Hoploscaphites constrictus (Sowerby 1817)
Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Baculitidae
Eubaculites lyelli (d'Orbigny 1847)
synonym of Eubaculites carinatus
Cephalopoda - Ammonitida - Diplomoceratidae
Diplomoceras sp. Hyatt 1900
Diplomoceras cylindraceum (Defrance 1816)
Bivalvia - Myalinida - Inoceramidae
Inoceramus sp. Sowerby 1814
unclassified
Zoophycos sp. (Massalongo 1855)
see common names

Geography
Country:Austria
Coordinates: 47.7° North, 15.5° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:35.6° North, 15.5° East
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:local area
Time
Period:Cretaceous Epoch:Late/Upper Cretaceous
Stage:Maastrichtian 10 m.y. bin:Cretaceous 8
Key time interval:Early/Lower Maastrichtian
Age range of interval:70.60000 - 66.00000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Gosau
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Stratigraphy comments: STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From unknown lithostratigraphic unit within the Gosau Group. AGE: Early Maastrichtian, based on ammonite biostratigraphy; equivalent to Arkhangelskiella cymbiformis zone. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From several beds within 20 m thick local section.
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified sandstone
Secondary lithology: lithified silty sandstone
Includes fossils?Y
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Predominantly from sandstones and silty sands, with minor conglomeratic sands. LITHIFICATION: Lithified, on the basis of figured specimens.
Environment:coastal indet.
Geology comments: ENVIRONMENT: Not discussed in text, but appears to be shallow marine silciciclastic setting.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body,cast,mold/impression
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes:some macrofossils
Collection methods:surface (in situ),field collection,survey of museum collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Museum repositories:NHMW
Collection method comments: COLLECTORS: Multiple collectors, including authors. REPOSITORY: Multiple repositories, including NHMW, (Naturhistorisches Museum, Vienna); GIUW (University of Vienna), JOAG (Steiermärkisches Landesmuseum Joanneum, Graz).
Taxonomic list comments:COVERAGE: Exhaustive for ammonoidea, and with other taxonomic groups listed informally. NOMENCLATURE: Authoritative publication, with modern nomenclature, and species-resolution identifications.
Metadata
Database number:83619
Authorizer:A. Hendy Enterer:A. Hendy
Modifier:A. Hendy Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2008-08-23 22:52:11 Last modified:2013-11-25 13:37:23
Access level:the public Released:2008-08-23 22:52:11
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

28043. W. J. Kennedy and H. Summesberger. 1986. Lower Maastrichtian ammonites from Neuberg, Steiermark, Austria. Beitr. Paläont. Österr. 12:181-242 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]