Lattenberg (Krönner) back reef lagoon (Cretaceous of Germany)

Where: Germany (47.7° N, 12.9° E: paleocoordinates 32.3° N, 15.1° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Gosau Group, Santonian (86.3 - 83.6 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lagoonal or restricted shallow subtidal; lithified wackestone and lithified floatstone

• foraminiferal wackestones and packstones, coral floatstones, marls

Size classes: macrofossils, microfossils

Collection methods: peel or thin section,

Primary reference: R. Höfling. 1985. Faziesverteilung und Fossilvergesellschaftungen im karbonatischen Flachwassser-Milieu der alpinen Oberkreide (Gosau-Formation) [Facies and fossils from the Upper Cretaceous carbonate shallow water deposits of the Eastern Alps (Gosau Formation)]. Münchner Geowissenschaftliche Abhandlungen, A 3:1-241 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 74484: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 07.08.2007

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Taxonomic list

unclassified
  -
Cyanophyceae
  - Garwoodiaceae
Bacinella sp. Radoicic 1959
Lithocodium
  -
Lithocodium sp. Elliott 1956
Cirripedia
  -
Ostracoda
 Platycopida - Cytherellidae
Cytherella sp. Jones 1849 ostracod
 Podocopida -
Scaphopoda
 Dentaliida - Dentaliidae
Dentalium sp. Linnaeus 1758 tusk shell
Gastropoda
 Heterostropha - Murchisonellidae
Ebala sp. Gray 1847 snail
 Heterostropha - Acteonellidae
"Actaeonella laevis" = Acteonella
"Actaeonella laevis" = Acteonella snail
subsp. laevis and zekelii
 Cerithioidea - Batillariidae
 Architaenioglossa - Ampullinidae
 Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae
 Sorbeoconcha - Cassiopidae
 Trochoidea - Turbinidae
 Trochoidea - Trochidae
Discotectus sp. Favre 1913 top snail
Bivalvia
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
Ostrea sp. Linnaeus 1758 oyster
 Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
"Gryphaea vesicularis" = Pycnodonte (Phygraea) vesicularis Lamarck 1806 oyster
Exogyra sp. Say 1820 oyster
 Ostreida - Pinnidae
Pinna decussata Goldfuss 1837 oyster
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
 Pectinida - Neitheoidae
Neithea sp. Drouet 1824 scallop
 Arcida - Cucullaeidae
Cucullaea sp. Lamarck 1801 clam
 Arcida - Arcidae
Arca sp. Linnaeus 1758 ark
 Trigoniida - Megatrigonioidae
"Trigonia cf. scabra" = Pterotrigonia (Scabrotrigonia) scabra
"Trigonia cf. scabra" = Pterotrigonia (Scabrotrigonia) scabra Lamarck 1819 clam
 Hippuritida - Hippuritidae
"Hippurites (Vaccinites) sulcatus" = Vaccinites archiaci, Hippurites (Vaccinites) oppeli, Hippurites sp.
"Hippurites (Vaccinites) sulcatus" = Vaccinites archiaci Munier-Chalmas 1892 rudist
Hippurites (Vaccinites) oppeli rudist
subsp. santoniensis
Hippurites sp. Lamarck 1801 rudist
 Hippuritida - Radiolitidae
 Cardiida - Veneridae
"Tapes" sp. Mühlfeld 1811 venus clam
"Venus" sp. Linnaeus 1758 venus clam
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
"Cardium" ottoi, ""Cardium" cf. productum" = Granocardium productum
""Cardium" cf. productum" = Granocardium productum Sowerby 1832 cockle
Rhynchonellata
 Terebratulida - Terebratulidae
Polychaeta
 Sabellida - Sabellidae
 Spionida - Spionidae
Polydora sp. Bosk 1801
 Serpulimorpha -
Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Columastreidae
Columastrea striata Goldfuss 1826 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Merulinidae
"Procladocora tenuis" = Cladocora gracilis
"Procladocora tenuis" = Cladocora gracilis d'Orbigny 1850 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Montlivaltiidae
Placosmilia martini Michelin 1846 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Meandrinidae
Aulosmilia aff. aspera Sowerby 1832 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Placocoeniidae
"Placocoenia dumortieri" = Paraplacocoenia rotula
"Placocoenia dumortieri" = Paraplacocoenia rotula Goldfuss 1826 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Caryophylliidae
 Scleractinia - Cunnolitidae
"Cunnolites undulatus" = Cunnolites polymorphus
"Cunnolites undulatus" = Cunnolites polymorphus Goldfuss 1826 stony coral
subsp. platystoma
 Scleractinia - Latomeandridae
Dimorphastrea sulcosa Reuss 1854 stony coral
Brachyseris sp. Alloiteau 1947 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Synastraeidae
Synastrea agaricites Goldfuss 1826 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Haplaraeidae
Meandraraea sp. Etallon 1859 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Actinacididae
Actinacis haueri Reuss 1854 stony coral
Actinacis cf. elegans Reuss 1854 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Actinastreidae
Columactinastraea formosa Goldfuss 1826 stony coral
[entered as Columactinastrea formosa]
 Helioporacea -
Demospongiae
 Clavulina - Clionaidae
Cliona sp. demosponge
Ulvophyceae
 Bryopsidales - Halimedaceae
Halimeda sp. Lamouroux 1812
Chlorophyceae
 Dasycladales - Dasycladaceae
Neomeris sp. Lamouroux 1816
 Dasycladales - Polyphysaceae
Clypeina sp. Michelin 1845
 Dasycladales -
Acicularia sp. d'Archiac 1843
Florideophyceae
 Corallinales - Corallinophycidae
"Ethelia alba" = Polystrata alba Pfender 1936
Rhodophyceae
  - Solenoporaceae
Pycnoporidium cf. sinuosum Johnson and Konishi 1960
Foraminifera
 Textulariina - Cuneolinidae
 Textulariina - Dictyopsellidae
 Textulariina - Tritaxiidae
 Lituolacea - Haplophragmoiidae
Placopsilina sp. d'Orbigny 1850
 Rotaliacea - Rotaliidae
 Rotaliina - Lepitorbitoididae
Tubothalamea
 Miliolida - Cornuspiridae
 Miliolida - Hauerinidae
Schlumbergerina sp. Munier-Chalmas 1882
cf. Massilina sp. Schlumberger 1893
Quinqueloculina sp. d'Orbigny 1826
Foraminifera
 Globigerinaceae - Globotruncanidae
 Lituolida - Lituolidae
 Lituolida - Haplophragmoididae
Globothalamea
 Rotaliida - Discorbidae
 Rotaliida - Gavelinellidae
Foraminifera
  -
Patellina sp. Williamson 1858
  - Spiroplectamminidae
Nodosariata
 Vaginulinida - Vaginulinidae
 Nodosariida - Nodosariidae
Lagena aff. globosa Montagu 1803
 Robertinida - Ceratobuliminidae