Feisterscharte (Triassic of Austria)

Also known as Reef 28

Where: Austria (47.5° N, 13.7° E: paleocoordinates 24.9° N, 17.2° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Dachstein Formation, Lacian (221.5 - 215.6 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified bafflestone and lithified floatstone

• initial growth stage of the Norian to Rhaetian Dachstein carbonate platform
• coral biomicrite to -sparite and coral-sponge biomicrite to -sparite

Size classes: macrofossils, microfossils

Collection methods: peel or thin section,

Primary reference: E. Roniewicz, G. W. Mandl, O. Ebli and H. Lobitzer. 2007. Early Norian scleractinian corals and microfacies data of the Dachstein Limestone of Feisterscharte, southern Dachstein Plateau (Northern Calcareous Alps, Austria). Jahrbuch der Geologischen Bundesanstalt 147:577-594 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 85472: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 23.12.2008

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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unclassified
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Calcitronella sp.
Polychaeta
  -
Microtubus communis
Anthozoa
 Scleractinia -
Thamnasterites astraeoides n. gen. n. sp.1
Thamnasterites astraeoides n. gen. n. sp.1 Roniewicz 2011 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Pamiroseriidae
Ceriostella sp.1
Ceriostella sp.1 Roniewicz and Stanley 1998 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Procyclolitidae
Hydrasmilia laciana n. sp.1, Conophyllia sp.1, Conophyllia cf. hellenica1
Hydrasmilia laciana n. sp.1 Roniewicz 2011 stony coral
Conophyllia sp.1 d'Orbigny 1849 stony coral
Conophyllia cf. hellenica1 Turnsek and Senowbari-Daryan 1994 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Reimaniphylliidae
? Craspedophyllia sp.1, Retiophyllia aff. tolminensis1, Retiophyllia aranea n. sp.1, Retiophyllia vesicularis n. sp.1, Retiophyllia aff. fenestrata1, Distichophyllia sp.1, Cuifia marmorea1
? Craspedophyllia sp.1 Volz 1896 stony coral
Retiophyllia aff. tolminensis1 Turnsek et al. 1987 stony coral
Retiophyllia aranea n. sp.1 Roniewicz 2011 stony coral
Retiophyllia vesicularis n. sp.1 Roniewicz 2011 stony coral
Retiophyllia aff. fenestrata1 Reuss 1854 stony coral
Distichophyllia sp.1 Cuif 1974 stony coral
Cuifia marmorea1 Frech 1890 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Margarophylliidae
Margarosmilia nova1, Margarosmilia adhios n. sp.1, Margarophyllia cf. capitata1, Thamnomargarosmilia aff. prima1
Margarosmilia nova1 Turnsek 1991 stony coral
Margarosmilia adhios n. sp.1 Roniewicz 2011 stony coral
Margarophyllia cf. capitata1 Münster 1841 stony coral
Thamnomargarosmilia aff. prima1 Melnikova 1996 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Coryphylliidae
Noriphyllia dachsteinae n. sp.2, Margarogyra hirsuta n. gen. n. sp.1
Noriphyllia dachsteinae n. sp.2 Roniewicz and Stanley 2009 stony coral
Margarogyra hirsuta n. gen. n. sp.1 Roniewicz 2011 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Tropiastraeidae
Thamnasteriamorpha aff. frechi1, Guembelastraea aff. guembeli1
Thamnasteriamorpha aff. frechi1 Volz 1896 stony coral
Guembelastraea aff. guembeli1 Laube 1865 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Microsolenidae
Eocomoseris aff. ramosa1
Eocomoseris aff. ramosa1 Frech 1890 stony coral
 Scleractinia -
Parastraeomorpha sp.1
Parastraeomorpha sp.1 Roniewicz 1989 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Conophyllidae
Rhopalodendron cf. juliensis1
Rhopalodendron cf. juliensis1 Turnsek and Buser 1989 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Cuifastraeidae
Tropiphyllum ornatum1, ? Cuifastraea "sp. 1"1, ? Cuifastraea "sp. 2"1
Tropiphyllum ornatum1 Cuif 1975 stony coral
? Cuifastraea "sp. 1"1 Melnikova 1983 stony coral
? Cuifastraea "sp. 2"1 Melnikova 1983 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Volzeiidae
Volzeia sp.1
Volzeia sp.1 Cuif 1966 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Zardinophyllidae
Pachysolenia cylindrica1, Pachysolenia cf. cylindrica1, Pachydendron microthallos1
Pachysolenia cylindrica1 Cuif 1975 stony coral
Pachysolenia cf. cylindrica1 Cuif 1975 stony coral
Pachydendron microthallos1 Cuif 1975 stony coral
Hydrozoa
  - Nigriporellidae
Tubiphytes sp.
Tubiphytes sp. Maslov 1956
Radiomura
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Radiomura cautica
Radiomura cautica Senowbari-Daryan and Schaefer 1979
Rhodophyceae
  - Solenoporaceae
? Pycnoporidium eomesozoikum
Foraminifera
 Textulariina - Coscinophragmatidae
Alpinophragmium perforatum
 Ammodiscoidea - Ammodiscidae
Tolypammina sp.
Tolypammina sp. Rhumbler 1895
Tubothalamea
 Miliolida - Cornuspiridae
Planiinvoluta carinata
Cyanophyceae
  - Garwoodiaceae
Bacinella sp., Baccanella floriformis
Bacinella sp. Radoicic 1959
  -
"Cayeuxia" sp.
"Cayeuxia" sp. Frollo 1938
Lamellitubus cauticus
  -
Lamellitubus cauticus
1Roniewicz 2011; 2Roniewicz and Stanley 2009