Weiße Wand, Graz Paleozoic, Austria (Devonian of Austria)

Also known as Reef 3564

Where: Steiermark, Austria (47.2° N, 15.4° E: paleocoordinates 32.6° S, 38.9° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Gaisbergsattel Member (Kollerkogel Formation), Givetian (387.7 - 382.7 Ma)

• thicknes 30 m

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; limestone

• black, bituminous limestone matrix with Stachyodes

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•passes into dark grey fossil rich limestone, with Meso/Stringo/Thamno~phyllum

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: quarrying, peel or thin section

Primary reference: B. Hubmann and T. Suttner. 2007. Siluro-Devonian Alpine reefs and pavements. In J.J. Álavaro, M. Aretz, F. Boulvain, A. Munnecke, D. Vachard, E. Vennin (eds.), Palaeozoic Reefs and Bioaccumulations: Climatic and Evolutionary Controls 275:95-107 [W. Kiessling/F. Reichel/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 76657: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Falko Reichel on 28.11.2007

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Taxonomic list

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Anthozoa
 Cystiphyllida - Digonophyllidae
Mesophyllum sp.
Mesophyllum sp. Schlüter 1889 horn coral
 Stauriida - Phillipsastreidae
Thamnophyllum sp.
Thamnophyllum sp. Penecke 1894 horn coral
 Stauriida - Stringophyllidae
Stringophyllum sp.
Stringophyllum sp. Wedekind 1922 horn coral
Stromatoporoidea
 Syringostromatida - Stachyoditidae
Stachyodes sp.
Stachyodes sp. Bargatzky 1881 stromatoporoid sponge