Grafenberg biostrome, Austria (Miocene of Austria)

Also known as Reef 905

Where: Austria (47.4° N, 16.0° E: paleocoordinates 46.9° N, 15.7° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Sarmatian (12.7 - 11.6 Ma)

• no formation defined

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified bindstone

• two bryozoan-serpulid-foram biostromes separated by a microbialite

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: bulk, mechanical, peel or thin section,

Primary reference: J. G. Friebe. 1994. Serpulid-bryozoan-foraminiferal biostromes controlled by temperate climate and reduced salinity: middle Miocene of the Styrian Basin, Austria. Facies 30:51-62 [W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 25259: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Wolfgang Kiessling on 05.09.2002

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Taxonomic list

• Ostracods and some forams not included
unclassified
  -
Tubothalamea
 Miliolida - Nubeculariidae
Florideophyceae
 Corallinales - Corallinophycidae
Chlorophyceae
 Dasycladales - Dasycladaceae
Cymopolia sp. Lamouroux 1816
Gastropoda
 Trochoidea - Trochidae
 Cerithioidea - Cerithiidae
 Cerithioidea - Potamididae
Pirenella picta horn snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Campanilidae
"Cerithium (Thericium) rubiginosum" = Thericium
"Cerithium (Thericium) rubiginosum" = Thericium snail
 Neogastropoda - Buccinidae
 Sorbeoconcha - Hydrobiidae
Hydrobia sp. Hartmann 1821 snail
Bivalvia
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
Crassostrea sp. Sacco 1897 oyster
 Cardiida - Veneridae
Irus gregarius venus clam
 Cardiida - Mactridae
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
 Cardiida - Semelidae
Ervilia sp. Turton 1822 clam
Gymnolaemata
 Cheilostomata - Schizoporellidae
Schizoporella sp. Hincks 1877
Polychaeta
 Serpulimorpha -