Where: Austria (47.7° N, 15.5° E: paleocoordinates 35.6° N, 15.5° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Gosau Group, Early/Lower Maastrichtian (70.6 - 66.0 Ma)
• 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.
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: coastal; lithified sandstone and lithified, silty sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: cast, mold/impression
Reposited in the NHMW
Collection methods: surface (in situ),
• COLLECTORS: Multiple collectors, including authors. REPOSITORY: Multiple repositories, including NHMW, (Naturhistorisches Museum, Vienna); GIUW (University of Vienna), JOAG (Steiermärkisches Landesmuseum Joanneum, Graz).
Primary reference: W. J. Kennedy and H. Summesberger. 1986. Lower Maastrichtian ammonites from Neuberg, Steiermark, Austria. Beitr. Paläont. Österr. 12:181-242 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 83619: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 23.08.2008
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Cephalopoda | |
"Partschiceras forbesianum" = Phyllopachyceras forbesianum
"Partschiceras forbesianum" = Phyllopachyceras forbesianum d'Orbigny 1850 ammonite | |
Pseudophyllites cf. indra, Anagaudryceras sp., Anagaudryceras lueneburgense, Saghalinites sp., Saghalinites wrighti
Pseudophyllites cf. indra Forbes 1846 ammonite
Anagaudryceras sp. Shimizu 1934 ammonite
Anagaudryceras lueneburgense Schluter 1872 ammonite
Saghalinites sp. Wright and Matsumoto 1954 ammonite
Saghalinites wrighti Birkelund 1965 ammonite | |
Pachydiscus (Pachydiscus) neubergicus, "Pachydiscus (Pachydiscus) epiplectus" = Pachydiscus epiplectus, Menuites costatus
Pachydiscus (Pachydiscus) neubergicus Hauer 1858 ammonite
"Pachydiscus (Pachydiscus) epiplectus" = Pachydiscus epiplectus Redtenbacher 1873 ammonite
Menuites costatus Kennedy and Summesberger 1986 ammonite | |
? Hoploscaphites sp. Nowak 1911 ammonite
Hoploscaphites constrictus Sowerby 1817 ammonite | |
Diplomoceras sp. Hyatt 1900 ammonite
Diplomoceras cylindraceum Defrance 1816 ammonite | |
"Eubaculites lyelli" = Eubaculites carinatus
"Eubaculites lyelli" = Eubaculites carinatus Morton 1834 ammonite | |
Bivalvia | |
Inoceramus sp. Sowerby 1814 clam | |
Zoophycos sp. Massalongo 1855 |