Sarsteinalm, Calcareous Alps (Jurassic of Austria)

Where: Austria (47.6° N, 13.7° E: paleocoordinates 33.5° N, 23.0° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Plassen Formation, Kimmeridgian (157.3 - 152.1 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: intrashelf or intraplatform reef; lithified limestone

• backreef facies

Size class: macrofossils

Reposited in the BSP

Collection methods: peel or thin section,

• Inventory nummbers: 2005 I 97 - 2005 I 102

Primary reference: F. Schlagintweit and H.-J. Gawlick. 2006. Sarsteinia babai n. gen., n. sp., a new problematic sponge (Inozoa?) from the Late Jurassic of the Northern Calcareous Alps, Austria. Rivista Italiana di Paleontologie e Stratigrafia 112(2):251-260 [W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 66862: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Wolfgang Kiessling on 19.10.2006

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Taxonomic list

Calcarea
 Aspiculata -
Sarsteinia babai n. gen. n. sp.
Sarsteinia babai n. gen. n. sp. Schlagintweit and Gawlick 2006 calcareous sponge
Stromatoporoidea
  -
Cylicopsis verticalis stromatoporoid sponge
Radiomura
  -
Radiomura cautica Senowbari-Daryan and Schaefer 1979
Tubiphytes morronensis
  -
""Tubiphytes" morronensis" = Crescentiella morronensis
""Tubiphytes" morronensis" = Crescentiella morronensis Crescenti 1969