Mühlbach-Mösl, Brandenberg (Cretaceous of Austria)

Where: Austria (47.5° N, 11.9° E: paleocoordinates 32.4° N, 14.3° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Gosau Group, Early/Lower Santonian (85.8 - 83.5 Ma)

• Lower Santonian

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: deep subtidal; calcareous marl

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Collection methods: mechanical, peel or thin section,

Primary reference: D. Herm, E. G. Kauffman, and J. Wiedmann. 1979. The age and depositional environment of the "Gosau"-Group (Coniacian-Santonian), Brandenberg/Tirol, Austria. Mitteilungen der Bayerische Staatssammlung für Paläontologie und Historische Geologie (19)27-92 [W. Kiessling/M. Krause]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 173328: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Mihaela Krause on 17.09.2015

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Taxonomic list

Echinoidea
 Holasteroida - Holasteridae
Echinocorys sp. Leske 1778 sea urchin
 Spatangoida - Micrasteridae
Micraster sp. Agassiz 1836 heart urchin
Cephalopoda
 Ammonitida - Pachydiscidae
Eupachydiscus isculensis Redtenbacher 1873 ammonite
 Ammonitida - Collignoniceratidae
"Texanites quinquenodosus" = Texanites (Texanites) quinquenodosus
"Texanites quinquenodosus" = Texanites (Texanites) quinquenodosus Redtenbacher 1837 ammonite
 Ichnofossils -
Zoophycos sp. Massalongo 1855