Braunau II (Carboniferous of Germany)

Where: Germany (51.1° N, 9.1° E: paleocoordinates 7.2° S, 8.4° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Visean (346.7 - 330.9 Ma)

• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From unknown lithostratigraphic unit. AGE: Visean, on the basis of radiolarian biostratigraphy. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From unknown position within local section.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified lithology not reported

• SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Not stated in text. LITHIFICATION: Lithified, on the basis of sample preparation techniques.

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: COLLECTOR: Not stated in text, but probably Braun. REPOSITORY: REM?

Primary reference: A. Braun and R. Schmidt-Effling. 1993. Biozonation, diagenesis and evolution of radiolarians in the Lower Carboniferous of Germany. Marine Micropaleontology 21:369-383 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 91002: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 28.08.2009

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• COVERAGE: Exhaustive for radiolarians. NOMENCLATURE: Not an authoritative publication, but with modern nomenclature, and species-resolution identifications.
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Protozoa
 Latentifistularia - Latentifistulidae
Latentifistula "sp. 1", Latentifistula sp.
Latentifistula "sp. 1" Nazarov and Ormiston 1983 radiolarian
Latentifistula sp. Nazarov and Ormiston 1983 radiolarian
 Albaillellaria - Ceratoikiscidae
Ceratoikiscum umbraculum
Ceratoikiscum umbraculum Won 1983 radiolarian
 Albaillellaria - Albaillellidae
Albaillella indensis, Albaillella aff. indensis
Albaillella indensis Won 1983 radiolarian
Albaillella aff. indensis Won 1983 radiolarian
 Entactinaria - Tetrentactiniidae
Triaenosphaera hebes
Triaenosphaera hebes Won 1983 radiolarian
 Entactinaria - Pylentonemidae
? Polyentactinia sp., Polyentactinia polygonia, Polyentactinia aranea
? Polyentactinia sp. Foreman 1963 radiolarian
Polyentactinia polygonia Foreman 1963 radiolarian
Polyentactinia aranea Gourmelon 1986 radiolarian
 Entactinaria - Palaeolithocycliidae
"Eostylodictya rota" = Palaeolithocyclia
"Eostylodictya rota" = Palaeolithocyclia radiolarian
 Entactinaria - Entactiniidae
Astroentactinia radiata, Astroentactinia ? mirousi, "Entactinia variospina" = Stigmosphaerostylus, "Meschedea hirsata" = Pluristratoentactinia, Meschedea pyramispinosa, ? Cubaxonium octaedrospongiosum
Astroentactinia radiata Aitchison 1993 radiolarian
Astroentactinia ? mirousi Gourmelon 1986 radiolarian
"Entactinia variospina" = Stigmosphaerostylus radiolarian
"Meschedea hirsata" = Pluristratoentactinia radiolarian
Meschedea pyramispinosa Won 1983 radiolarian
? Cubaxonium octaedrospongiosum Won 1983 radiolarian
 Nassellaria - Archocyrtiidae
Cyrtisphaeractenium rurae
Cyrtisphaeractenium rurae Won 1983 radiolarian