Also known as Reef 1838

Where: Steiermark, Austria (47.1° N, 15.4° E: paleocoordinates 36.0° S, 43.8° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Plabutsch Formation, Eifelian (393.3 - 387.7 Ma)

• formerly known as "Barrandei Limestone", probably ranging from the Upper Emsian to the Lower Givetian, thickness about 100 m

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

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

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: quarrying, peel or thin section

Primary reference: B. Hubmann and T. Suttner. 2007. Siluro-Devonian Alpine reefs and pavements. In J.J. Álavaro, M. Aretz, F. Boulvain, A. Munnecke, D. Vachard, E. Vennin (eds.), Palaeozoic Reefs and Bioaccumulations: Climatic and Evolutionary Controls 275:95-107 [W. Kiessling/F. Reichel/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 76717: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Falko Reichel on 30.11.2007, edited by Uta Merkel

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