PBDB

Bruderndorf, Lithothamnium Limestone (Paleocene of Austria)

Where: Niederösterreich, Austria (48.5° N, 16.3° E: paleocoordinates 37.2° N, 15.8° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Lithothamnium Limestone Formation, Danian (66.0 - 61.6 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; lithified limestone

• algal limestones

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: O. Kühn. 1930. Das Danien der äusseren Klippenzone bei Wien [Danian of the outer Klippen Belt near Vienna]. Geologische und Palaeontologische Abhandlungen 17(5):495-576 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 87002: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 27.02.2009

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Taxonomic list

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Foraminiferida -	"Foraminiferida indet." = Foraminifera "Foraminiferida indet." = Foraminifera d'Orbigny 1826 foram
Bivalvia
Pectinida - Pectinoidae	Pecten inversum Pecten inversum scallop
Ostreida - Gryphaeidae	"Ostrea hippopodium" = Pycnodonte (Phygraea) vesiculare, Pycnodonte vesicularis "Ostrea hippopodium" = Pycnodonte (Phygraea) vesiculare Lamarck 1806 oyster Pycnodonte vesicularis Lamarck 1806 oyster
Cardiida - Cardiidae	Cardium sp. Cardium sp. Linnaeus 1758 cockle
Gastropoda
Ptenoglossa - Epitoniidae	Scalaria brancoi Scalaria brancoi wentletrap
Stromboidea - Strombidae	"Fusus sp." = Rostellaria (Fusus) "Fusus sp." = Rostellaria (Fusus) Bruguière 1789 true conch
Naticoidea - Naticidae	Natica pagoda Natica pagoda Forbes 1846 moon snail
Heterostropha - Acteonidae	Bullina sp. Bullina sp. Férussac 1822 snail
Scaphopoda
Dentaliida - Dentaliidae	Dentalium cf. angulare Dentalium cf. angulare tusk shell
Gymnolaemata
Cheilostomata -	Canupora prima n. sp., Ogivalina ramiformis n. sp. Canupora prima n. sp. Ogivalina ramiformis n. sp.
Cheilostomata - Calloporidae	Callopora nuda n. sp. Callopora nuda n. sp.
Cheilostomata - Onychocellidae	Onychocella cf. disparilis Onychocella cf. disparilis
Cheilostomata - Tessaradomidae	Beisselina grandissima n. sp. Beisselina grandissima n. sp.
Cheilostomata - Antroporidae	"Membrendoecium striatum n. sp." = Antropora "Membrendoecium striatum n. sp." = Antropora
Stenolaemata
Cyclostomata - Cerioporidae	Ceriopora cf. gutta Ceriopora cf. gutta
Cyclostomata - Entalophoridae	Entalophora bifrons Entalophora bifrons
Cyclostomata -	Spiropora verticillata Spiropora verticillata
Echinoidea
Spatangoida - Micrasteridae	Brissopneustes sp. Brissopneustes sp. heart urchin
Crinoidea
Cyrtocrinida -	Cyathidium sp. Cyathidium sp. Steenstrup 1846 Sea lily
Anthozoa
Scleractinia - Caryophylliidae	Paracyathus ravni n. sp., "Caryosmilia abeli n. sp." = Caryosmilia granosa Paracyathus ravni n. sp. Kühn 1930 stony coral "Caryosmilia abeli n. sp." = Caryosmilia granosa Wanner 1902 stony coral
Scleractinia - Turbinoliidae	Sphenotrochus granulatus Sphenotrochus granulatus stony coral
Rhodophyceae
Corallinales -	Archaeolithothamnium sp. Archaeolithothamnium sp.
Corallinales - Hapalidiaceae	Mesophyllum austriacum n. sp., Mesophyllum sp., "Lithothamnium applanatum" = Lithothamnion, "Lithothamnium kuehni n. sp." = Lithothamnion, "Lithothamnium sp." = Lithothamnion Mesophyllum austriacum n. sp. Mesophyllum sp. Lemoine 1928 "Lithothamnium applanatum" = Lithothamnion "Lithothamnium kuehni n. sp." = Lithothamnion "Lithothamnium sp." = Lithothamnion Heydrich 1897
Corallinales - Corallinaceae	Lithophyllum impositum n. sp., Lithophyllum pisolithicum, Lithophyllum sp. Lithophyllum impositum n. sp. Lithophyllum pisolithicum Lithophyllum sp. Philippi 1837