Where: Austria (48.5° N, 16.3° E: paleocoordinates 37.2° N, 15.9° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Bruderndorf Formation, Danian (66.0 - 61.6 Ma)
• The three main facies of the Bruderndorf are described as three distinct collections
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: offshore; poorly lithified, fine-grained, glauconitic sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: original calcite
Primary reference: A. Kroh. 2003. Palaeobiology and biogeography of a Danian echinoid fauna of Lower Austria. In J.-P. FĂ©ral and B. David (eds.), Echinoderm Research 2001 69-75 [L. Villier/L. Villier/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis
PaleoDB collection 47930: authorized by Loic Villier, entered by Loic Villier on 08.03.2005
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Echinoidea | |
Procassidulus cf. elongatus sea urchin | |
Plagiochasma cruciferum Morton 1830 sea urchin | |
Adelopneustes montainvillensis Sorignet 1850 sea urchin
Adelopneustes aff. akkajensis Endelman 1980 sea urchin
Adelopneustes boehmi Nietsch 1921 sea urchin | |
Linthia cf. houzeaui Cotteau 1878 heart urchin | |
Cyclaster aturicus Seunes 1888 heart urchin | |
Orthaster sp. heart urchin
Orthaster dagestanensis Moskvin 1982 heart urchin
Cottreaucorys kollmanni n. sp. heart urchin | |
Hemiaster stella Morton 1830 heart urchin | |
Homoeaster evaristei Cotteau 1886 heart urchin | |
Isaster aquitanicus Grateloup 1836 heart urchin | |
Galeaster bertrandi sea urchin | |
Coraster vilanovae Cotteau 1886 sea urchin |