Wendelstein, reef, Wetterstein Limestone, Bavarian Alps (Triassic of Germany)

Also known as Reef 156

Where: Germany (47.7° N, 12.0° E: paleocoordinates 8.2° N, 23.4° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Wetterstein Formation, Ladinian (242.0 - 237.0 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

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

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils, microfossils

Collection methods: peel or thin section,

Primary reference: H. Wolff. 1973. Fazies-Gliederung und Paläogeographie des Ladins in den bayerischen Kalkalpen zwischen Wendelstein und Kampenwand [Ladinian facies and paleogeography in the Bavarian Alps between Wendelstein and Kampenwand]. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie, Abhandlungen 143(2):246-274 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 67652: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 01.12.2006, edited by Wolfgang Kiessling

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Cyanophyceae
  - Garwoodiaceae
Bacinella sp. Radoicic 1959
Gastropoda
 Neritoidea - Neritidae
"Neritaria comensis" = Protonerita comensis
"Neritaria comensis" = Protonerita comensis Hoernes 1856 snail
 Neritoidea - Naticopsidae
Naticopsis sp. M'Coy 1844 snail
 Architaenioglossa - Ampullinidae
Ampullina sp. Férussac 1822 snail
 Caenogastropoda - Coelostylinidae
"Coelostylina semigradata" = Coelostylina (Gradiella) semigradata Kittl 1894 snail
Omphaloptycha sp. Ammon 1878 snail
 Trochoidea - Trochidae
Trochidae indet. Rafinesque 1815 top snail
 Pleurotomarioidea - Pleurotomariidae
? Pleurotomaria sp. Defrance 1826 snail
Bivalvia
 Ostreida - Halobiidae
Daonella sp. Mojsisovics 1874 oyster
"Daonella arzelensis" = Daonella (Arzelella) tyrolensis Mojsisovics 1874 oyster
 Pectinida - Limidae
Mysidioptera ? cimbrianica Bittner 1901 file clam
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Pecten ciampini Stoppani 1860 scallop
 Lucinida - Lucinidae
Schafhaeutlia mellingi Hauer 1857 clam
Brachiopoda
  -
Brachiopoda indet. Cuvier 1805
Bryozoa
  -
Bryozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1831
Echinoidea
 Cidaroida - Cidaridae
Cidaris sp. Leske 1778 pencil urchin
Crinoidea
 Encrinida - Encrinidae
Encrinus sp. Lamarck 1801 Sea lily
Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Montlivaltiidae
Montlivaltia sp. Lamouroux 1821 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Reimaniphylliidae
Retiophyllia sp. Cuif 1966 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Margarophylliidae
Margarosmilia sp. Volz 1896 stony coral
Margarophyllia sp. Volz 1896 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Conophyllidae
Omphalophyllia sp. Laube 1865 stony coral
Calcarea
 Calcaronea - Stellispongiidae
Peronidella subcaespitosa Münster 1841 calcareous sponge
Holocoelia
  -
Demospongiae
 Agelasida - Aphrosalpingidae
Vesicocaulis carinthiacus Ott 1968 demosponge
 Agelasida - Sebargasiidae
Amblysiphonella aff. loerentheyi Vinassa de Regny 1901 demosponge
 Agelasida - Solenolmiidae
"Verticillites cf. columnella" = Preverticillites columnella, "Dictyocoelia manon" = Solenolmia manon
"Verticillites cf. columnella" = Preverticillites columnella Parona 1933 demosponge
"Dictyocoelia manon" = Solenolmia manon Münster 1841 demosponge
 Verticillitida - Colospongiidae
Colospongia catenulata Ott 1967 demosponge
 Verticillitida - Verticillitidae
 Hadromerida - Polysiphonidae
 Hadromerida - Celyphiidae
"Cystothalamia bavarica" = Alpinothalamia bavarica, Uvanella bavarica
"Cystothalamia bavarica" = Alpinothalamia bavarica Ott 1967 demosponge
Uvanella bavarica demosponge
Shamovella
  -
"Tubiphytes obscurus" = Shamovella obscura
"Tubiphytes obscurus" = Shamovella obscura Maslov 1956
Ladinella porata
  -
Rhodophyceae
  - Solenoporaceae
Solenopora sp. Dybowski 1877
Parachaetetes sp. Deninger 1906