Gartnerkofel (Triassic of Austria)

Also known as Reef 152

Where: Kärnten, Austria (46.6° N, 13.3° E: paleocoordinates 6.8° N, 23.5° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Schlern Dolomite Formation, Ladinian (242.0 - 237.0 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: platform or shelf-margin reef; lithified bindstone and lithified bafflestone

• biostromes on a gently inclined slope
• coral and sponge bafflestone, Tubiphytes bindstone, cyanophycean bindstone

Size classes: macrofossils, microfossils

Collection methods: peel or thin section,

Primary reference: J. Pfeiffer. 1988. Paleontology and microfacies of a platform margin in the Carnic Alps (Austria, Middle Triassic). Facies 19:33-60 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 81063: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 02.06.2008, edited by Bethany Allen and Wolfgang Kiessling

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Cyanophyceae
  - Garwoodiaceae
unclassified
  -
Nodosariata
 Robertinida - Duostominidae
Foraminifera
 Lituolida - Lituolidae
 Ammodiscoidea - Ammodiscidae
Glomospira sp. Rzehak 1895
Tolypammina sp. Rhumbler 1895
 Trochamminacea - Trochamminidae
Trochammina sp. Parker and Jones 1859
 Hormosinacea - Hormosinidae
Reophax sp. Montfort 1808
 Endothyroidea - Endothyridae
Chlorophyceae
 Dasycladales - Polyphysaceae
 Dasycladales - Dasycladaceae
Demospongiae
 Agelasida - Thaumastocoeliidae
Follicatena cautica Ott 1967 demosponge
 Agelasida - Solenolmiidae
Solenolmia sp. Pomel 1872 demosponge
 Agelasida - Olangocoeliidae
Olangocoelia otti Bechstädt and Brandner 1970 demosponge
 Agelasida - Virgolidae
"Reticulcoelia sp." = Reticulocoelia
"Reticulcoelia sp." = Reticulocoelia Cuif 1973 demosponge
Hydrozoa
  - Nigriporellidae
Anthozoa
 Hexacorallia -
Scleractinia indet.1 Bourne 1900 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Pinacophyllidae
Cyathocoenia sp. Duncan 1867 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Volzeiidae
""Thecosmilia" subdichotoma" = Volzeia subdichotoma
""Thecosmilia" subdichotoma" = Volzeia subdichotoma Münster 1841 stony coral
Shamovella
  -
"Tubiphytes obscurus" = Shamovella obscura
"Tubiphytes obscurus" = Shamovella obscura Maslov 1956
Gastropoda
  -
Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795 snail
Bivalvia
  -
Bivalvia indet. Linnaeus 1758 clam
 Ostreida - Halobiidae
"Daonella cf. taramellii" = Daonella (Arzelella) taramellii2
"Daonella cf. taramellii" = Daonella (Arzelella) taramellii2 Mojsisovics 1874 oyster
Brachiopoda
  -
Brachiopoda indet. Cuvier 1805
Polychaeta
 Sabellida - Serpulidae
Serpulidae indet. Rafinesque 1835
unclassified
  -
Crinoidea
  -
Entrochus sp. Hofer 1760 Sea lily
Conodonta
  -
 Life -
Lamellitubus cauticus, "Diplopora annulata" = Nullipora annulata
"Diplopora annulata" = Nullipora annulata Schafhaeutl 1853