Beds 326-328, Rauchkofel section, Woyaler facies (Silurian to of Austria)

Where: Austria (46.7° N, 13.0° E: paleocoordinates 18.8° S, 30.6° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

When: Ludlow to Ludlow (427.4 - 419.2 Ma)

• Interval in which these beds lie spans siluricus to eosteinhornensis Zones according to Fig. 5

Environment/lithology: marine; limestone

• "Wolayer facies = micritic nodular limestones with reduced thicknesses of about 30 m due to stratigraphic gaps in the Lower Silurian."

Primary reference: H. W. Fluegel, H. Jaeger, H. P. Schoenlaub and G. B. Vai. 1977. Carnic Alps. in A. Martinsson, ed. The Silurian-Devonian boundary (IUGS, Series A, Number 5). Schweizerbart'sche, Stuttgart. 126-142 [M. Foote/M. Foote/M. Foote]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 13912: authorized by Michael Foote, entered by Michael Foote on 03.05.2002

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Taxonomic list

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Rhynchonellata
 Athyridida - Retziidae
? Retzia umbra
 Atrypida - Atrypinidae
? Spirigerina canaliculata, ? Spirigerina obovata
? Spirigerina canaliculata
Given as Spirigera. Question indicates my inference.
? Spirigerina obovata
Given as Spirigera. Question indicates my inference.
Gastropoda
 Murchisoniina - Loxonematidae
"Loxonema commutatum" = Stylonema commutatum, Holopella compressa, Holopella trochleata
"Loxonema commutatum" = Stylonema commutatum Perner 1907 snail
 Eogastropoda - Sinuopeidae
"Platyceras otiosum" = Horiostomella otiosa
"Platyceras otiosum" = Horiostomella otiosa Perner 1903 snail
 Euomphalina - Platyceratidae
Platyceras praepriscum
Bivalvia
 Cyrtodontida - Stolidotidae
? Maminka italica, Tenka cf. bohemica
? Maminka italica clam
Given as Maminca. Question indicates my inference.
Tenka cf. bohemica Barrande 1881 clam
 Cyrtodontida - Antipleuridae
Dualina plicata, Dualina cf. sedens