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

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