Waschberg (Eocene to of Austria)

Where: Austria (48.4° N, 16.3° E: paleocoordinates 40.4° N, 15.0° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Waschberg Formation, Ypresian to Ypresian (56.0 - 41.3 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; lithified limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: cast, mold/impression

Primary reference: O. Kühn. 1966. Eozänkorallen aus Österreich [Eocene corals from Austria]. Sitzungsberichte Österreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften, Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Klasse I 175:317-355 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 124305: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 10.02.2012

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Taxonomic list

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Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Astrocoeniidae
"Stylocoenia bistellata" = Astrocoenia bistellata
"Stylocoenia bistellata" = Astrocoenia bistellata Catullo 1856 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Turbinoliidae
"Pattalophyllia cyclolitoides" = Nicaeotrochus cyclolitoides
"Pattalophyllia cyclolitoides" = Nicaeotrochus cyclolitoides Bellardi 1847 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Faviidae
Favia costata
Favia costata d'Achiardi 1875 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Merulinidae
Leptoria angigyra, Leptoria reticulata
Leptoria angigyra Reuss 1848 stony coral
Leptoria reticulata Reuss 1848 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Actinacididae
Actinacis sp.
Actinacis sp. d'Orbigny 1849 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Agathiphylliidae
Pattalophyllia cf. leymeriei
 Scleractinia - Montastraeidae
Montastrea rudis, Montastrea bachmayeri n. sp.
Montastrea rudis Reuss 1848 stony coral
Montastrea bachmayeri n. sp. Kühn 1966 stony coral