Finstergrabenwandl (NHMW collection) (Cretaceous of Austria)

Where: Austria (47.6° N, 13.5° E: paleocoordinates 32.1° N, 15.6° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Damesites compactus ammonoid zone, Sandkalkbank Member (Hochmoos Formation), Late/Upper Santonian (85.8 - 83.5 Ma)

• Formation overlies Grabenbachschichten. Member overlies Fossilreiche Mergel, Konglomerat Kalk Mergel and FossilretcheTonmergel und Sandsteine. Both underlie Bibereckschichten formation Heile sandige Mergel und Sandstein

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; lithified shale

• variable relative proportions of neritic soft-substrate level-bottoms with a potentially reef-building assemblage of corals and rudists.

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Reposited in the NHMW

Primary reference: H. A. Kollmann. 1980. Gastropoden aus der Sandkalkbank (Hochmoosschichten, Obersanton) des Beckens von Gosau (OÖ.). Annalen des naturhistorischen Museums in Wien 83:197-213 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 177758: authorized by Pete Wagner, entered by Pete Wagner on 10.04.2016, edited by Matthew Clapham

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Cephalopoda
 Ammonitida - Diplomoceratidae
"Diplomoceras tenuisulcatum" = Glyptoxoceras tenuisulcatum1, "Diplomoceras largesulcatum" = Glyptoxoceras largesulcatum1
"Diplomoceras tenuisulcatum" = Glyptoxoceras tenuisulcatum1 Forbes 1846 ammonite
"Diplomoceras largesulcatum" = Glyptoxoceras largesulcatum1 Forbes 1846 ammonite
 Ammonitida - Nostoceratidae
"Nostoceratinae indet." = Nostoceratidae1, "Hyphantoceras (Madagascarites) amapondense" = Amapondella amapondense1
"Nostoceratinae indet." = Nostoceratidae1 Hyatt 1894 ammonite
"Hyphantoceras (Madagascarites) amapondense" = Amapondella amapondense1 van Hoepen 1921 ammonite
 Ammonitida - Placenticeratidae
Placenticeras maherndli1 Summesberger 1979 ammonite
Stantonoceras depressum1 Hyatt 1903 ammonite
 Ammonitida - Tetragonitidae
Gaudryceras mite1 Hauer 1866 ammonite
Pseudophyllites latus2 Marshall 1926 ammonite
 Ammonitida - Desmoceratidae
"Parapuzosia cf. seppenradensis" = Parapuzosia (Parapuzosia) seppenradensis1
"Parapuzosia cf. seppenradensis" = Parapuzosia (Parapuzosia) seppenradensis1 Landois 1895 ammonite
 Ammonitida - Pachydiscidae
Eupachydiscus isculensis1 Redtenbacher 1873 ammonite
Gastropoda
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
 Sorbeoconcha - Aporrhaidae
"Quadrinervus subtilis" = Harpospira subtilis Zekeli 1852 snail
cf. Cuphosolenus sp. Piette 1876 snail
 Neogastropoda - Volutidae
Volutoderma sp. Gabb 1877 volute
 Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae
"? Palaeopsephaea sp." = Paleopsephaea Wade 1926 snail
 Neogastropoda - Mitridae
 Sorbeoconcha - Xenophoridae
Xenophora plicata Zekeli 1852 carrier shell
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
Torquesia rigida turret shell
 Cerithioidea - Potamididae
 Cerithioidea - Diastomatidae
 Architaenioglossa - Ampullinidae
"Pseudamaura sp." = Ampullina (Pseudamaura)
"Pseudamaura sp." = Ampullina (Pseudamaura) Fischer 1885 snail
 Heterostropha - Architectonicidae
"Climacopoma quadrata" = Torinia (Climacopoma)
"Climacopoma quadrata" = Torinia (Climacopoma) snail
 Heterostropha - Acteonellidae
"Actaeonella elongata" = Acteonella
"Actaeonella elongata" = Acteonella snail
 Heterostropha - Acteonidae
Liocarenus sp. Harris & Burrows 1891 snail
 Pleurotomarioidea - Pleurotomariidae
 Ptenoglossa - Vasidae
? Tudicla sp. Röding 1798 snail