Ms 2, Marktschellenberg, Berchtesgaden (Cretaceous to of Germany)

Where: Germany (47.7° N, 13.1° E: paleocoordinates 33.2° N, 21.8° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• hand sample-level geographic resolution

When: Schrambach-Schichten Formation, Berriasian to Berriasian (145.0 - 132.9 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: slope; lithified, argillaceous lime mudstone

• Upper slope
• Marly greenish grey micritic limestones

Size class: microfossils

Preservation: original silica

Collection methods: bulk, chemical, hydrochloric, sieve,

Primary reference: T. Steiger. 1992. Systematik, Stratigraphie und Palökologie der Radiolarien des Oberjura-Unterkreide-Grenzbereiches im Osterhorn-Tirolikum (Nördliche Kalkalpen, Salzburg und Bayern). Zitteliana 19:1-188 [W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 51216: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Wolfgang Kiessling on 01.06.2005

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Protozoa
 Actinommacea - Xiphostylidae
 Nassellaria - Sethocapsidae
Sethocapsa dorysphaeroides Neviani 1900 radiolarian
Sethocapsa leiostraca Foreman 1973 radiolarian
Sethocapsa trachyostraca Foreman 1973 radiolarian
 Nassellaria -
 Nassellaria - Archaeodictyomitridae
Archaeodictyomitra apiarium Rüst 1885 radiolarian
Thanarla praeveneta Pessagno 1977 radiolarian
"Thanarla conica" = Thanarla brouweri Tan Sin Hok 1927 radiolarian
 Nassellaria - Parvicingulidae
Mirifusus mediodilatatus Rüst 1885 radiolarian
ssp. globosus and minor
Tethysetta boesii Parona 1890 radiolarian
listed as Parvicingula boesii
"Praecaneta cosmonica" = Praeparvicingula radiolarian
listed as Parvicingula cosmonica
Wrangellium depressum Baumgartner 1984 radiolarian
listed as Pseudodictyomitra depressa
 Nassellaria - Spongocapsulidae
Obesacapsula polyedra Steiger 1992 radiolarian
listed as Sethocapsa polyedra
Obesacapsula cetia Foreman 1973 radiolarian
listed as Sethocapsa cetia
 Nassellaria - Syringocapsidae
"Favosyringium affine" = Syringocapsa affine Rüst 1898 radiolarian
also listed as Theosyringium amaliae
Podobursa triacantha Fischli 1916 radiolarian
s. str.
Podobursa triacantha Fischli 1916 radiolarian
ssp. tetraradiata
Podobursa triacantha Fischli 1916 radiolarian
ssp. polyacantha (includes hexaradiata and octoradiata)
Dibolachras chandrika Kocher 1981 radiolarian
 Nassellaria - Pseudodictyomitridae
Pseudodictyomitra carpatica Lozyniak 1969 radiolarian
 Nassellaria - Xitidae
Xitus spicularius Aliev 1961 radiolarian
 Entactinaria - Saturnalidae
"Acanthocircus dicranacanthos" = Dicerosaturnalis dicranacanthos Squinabol radiolarian
Acanthocircus "sp. A" Squinabol 1903 radiolarian
Acanthocircus breviaculeatus Donofrio and Mostler 1978 radiolarian
"Acanthocircus amissus" = Acanthocircus trizonalis Rüst 1898 radiolarian
 Spumellaria - Angulobracchiidae
Angulobracchia media Steiger 1992 radiolarian
? Angulobracchia portmanni Baumgartner 1984 radiolarian
 Spumellaria - Emiluviidae
Emiluvia chica Foreman 1973 radiolarian
listed as Emiluvia tecta n. sp.
 Spumellaria - Patulibracchiidae
? Homoeoparonaella "sp. B" Baumgartner 1980 radiolarian
 Spumellaria - Pantanelliidae
Pantanellium whalenae Pessagno and MacLeod 1987 radiolarian
listed as Pantanellium globulosum
Pantanellium squinaboli Tan Sin Hok 1927 radiolarian
listed as Pantanellium corriganensis
 Spumellaria - Pseudoaulophacidae
Alievium helenae Schaaf 1981 radiolarian
 Spumellaria - Tritrabidae
Archaeotritrabs gracilis Steiger 1992 radiolarian
Tritrabs ewingi Pessagno 1977 radiolarian
includes ssp. worzeli and minima
Tritrabs rhododactylus Baumgartner 1980 radiolarian
 Spumellaria -
Tetrarectangulum spinosum Steiger 1992 radiolarian
 Spumellaria - Pyramispongiidae
"Nodotetraedra barmsteinensis" = Pyramispongia barmsteinensis
"Nodotetraedra barmsteinensis" = Pyramispongia barmsteinensis Steiger 1992 radiolarian
should be Pyramispongia
 Spumellaria - Parvivaccidae
Acastea diaphorogona Foreman 1973 radiolarian
ssp. dentata
Acastea minispinea Yang 1993 radiolarian
listed as Acaeniotyle sp. C
Acaeniotyle umbilicata Rüst 1898 radiolarian
including A. tuberosa