Teltschengraben, BMW 21 (Jurassic of Austria)

Where: Styria, Austria (47.6° N, 13.9° E: paleocoordinates 32.4° N, 22.0° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• hand sample-level geographic resolution

When: Dürrnberg Formation, Late/Upper Pliensbachian (189.6 - 183.0 Ma)

• sample BMW 21, slide of the Dürrnberg Formation included in the Callovian-Oxfordian Strubberg Formation (Lammer Basin), "Hallstatt Melange", earliest Late Pliensbachian

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: basinal (); lithified, cherty/siliceous limestone and lithified, cherty/siliceous marl

• cherty limestones and marls

Size class: microfossils

Primary reference: L. O'Dogherty and H. J. Gawlick. 2008. Pliensbachian radiolarians in Teltschengraben (Northern Calcareous Alps, Austria): a keystone in reconstructing the Early Jurassic evolution of the Tethys. Stratigraphy 5(1):63-81 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 95555: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 19.04.2010

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Taxonomic list

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Protozoa
 Spumellaria - Praeconocaryommidae
Praeconocaryomma sarahae
Praeconocaryomma sarahae Gorican et al. 2006 radiolarian
 Spumellaria - Hagiastridae
Pobum infinitum, Archaeohagiastrum longipes, Crucella spongase, Hagiastrum majusculum
Pobum infinitum Pessagno and Poisson 1981 radiolarian
Archaeohagiastrum longipes Baumgartner 1995 radiolarian
Crucella spongase De Wever 1981 radiolarian
Hagiastrum majusculum Carter et al. 1998 radiolarian
 Spumellaria - Pantanelliidae
Pantanellium inornatum
Pantanellium inornatum Pessagno and Poisson 1981 radiolarian
 Spumellaria - Angulobracchiidae
Paronaella tripla, Paronaella bona, "Archaeotriastrum hirsutum" = Paronaella hirsuta
Paronaella tripla De Wever 1981 radiolarian
Paronaella bona Yeh 1987 radiolarian
"Archaeotriastrum hirsutum" = Paronaella hirsuta De Wever 1981 radiolarian
 Spumellaria - Orbiculiformidae
Orbiculiformella cf. radiata, ? Orbiculiformella sp., Orbiculiformella callosa
? Orbiculiformella sp. Kozur and Mostler 1978 radiolarian
Orbiculiformella callosa Yeh 1987 radiolarian
 Spumellaria - Patulibracchiidae
Homoeoparonaella lowryensis
Homoeoparonaella lowryensis Whalen and Carter 2002 radiolarian
listed as Homoeparonaella
 Entactinaria - Eptingiidae
Charlottea "sp. 1"
Charlottea "sp. 1" Carter et al. 1998 radiolarian
 Actinommacea - Xiphostylidae
Triactoma rosespitensis
Triactoma rosespitensis Carter 1988 radiolarian
 Nassellaria - Parvicingulidae
Canoptum dixoni, "Atalanta emmela" = Atalantria emmela
Canoptum dixoni Pessagno and Whalen 1982 radiolarian
"Atalanta emmela" = Atalantria emmela Cordey and Carter 1996 radiolarian
 Nassellaria - Syringocapsidae
Quarticella cf. whalenae, Katroma bicornus, Katroma brevitubus, Katroma angusta
Quarticella cf. whalenae Yeh and Cheng 1998 radiolarian
Katroma bicornus De Wever 1982 radiolarian
Katroma brevitubus Gorican et al. 2006 radiolarian
Katroma angusta Yeh 1987 radiolarian
 Nassellaria - Eucyrtidiidae
Lantus sutnal n. sp., Lantus obesus
Lantus sutnal n. sp. O'Dogherty and Gawlick 2008 radiolarian
Lantus obesus Yeh 1987 radiolarian
 Nassellaria - Bagotidae
Bagotum modestum, Paradroltus mitterndorfensis n. gen. n. sp.
Bagotum modestum Pessagno and Whalen 1982 radiolarian
Paradroltus mitterndorfensis n. gen. n. sp. O'Dogherty and Gawlick 2008 radiolarian
 Nassellaria - Hsuidae
Parahsuum simplum, Parahsuum longiconicum, Parahsuum edenshawi, Parahsuum mostleri
Parahsuum simplum Yao 1982 radiolarian
Parahsuum longiconicum Sashida 1988 radiolarian
Parahsuum edenshawi Carter 1988 radiolarian
Parahsuum mostleri Yeh 1987 radiolarian
 Nassellaria -
Foremania sandilandsensis
Foremania sandilandsensis Carter et al. 1998 radiolarian