Also known as Reef 3194
Where: Styria, Austria (47.6° N, 13.8° E: paleocoordinates 32.1° N, 15.8° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Gosau Group, Late/Upper Santonian (85.8 - 83.5 Ma)
• Age based on bivalves, originally given Upper Santonian/Campanian
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified, argillaceous reef rocks
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: mechanical, peel or thin section,
• Study focusing on corals
Primary reference: R. C. Baron-Szabo. 1999. Taxonomy of Upper Cretaceous scleractinian corals of the Gosau Group (Weissenbackalm, Steiermark, Austria). Abhandlungen der Geologischen Bundesanstalt Wien 56(2):441-464 [W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 25479: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Wolfgang Kiessling on 13.09.2002, edited by Uta Merkel
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa | |
Actinastrea fromenteli Alloiteau 1954 stony coral | |
Elephantaria lindstroemi Oppenheim 1930 stony coral
Actinacis elegans Reuss 1854 stony coral | |
"Brachycoenia leptophylla" = Brachymeandra leptophylla Reuss 1854 stony coral | |
Placocoenia major Felix 1903 stony coral
"Paraplacocoenia orbignyana" = Paraplacocoenia rotula Goldfuss 1826 stony coral
Astrogyra orbignyi de Fromentel 1877 stony coral | |
"Placosmilia turonensis" = Placosmilia martini
"Placosmilia turonensis" = Placosmilia martini Michelin 1846 stony coral | |
"Montastrea sp." = Montastraea2
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Rhabdopsammia sp. Alloiteau 1952 stony coral | |
Kobya rigausensis Beauvais 1982 stony coral | |
Valliculastraea texta Oppenheim 1930 stony coral | |
Corbariastraea weissenbachalmensis n. sp. Baron-Szabo 1999 stony coral | |
Gastropoda | |
Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795 snail | |
Bivalvia | |
Bivalvia indet. Linnaeus 1758 clam | |
"Hippuritoidea indet." = Hippuritacea
"Hippuritoidea indet." = Hippuritacea Gray 1848 rudist | |
Brachiopoda | |
Brachiopoda indet. Cuvier 1805 | |
Polychaeta | |
Serpulidae indet. Rafinesque 1835 | |
Echinoidea | |
Echinoidea indet. Leske 1778 sea urchin |