Berggasthof Bachrainer-1 (Paleocene of Austria)

Where: Salzburg, Austria (47.6° N, 13.2° E: paleocoordinates 37.9° N, 12.6° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Kambuhel Formation, Thanetian (59.2 - 56.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; mixed carbonate-siliciclastic sediments

Size class: mesofossils

Primary reference: O. Krische, H. J. Gawlick, and F. Schlagintweit. 2012. Resedimented upper Paleocene shallow-water clasts (Kambuhel Formation) in the Zwieselalm Formation of the Wietenau area and their tectonic implications (Northern Calcareous Alps, Austria). Austrian Journal of Earth Sciences 105(3):38-47 [M. Clapham/K. Hassell/K. Hassell]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 215033: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Keenan Hassell on 28.10.2020

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Foraminifera
 Globigerinoidea - Globigerinidae
Globigerinidae "indet." Carpenter et al. 1862
 Nummulitacea - Discocyclinidae
 Nummulitacea - Nummulitidae
Ranikothalia sp. Caudri 1944
 Globigerinaceae - Globotruncanidae
Florideophyceae
 Corallinales - Corallinophycidae
Distichoplax biserialis Dieterich 1927
Lithophyllum sp. Philippi 1837
Polystrata alba Pfender 1936