PBDB Collection

Roßsteinalmen locality (Cretaceous of Germany)

Where: Germany (47.6° N, 11.7° E: paleocoordinates 30.5° N, 13.9° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Branderfleck Formation, Middle Cenomanian (99.6 - 93.5 Ma)

Environment/lithology: offshore; lithified marl and lithified sandstone

• Coral assemblage regarded autochthonous growing in a turbid moderately deep environment.

• For the clastics of the lower Branderfleck Formation, palaeocurrent data gives evidence of a source area located toward the south (Gaupp 1980). The uplift of

•the northern border of the Austroalpine unit may be linked to the formation of an accretionary wedge in the context of the beginning subduction of the Penninic

•Ocean (Pfiffner 2010). According to Weidich (1984b), the sediments at the Roßsteinalmen were deposited in water ranging from about 50 m deep

•on the inner shelf (base of the section) to about 100 m on a middle shelf area (upper part of the section).

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: two large private collections of Alpine fossils that are now housed in the Bavarian State Collection for Palaeontology and Geology. One of the private collectors was Otto Hölzl, who visited the locality Roßsteinalmen repeatedly

•between 1941 and 1948. The other private collector, Alfred Holinka, collected fossils there between 1951 and 1961. Further material was sampled in the context of a diploma thesis (Steinberg 1980).

Primary reference: H. Löser, W. Werner, and R. Darga. 2013. A Middle Cenomanian coral fauna from the Northern Calcareous Alps (Bavaria, Southern Germany) – new insights into the evolution of Mid-Cretaceous corals. Zitteliana A 53:37-76 [W. Kiessling/M. Krause]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 160830: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Mihaela Krause on 29.08.2014, edited by Nida Ashraf

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Taxonomic list

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Anthozoa
Helioporacea -	Polytremacis ramosa, Heliopora sp., Heliopora radiata Polytremacis ramosa Heliopora sp. Heliopora radiata Orbigny 1850
Scleractinia - Actinastreidae	Actinastrea limbata, Actinastrea subdecaphylla Actinastrea limbata stony coral Actinastrea subdecaphylla Oppenheim 1930 stony coral
Scleractinia - Agariciidae	Trochoseropsis ettalensis Trochoseropsis ettalensis Soehle 1897 stony coral
Scleractinia - Siderastreidae	Astraeofungia schmidti, Eosiderastrea cf. glomerata, Eosiderastrea stefani Astraeofungia schmidti stony coral Eosiderastrea cf. glomerata stony coral Eosiderastrea stefani Loeser 2016 stony coral
Scleractinia - Haplaraeidae	Leptophyllaraea cf. granulata Leptophyllaraea cf. granulata stony coral
Scleractinia - Synastraeidae	Synastrea sp. Synastrea sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral
Scleractinia - Heterocoeniidae	Styloheterocoenia sp. Styloheterocoenia sp. Löser et al. 2018 stony coral
Scleractinia - Placocoeniidae	Neocoenia exsculpta, Neocoenia renzi Neocoenia exsculpta stony coral Neocoenia renzi Hackemesser 1936 stony coral
Scleractinia - Eugyridae	Felixigyra deangelisi Felixigyra deangelisi Prever 1909 stony coral
Scleractinia - Meandrinidae	Aulosmilia inconstans, Aulosmilia sp., Aulosmilia parkinsoni, Pachygyra cucullata Aulosmilia inconstans stony coral Aulosmilia sp. Alloiteau 1952 stony coral Aulosmilia parkinsoni stony coral Pachygyra cucullata stony coral
Scleractinia - Merulinidae	"Hydnophoraraea parviconus" = Hydnophora "Hydnophoraraea parviconus" = Hydnophora stony coral
Scleractinia - Montlivaltiidae	Trochophyllia aprutina Trochophyllia aprutina stony coral
Scleractinia - Caryophylliidae	"Ceratosmilia arnaudi" = Smilotrochus arnaudi "Ceratosmilia arnaudi" = Smilotrochus arnaudi Alloiteau 1957 stony coral
Scleractinia - Negoporitidae	Negoporites sp., Negoporites cf. quartus Negoporites sp. Eliasova 1989 stony coral Negoporites cf. quartus Eliasova 1995 stony coral
Scleractinia - Microsolenidae	Dimorpharaea williamsonensis Dimorpharaea williamsonensis stony coral
Scleractinia - Latomeandridae	Dimorphastrea cf. hiraigensis, Microphyllia cf. oldhamiana Dimorphastrea cf. hiraigensis stony coral Microphyllia cf. oldhamiana stony coral
Scleractinia - Cyathophoridae	Cryptocoenia waltoni, Cryptocoenia antiqua, Cryptocoenia aguilerai, Columellophora sp., Columellophora velimensis Cryptocoenia waltoni stony coral Cryptocoenia antiqua d'Orbigny 1850 stony coral Cryptocoenia aguilerai Reyeros-Navarro 1963 stony coral Columellophora sp. Eliasova 1989 stony coral Columellophora velimensis Eliasova 1989 stony coral
Scleractinia - Stylinidae	Stylina inwaldensis Stylina inwaldensis Ogilvie 1897 stony coral
Scleractinia - Agatheliidae	Eothelia hoelzli, Eothelia bavarica Eothelia hoelzli Löser et al. 2013 stony coral Eothelia bavarica Löser et al. 2013 stony coral
Scleractinia - Thamnasteriidae	Polyastropsis cf. fascigera Polyastropsis cf. fascigera stony coral
Placoseris
-	Placoseris cf. eturbensis Placoseris cf. eturbensis Fromentel 1857