Aflenz Reef, Austria (Triassic of Austria)

Also known as Reef 17

Where: Austria (47.6° N, 15.1° E: paleocoordinates 28.4° N, 18.4° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Sevatian (212.0 - 205.6 Ma)

• member-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified dolomite

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Preservation: replaced with dolomite

Collection methods: peel or thin section

Primary reference: S. A. Nicol. 1987. A Down-slope Upper Triassic Reef Mound: Aflenz Limestone, Hochschwab Mountains, Northern Calcareous Alps. Facies (16)23-36 [W. Kiessling/B. Brenneis/B. Brenneis]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 36450: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Benjamin Brenneis on 30.01.2004

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Chlorophyceae
 Dasycladales - Triploporellaceae
Griphoporella curvata Guembel 1915
 Dasycladales - Dasycladaceae
"Gyroporella vesiculifera" = Stichoporella cylindrica
"Gyroporella vesiculifera" = Stichoporella cylindrica Lignier 1913
Foraminifera
  -
Ophthalmidium sp. Kübler and Zwingli 1870
 Textulariina - Coscinophragmatidae
Alpinophragmium sp. Flügel 1967
Nodosariata
 Vaginulinida - Lagenidae
Lagenidae indet. Reuss 1862
Tubothalamea
 Miliolida - Miliolidae
Miliolidae indet. Ehrenberg 1839
 Miliolida - Milioliporidae
 Miliolida - Hemigordiopsidae
Agathammina sp. Neumayr 1887
Rhodophyceae
  - Solenoporaceae
Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Reimaniphylliidae
"Retiophyllia cf. paraclathrata" = Retiophyllia clathrata, Retiophyllia cf. defilippi
"Retiophyllia cf. paraclathrata" = Retiophyllia clathrata Emmrich 1853 stony coral
Retiophyllia cf. defilippi Stoppani 1865 stony coral
"Thecosmilia" cf. defilippi
 Scleractinia - Astraeomorphidae
Astraeomorpha crassisepta Reuss 1854 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Volzeiidae
"Retiophyllia subdichotoma" = Volzeia subdichotoma
"Retiophyllia subdichotoma" = Volzeia subdichotoma Münster 1841 stony coral
"Thecosmilia" subdichotoma
Demospongiae
 Hadromerida - Celyphiidae
Paravesicocaulis sp. Kovacs 1978 demosponge
 Agelasida - Solenolmiidae
"Dictyocoelia manon" = Solenolmia manon, Paradeningeria sp.
"Dictyocoelia manon" = Solenolmia manon Münster 1841 demosponge
Paradeningeria sp. Senowbari-Daryan and Schäfer 1979 demosponge
 Agelasida - Auriculospongiidae
"Molengraafia sp." = Molengraaffia
"Molengraafia sp." = Molengraaffia Vinassa de Regny 1915 demosponge
 Lithistida - Anthaspidellidae
 Verticillitida - Colospongiidae
Colospongia sp. Laube 1865 demosponge
Radiomura
  -
Radiomura cautica Senowbari-Daryan and Schaefer 1979
Shamovella
  -
"Tubiphytes obscurus" = Shamovella obscura
"Tubiphytes obscurus" = Shamovella obscura Maslov 1956
Gastropoda
  -
Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795 snail
Strophomenata
 Strophomenida - Strophomenidae
"Pycnoporidium ? eomesozoicum" = Gosaukammerella eomesozoica
"Pycnoporidium ? eomesozoicum" = Gosaukammerella eomesozoica Flügel 1972
Polychaeta
  -
Lithocodium aggregatum
  -
Cyanophyceae
  - Garwoodiaceae
Bacinella irregularis Radoicic 1959