Ka 45, Kaltenhausen, Salzburg (Jurassic of Austria)

Where: Austria (47.7° N, 13.1° E: paleocoordinates 33.6° N, 22.3° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• hand sample-level geographic resolution

When: Oberalmer Schichten Formation, Late/Upper Tithonian (150.8 - 145.0 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: slope; lithified lime mudstone

• thin-bedded greenish grey micritic Aptychus beds and thick-bedded coarse detritic Barmstein Limestones

Size class: microfossils

Preservation: original silica

Collection methods: bulk, chemical, hydrochloric, sieve,

Primary reference: T. Steiger. 1992. Systematik, Stratigraphie und Palökologie der Radiolarien des Oberjura-Unterkreide-Grenzbereiches im Osterhorn-Tirolikum (Nördliche Kalkalpen, Salzburg und Bayern). Zitteliana 19:1-188 [W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 51194: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Wolfgang Kiessling on 01.06.2005

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Protozoa
 Radiolaria - Actinommidae
Acanthosphaera "sp. B" Ehrenberg 1859 radiolarian
 Spumellaria - Angulobracchiidae
Deviatus hipposidericus Foreman 1975 radiolarian
listed as Foremanella hipposidericus
Deviatus diamphidius Foreman 1973 radiolarian
listed as Foremanella diamphidia
Angulobracchia heteroporata Steiger 1992 radiolarian
Angulobracchia trifolia Steiger 1992 radiolarian
Angulobracchia media Steiger 1992 radiolarian
 Spumellaria - Tritrabidae
Tritrabs ewingi Pessagno 1977 radiolarian
includes ssp. worzeli and minima
 Spumellaria - Archaeospongoprunidae
Archaeospongoprunum sp. Pessagno 1973 radiolarian
sensu Pavsic and Gorican (1987)
 Spumellaria - Pseudoaulophacidae
Alievium helenae Schaaf 1981 radiolarian
 Spumellaria - Hagiastridae
Tetratrabs "sp. A" Baumgartner 1980 radiolarian
Tetratrabs "sp. B" Baumgartner 1980 radiolarian
 Spumellaria - Pantanelliidae
 Spumellaria - Parvivaccidae
Acastea diaphorogona Foreman 1973 radiolarian
listed as Acaeniotyle diaphorogona
Acaeniotyle umbilicata Rüst 1898 radiolarian
including A. tuberosa
Acusten glebulosa Foreman 1973 radiolarian
listed as Staurosphaera glebulosa
 Spumellaria - Patulibracchiidae
Halesium bipartitum radiolarian
Halesium irregularis Steiger 1992 radiolarian
Homoeoparonaella "sp. A" Baumgartner 1980 radiolarian
Homoeoparonaella aff. elegans Pessagno 1977 radiolarian
Homoeoparonaella argolidensis Baumgartner 1980 radiolarian
 Spumellaria - Emiluviidae
Emiluvia pessagnoi Foreman 1973 radiolarian
includes ssp. multipora
Emiluvia chica Foreman 1973 radiolarian
listed as Emiluvia tecta n. sp.
 Spumellaria - Orbiculiformidae
Orbiculiforma mclaughlini Pessagno 1977 radiolarian
 Actinommacea - Xiphostylidae
Triactoma jonesi Pessagno 1977 radiolarian
Triactoma tithonianum Rüst 1885 radiolarian
s. str.
Suna echiodes Foreman 1973 radiolarian
listed as Triactoma echiodes
 Entactinaria - Saturnalidae
"Acanthocircus dicranacanthos" = Dicerosaturnalis dicranacanthos, Acanthocircus breviaculeatus, "Acanthocircus amissus" = Acanthocircus trizonalis
"Acanthocircus dicranacanthos" = Dicerosaturnalis dicranacanthos Squinabol radiolarian
Acanthocircus breviaculeatus Donofrio and Mostler 1978 radiolarian
"Acanthocircus amissus" = Acanthocircus trizonalis Rüst 1898 radiolarian
 Nassellaria - Parvicingulidae
"Praecaneta cosmonica" = Praeparvicingula radiolarian
listed as Parvicingula cosmonica
Mirifusus mediodilatatus Rüst 1885 radiolarian
ssp. globosus and minor
Tethysetta boesii Parona 1890 radiolarian
listed as Parvicingula boesii
 Nassellaria - Syringocapsidae
Podocapsa amphitreptera Foreman 1973 radiolarian
Dibolachras chandrika Kocher 1981 radiolarian
Podobursa triacantha Fischli 1916 radiolarian
ssp. polyacantha (includes hexaradiata and octoradiata)
Katroma tetrastyla Steiger 1992 radiolarian
 Nassellaria - Spongocapsulidae
Obesacapsula sp. Pessagno 1977 radiolarian
listed as O. rotunda
Obesacapsula cetia Foreman 1973 radiolarian
listed as Sethocapsa cetia
Obesacapsula rusconensis Baumgartner 1984 radiolarian
includes O. morroensis [entered as Obesacapsula ruscoensis]
Obesacapsula bullata Steiger 1992 radiolarian
 Nassellaria - Pterocorythidae
 Nassellaria - Xitidae
Xitus sp. Pessagno 1977 radiolarian
Xitus spicularius Aliev 1961 radiolarian
 Nassellaria - Sethocapsidae
Sethocapsa leiostraca Foreman 1973 radiolarian
 Nassellaria - Archaeodictyomitridae
Archaeodictyomitra apiarium Rüst 1885 radiolarian
 Nassellaria -