Where: Niederösterreich, Austria (48.5° N, 16.3° E: paleocoordinates 37.2° N, 15.8° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• local area-level geographic resolution
When: Bruderndorf Formation, Danian (66.0 - 61.6 Ma)
• The Danian age of the Bruderndorf Fm. was inferred by KÜHN (1930) on the basis of its faunal content, in part on the occurrence of the nautilid Hercoglossa danica (SCHLOTHEIM). This age assignment has later been substantiated by studies of the foraminiferan fauna (SCHMID, 1962) and calcareous nannoplankton (STRADNER, 1961, 1962). According to PERCH-NIELSEN (1979), the nannoplankton assemblage indicates a Late Danian age (NP 3/4) (compare STÜRMER in STÜRMER et al., 1991).
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: transition zone or lower shoreface; poorly lithified, calcareous sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: O. Kühn. 1930. Das Danien der äusseren Klippenzone bei Wien [Danian of the outer Klippen Belt near Vienna]. Geologische und Palaeontologische Abhandlungen 17(5):495-576 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 87001: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 27.02.2009, edited by Matthew Clapham
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa | |
"Caryosmilia abeli" = Caryosmilia granosa Wanner 1902 stony coral
Coelosmilia brevis stony coral | |
Sphenotrochus granulatus stony coral | |
Graphularia groenwalli sea pen | |
Hexactinellida | |
Ventriculites poculum glass sponge | |
Gastropoda | |
"Cerithium fenestratum" = Promathildia subcancellata
"Cerithium fenestratum" = Promathildia subcancellata Münster 1841 snail | |
Scalaria desertorum wentletrap | |
Vermetus sp. Daudin 1800 worm shell | |
Natica exalta moon snail
Natica pagoda Forbes 1846 moon snail | |
Fusus sp. Bruguière 1789 snail | |
"Pleurotoma glabra n. sp." = Turris
"Pleurotoma glabra n. sp." = Turris turrid | |
"Tritonium fenestratum" = Charonia
"Tritonium fenestratum" = Charonia triton | |
Ranella sp. Lamarck 1816 snail | |
Turritella plana turret shell | |
Cerithium austriacum n. sp. cerith snail
Cerithium pseudotelescopium cerith snail
Cerithium sp. Bruguière 1789 cerith snail | |
Cephalopoda | |
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Hercoglossa danica Schlotheim 1820 nautiloid | |
Bivalvia | |
Cardium sp. Linnaeus 1758 cockle | |
Corbula sp. Bruguière 1789 clam | |
Siliqua cf. vogeli clam | |
"Pectunculus sublenticularis" = Glycymeris
"Pectunculus sublenticularis" = Glycymeris clam | |
Pycnodonte vesicularis Lamarck 1806 oyster | |
Lima striatissima n. sp.
Lima striatissima n. sp. file clam | |
Plicatula sp. Lamarck 1801 scallop | |
Spondylus microtesta n. sp.
Spondylus microtesta n. sp. scallop | |
Gymnolaemata | |
"Membrendoecium striatum" = Antropora
"Membrendoecium striatum" = Antropora | |
Echinoidea | |
Hemiaster sp. Agassiz and Desor 1847 heart urchin | |
Brissopneustes vindobonnensis n. sp. heart urchin | |
Echinocorys sp., Echinocorys cf. obliquus, "Garumnaster lamberti n. sp." = Echinocorys scutata pyrenaica, "Echinocorys schafferi n. sp." = Echinocorys scutata ovata, "Echinocorys sulcatus" = Echinocorys scutata ovata
Echinocorys sp. Leske 1778 sea urchin
Echinocorys cf. obliquus Ravn 1927 sea urchin
"Garumnaster lamberti n. sp." = Echinocorys scutata pyrenaica Seunes 1888 sea urchin
"Echinocorys schafferi n. sp." = Echinocorys scutata ovata Leske 1778 sea urchin
"Echinocorys sulcatus" = Echinocorys scutata ovata Leske 1778 sea urchin | |
"Typocidaris cf. rosenkrantzi" = Temnocidaris (Stereocidaris)
"Typocidaris cf. rosenkrantzi" = Temnocidaris (Stereocidaris) pencil urchin |