Unterbrein, back reef lagoon (Cretaceous of Austria)

Where: Austria (47.6° N, 13.5° E: paleocoordinates 32.1° N, 15.6° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Hochmoos Formation (Gosau Group), Santonian (86.3 - 83.6 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lagoonal or restricted shallow subtidal; lithified marl and lithified limestone

Size classes: macrofossils, microfossils

Primary reference: R. Höfling. 1985. Faziesverteilung und Fossilvergesellschaftungen im karbonatischen Flachwassser-Milieu der alpinen Oberkreide (Gosau-Formation) [Facies and fossils from the Upper Cretaceous carbonate shallow water deposits of the Eastern Alps (Gosau Formation)]. Münchner Geowissenschaftliche Abhandlungen, A 3:1-241 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 74489: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 07.08.2007

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Taxonomic list

Nodosariata
 Nodosariida - Nodosariidae
 Vaginulinida - Vaginulinidae
"Lenticulina ex gr. muensteri" = Lenticulina munsteri
"Lenticulina ex gr. muensteri" = Lenticulina munsteri Roemer 1839
Foraminifera
 Globigerinaceae - Globotruncanidae
Globothalamea
 Loftusiida - Acervulinidae
"Gypsina" sp. Carter 1877
Foraminifera
 Lituolida - Lituolidae
  -
 Ammodiscoidea - Ammodiscidae
 Textulariina - Tritaxiidae
 Astrorhizacea - Rhabdamminidae
 Astrorhizacea - Bathysiphonidae
Bathysiphon sp. Sars 1872
 Hormosinacea - Hormosinidae
Reophax sp. Montfort 1808
Tubothalamea
 Miliolida - Ophthalmidiidae
 Miliolida - Hauerinidae
Quinqueloculina sp. d'Orbigny 1826
Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Montlivaltiidae
Placosmilia sp. Milne-Edwards and Haime 1848 stony coral
Gastropoda
 Murchisoniina -
"Loxonematacea indet." = Loxonematoidea
"Loxonematacea indet." = Loxonematoidea Koken 1889 snail
 Trochoidea - Turbinidae
Turbinidae indet. Rafinesque 1815 snail
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
Torquesia rigida turret shell
 Cerithioidea - Pickworthiidae
 Opisthobranchia - Cylichnidae
? Cylichna sp. Lovén 1846 snail
Bivalvia
  -
Bivalvia indet. Linnaeus 1758 clam