Lattenberg (Krönner) fore reef lagoon (Cretaceous of Germany)

Where: Germany (47.7° N, 12.9° E: paleocoordinates 32.3° N, 15.1° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

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

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: open shallow subtidal; lithified wackestone and lithified floatstone

• foraminiferal wackestones and packstones, coral floatstones, marls

Size classes: macrofossils, microfossils

Collection methods: peel or thin section,

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 74485: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 07.08.2007

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Taxonomic list

Florideophyceae
 Corallinales - Corallinophycidae
Archaeolithothamnium sp. Rothpletz 1891
Chlorophyceae
 Dasycladales - Dasycladaceae
Dasycladaceae indet. Kutzing 1843
Foraminifera
 Textulariina - Cuneolinidae
 Textulariina - Tritaxiidae
 Hormosinacea - Hormosinidae
 Textulariina - Dictyopsellidae
 Lituolida - Lituolidae
 Rotaliacea - Rotaliidae
 Rotaliina - Globorotalitidae
 Rotaliina - Lepitorbitoididae
  -
"Marginulina cretacea" = Cristellaria (Marginulina)
"Marginulina cretacea" = Cristellaria (Marginulina)
Tubothalamea
 Miliolida - Cornuspiridae
 Miliolida - Hauerinidae
Quinqueloculina sp. d'Orbigny 1826
 Spirillinida - Patellinidae
Patellina cf. subcretacea Cushman and Alexander 1930
Foraminifera
  - Spiroplectamminidae
Spiroplectammina sp. Cushman 1927
 Globigerinaceae - Globotruncanidae
 Globigerinaceae - Planomalinidae
 Buliminoidea - Buliminidae
 Globigerinoidea - Globigerinidae
"Hedbergella planispira" = Globigerina planispira
"Hedbergella planispira" = Globigerina planispira Tappan 1940
Nodosariata
 Vaginulinida - Vaginulinidae
"Lenticulina ex gr. muensteri" = Lenticulina munsteri
"Lenticulina ex gr. muensteri" = Lenticulina munsteri Roemer 1839
 Robertinida - Ceratobuliminidae
 Nodosariida - Nodosariidae
Globothalamea
 Rotaliida - Discorbidae
 Rotaliida - Gavelinellidae
Cyanophyceae
  -
Cayeuxia sp. Frollo 1938
Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Columastreidae
Columastrea striata Goldfuss 1826 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Montlivaltiidae
Placosmilia martini Michelin 1846 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Synastraeidae
Synastrea agaricites Goldfuss 1826 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Actinastreidae
Columactinastraea formosa Goldfuss 1826 stony coral
[entered as Columactinastrea formosa]
 Scleractinia - Caryophylliidae
 Scleractinia - Latomeandridae
Dimorphastrea sulcosa Reuss 1854 stony coral
Crustacea
  -
Crustacea indet. Brünnich 1772
Ostracoda
 Platycopida - Cytherellidae
Cytherella sp. Jones 1849 ostracod
 Podocopida -
Rhynchonellata
 Terebratulida - Megathyrididae
Argyrotheca sp. Dall 1900
Bivalvia
 Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
Exogyra sp. Say 1820 oyster
 Ostreida - Pinnidae
Pinna decussata Goldfuss 1837 oyster
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
Scaphopoda
 Dentaliida - Dentaliidae
Dentalium sp. Linnaeus 1758 tusk shell
Gastropoda
 Heterostropha - Nerinellidae
 Architaenioglossa - Ampullinidae
 Sorbeoconcha - Cassiopidae
 Sorbeoconcha - Rissoidae
Turboella sp. Leach in Gray 1847 snail
 Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
Turritellidae indet. Lovén 1847 turret shell
 Cerithioidea - Potamididae
Exechocirsus sp. Cossmann 1906 horn snail
Dircella sp. Sohl 1960 horn snail
 Trochoidea - Trochidae
 Trochoidea - Turbinidae
Turbinidae indet. Rafinesque 1815 snail
 Patellida - Lottiidae
Acmaea sp. Eschscholtz 1830 limpet
Echinoidea
  -
Echinoidea indet. Leske 1778 sea urchin