Eisenbach, sample EB 8 (Cretaceous of Austria)

Where: Salzkammergut, Austria (47.8° N, 13.8° E: paleocoordinates 31.8° N, 15.1° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: UC8 nannofossil zone, Gosau Group, Middle Turonian (93.5 - 89.3 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; gray marl

• shallow marine, partly maybe muddy water, environment

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils, microfossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Collection methods: bulk,

Primary reference: L. Hradecka, H. Lobitzer, F. Ottner, F. Schlagintweit, M. Svobodova, I. Szente, L. Svabenicka and I. Zorn. 2005. Biostratigraphy and paleoenvironment of the lower Gosau subgroup of Eisenbach brook in Salzkammergut (Upper Austria). Beiträge zur Geologie des Gmundner Bezirks/Gmundner Geo-Studien 3:25-42 [M. Aberhan/T. Schossleitner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 142308: authorized by Martin Aberhan, entered by Thomas Schossleitner on 08.04.2013

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

unclassified
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Coccolithophyceae
 Prymnesiophycidae - Prymnesiophycidae
Braarudosphaera bigelowii Gran and Braarud 1935
R = rare (<5 specimens per 20 fields of view)
Braarudosphaera regularis Black 1973
questionable taxon
Lithraphidites carniolensis Deflandre 1963
R = rare (<5 specimens per 20 fields of view)
Nannoconus elongatus Brönnimann 1955
R = rare (<5 specimens per 20 fields of view)
 Podorhabdales - Cretarhabdaceae
Cretarhabdus conicus Bramlette and Martini 1964
R = rare (<5 specimens per 20 fields of view)
 Podorhabdales - Axopodorhabdaceae
Cribrosphaerella ehrenbergii Arkhangelsky 1912
R = rare (<5 specimens per 20 fields of view)
 Podorhabdales - Prediscosphaeraceae
Prediscosphaera spinosa Bramlette and Martini 1964
R = rare (<5 specimens per 20 fields of view)
Prediscosphaera cretacea Arkhangelsky 1912
F = few (>5 specimens per 20 fields of view)
Prediscosphaera columnata Stover 1966
F = few (>5 specimens per 20 fields of view)
 Eiffellithales - Eiffellithaceae
Eiffellithus eximius Stover 1966
R = rare (<5 specimens per 20 fields of view)
Eiffellithus turriseiffelii Deflandre 1954
F = few (>5 specimens per 20 fields of view)
Tegumentum stradneri Thierstein 1972
R = rare (<5 specimens per 20 fields of view)
Helicolithus trabeculatus Górka 1957
R = rare (<5 specimens per 20 fields of view)
 Eiffellithales - Chiastozygaceae
Amphizygus brooksii Bukry 1969
R = rare (<5 specimens per 20 fields of view)
Zeugrhabdotus embergerii
R = rare (<5 specimens per 20 fields of view)
Zeugrhabdotus noeliae Rood et al. 1971
R = rare (<5 specimens per 20 fields of view)
Zeugrhabdotus diplogrammus Deflandre 1954
F = few (>5 specimens per 20 fields of view)
 Eiffellithales - Rhagodiscaceae
Rhagodiscus angustus Stradner 1963
R = rare (<5 specimens per 20 fields of view)
  - Calyptrosphaeraceae
Lucianorhabdus quadrifidus Forchheimer 1972
R = rare (<5 specimens per 20 fields of view)
 Watznaueriales - Watznaueriaceae
Watznaueria barnesae
F = few (>5 specimens per 20 fields of view)
Watznaueria britannica Stradner 1963
R = rare (<5 specimens per 20 fields of view)
 Braarudosphaerales - Polycyclolithaceae
Quadrum gartneri Prins and Perch-Nielsen 1977
R = rare (<5 specimens per 20 fields of view)
Eprolithus floralis Stradner 1962
R = rare (<5 specimens per 20 fields of view)
Radiolithus orbiculatus Forchheimer 1972
R = rare (<5 specimens per 20 fields of view)
Nodosariata
 Nodosariida - Nodosariidae
Foraminifera
 Globigerinina - Hedbergellidae
 Globigerinaceae - Globotruncanidae
 Lituolida - Lituolidae
Ammobaculites sp. Cushman 1910
Bigenerina sp. d'Orbigny 1826
 Lituolida - Haplophragmoididae
 Spirillinina - Spirillinidae
Tubothalamea
 Miliolida - Hauerinidae
Equisetopsida
 Pinidae - Pinidae
"Corollina torosa" = Classopollis
"Corollina torosa" = Classopollis
Foveotricolpites
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Retitricolpites
  -
Retitricolpites sp. Van der Hammen 1956
Alisporites
  -
Alisporites sp. Daugherty 1941
Polypodiopsida
 Schizaeales - Polypodiidae
  -
Biretisporites sp. Delcourt et al. 1963
Cycadopites
  -
Cycadopites sp. Wodehouse 1933
 Coniferales -
Pinopsida
 Pinales - Pinaceae
Magnoliopsida
  -
Retitricolporites sp. Van der Hammen and Wymstra 1964
Gastropoda
  -
Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795 snail
Bivalvia
 Arcida - Glycymerididae
Glycymeris sp. Da Costa 1778 clam
 Pectinida - Entoliidae
Entolium sp. Meek 1865 scallop
 Ostreida - Pinnidae
Pinna cf. cretacea Schlotheim 1813 oyster
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
Inoperna flagellifera Forbes 1846 mussel
 Pholadomyida - Pholadomyidae
Pholadomya sp. Sowerby 1823 clam
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
Cardiidae indet. Lamarck 1809 cockle
 Carditida - Astartidae
Astarte ? sp. Sowerby 1816 clam
 Nuculida - Nuculidae
Nucula sp. Lamarck 1799 nut clam
Deuteropoda
  -
Ostracoda indet. Latreille 1802 ostracod
Ostracoda
 Platycopida - Cytherellidae
Cytherella sp. Jones 1849 ostracod
 Podocopida - Cytherideidae
Schuleridea sp. Swartz and Swain 1946 ostracod
 Podocopida - Trachyleberididae
Brachycythere sp. Alexander 1933 ostracod
 Podocopida - Brachycytheridae
 Life -