Grafenberg biostrome, Austria: Sarmatian, Austria

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Florideophyceae - Corallinales - Corallinophycidae
Titanoderma ucrainica
End reef builders
Lithophyllum sarmaticum
Tubothalamea - Miliolida - Nubeculariidae
Sinzowella caespitosa
Chlorophyceae - Dasycladales - Dasycladaceae
Cymopolia sp. Lamouroux 1816
unclassified
Celliporiformidae indet.
informal Microbes indet.
Gastropoda - Trochidae
Calliostoma (Sarmates) poppelacki
Gastropoda - Hydrobiidae
Hydrobia sp. Hartmann 1821
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Buccinidae
Dorsanum duplicatum
Gastropoda - Campanilidae
Cerithium (Thericium) rubiginosum
Gastropoda - Potamididae
Pirenella picta
Gastropoda - Cerithiidae
Bittium hartbergense
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae
Cerastoderma latisulcum
Cerastoderma vindobonense
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Semelidae
Ervilia sp. Turton 1822
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Irus gregarius
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Mactridae
Mactra vitaliana
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Ostreidae
Crassostrea sp. Sacco 1897
Gymnolaemata - Cheilostomata - Schizoporellidae
Schizoporella sp. Hincks 1877
Polychaeta - Serpulimorpha
Hydroides pectinata
see common names

Geography
Country:Austria
Coordinates: 47.4° North, 16.0° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:46.9° North, 15.7° East
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period: Neogene Epoch: Miocene
Stage: Serravallian 10 m.y. bin: Cenozoic 5
*Period:Late/Upper Tertiary *Epoch:Middle Miocene
*International age/stage:Late/Upper Serravallian *Local age/stage:Late/Upper Sarmatian
Key time interval: Sarmatian
Age range of interval: 12.8 - 11.63 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphic resolution:formation
Stratigraphy comments: no formation defined
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified bindstone
Lithology description: two bryozoan-serpulid-foram biostromes separated by a microbialite
Environment:reef, buildup or bioherm
Taphonomy
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes:some microfossils
Collection methods:bulk,mechanical,peel or thin section,field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Taxonomic list comments:Ostracods and some forams not included
Metadata
Also known as:Reef 905
Database number:25259
Authorizer:W. Kiessling Enterer:W. Kiessling
Modifier:W. Kiessling Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2002-09-05 07:35:33 Last modified:2002-09-05 11:36:27
Access level:the public Released:2002-09-05 07:35:33
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

7078. J. G. Friebe. 1994. Serpulid-bryozoan-foraminiferal biostromes controlled by temperate climate and reduced salinity: middle Miocene of the Styrian Basin, Austria. Facies 30:51-62 [W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling]