ammonites
Unterbrein, rudist patch reef (Cretaceous of Austria)

Also known as Reef 1267

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 (85.8 - 83.5 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified bafflestone

• rudist patch reef

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 74488: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 07.08.2007