Table 1 Calcareous nannofossil and benthic foraminifera assemblages of the Eiberg and Schlossberg sections
Section | Assemblage | Occurrence in section (m) | Characteristic | Other | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Schloss | Sch + Co | Nanno | From 0.5 to 0.11 | Schizosphaerellids (40%) Conusphaera spp. (35%) | Obliquipithonella spp. (<10%) |
Schloss | Pt3 | Nanno | From base to 0.5 | P. triassica (40%) with small forms Conusphaera spp. (25%) | P. triassica, (<20%), Obliquipithonella spp. (<10%) |
Schloss | TROCHA | Benthic forams | From 0.11 to 0.20 | Very abundant (~6,500 ind./g of sed.) and low diversified agglutinated taxa. Trochammina canningensis | |
Schloss | DN | Benthic forams | From base to 0.11 | Abundant (~2,500 ind./g of sed.), diversified hyaline Nodosariidae Lenticulina varians, L. subquadrata Astacolus. aff. A. dorbignyi, A. semi-incisa, A. matutina Ichthyolaria rhaetica P. tenera Nodosaria anarthra, N.claviformis, N. nitidana Pseudonodosaria multicostata | |
EIBERG | CC + Sch | Nanno | From 20 to the top | Obliquipithonella spp. + Orthopithonella spp. (30–50%) E. zlambachensis + E. tollmanniae (25–30%) | Schizosphaerellids (10%) |
EIBERG | Pt3 | Nanno | From 19 to 20 | P. triassica (40%) with small forms E. zlambachensis + E. tollmanniae (∼30%) | Obliquipithonella spp. (20%) Orthopithonella spp. (10%) Coccoliths (<1%) |
EIBERG | Pt2 | Nanno | From 16.6 to 19 | P. triassica (50–80%) with medium and small forms E. zlambachensis + E. tollmanniae (∼20%) | Obliquipithonella spp. (10–20%) Orthopithonella spp. (<5%) Coccoliths (<1%) |
EIBERG | Pt1 | Nanno | From 4 to 7.5 and 16.5 | P. triassica (50–80%) with large forms E. zlambachensis + E. tollmanniae (40%) | Orthopithonella spp. (15%) Obliquipithonella spp. (<5%) Coccoliths (<1%) |
EIBERG | TROCHO | Benthic forams | From 19 to 20 | Very abundant aragonitic involutinidae (~15,000 ind./g of sed.) Trocholina cf. T. verrucosa | Abundant (~4,000 ind./g of sed.) and diversified hyaline: Nodosariidae (L. gottingensis, P. simpsonensis, P. turgida), E. liassica (~1,600 ind./g of sed.), Glomospira perplexa (~250 ind./g of sed.) |
EIBERG | AG | Benthic forams | From 16 to 17.5 | Low abundance (~200–900 ind./gram of sed.) and low diversified fine agglutinated taxa. Ammobaculites rhaeticus Ammomarginulina beggi | Very rare hyaline taxa (<20 ind./g of sed.) |
EIBERG | DN | Benthic forams | From 16.5 to the top and, from 4 to 8 | Abundant (~5,000 ind./g of sed.), diversified hyaline Nodosariidae. Lenticulina gottingensis Pseudonosaria simpsonensis Prodentalina turgida Ichtyolaria bicostata, I. rhaetica | Polymorphinidae (~800–1,600 ind./g of sed.), Eoguttulina liassica |