Nova Southeastern University NSUWorks Marine & Environmental Sciences Faculty Department of Marine and Environmental Sciences Proceedings, Presentations, Speeches, Lectures 2000 Reefs and Coral Carpets in the Miocene Paratethys (Badenian, Leitha Limestone, Austria) Bernhard Riegl Nova Southeastern University,
[email protected] W. E. Piller Institut fur Palaontologie der Universitat Wien Follow this and additional works at: https://nsuworks.nova.edu/occ_facpresentations Part of the Marine Biology Commons, and the Oceanography and Atmospheric Sciences and Meteorology Commons NSUWorks Citation Riegl, Bernhard and Piller, W. E., "Reefs and Coral Carpets in the Miocene Paratethys (Badenian, Leitha Limestone, Austria)" (2000). Marine & Environmental Sciences Faculty Proceedings, Presentations, Speeches, Lectures. 111. https://nsuworks.nova.edu/occ_facpresentations/111 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by the Department of Marine and Environmental Sciences at NSUWorks. It has been accepted for inclusion in Marine & Environmental Sciences Faculty Proceedings, Presentations, Speeches, Lectures by an authorized administrator of NSUWorks. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. i Proceedings 9 ° International Coral Reef Symposium, Bali, Indonesia 23-27 October 2000. Vol. I Reefs and coral carpets in the Miocene paratethys (Badenian, Leitha Limestone, Austria) B. Riegl i: 2 and W. E. Paler ) ABSTRACT Biohermal (reefs) and biostromal (coral carpets) facies were studied in the Austrian Middle Miocene Leitha Lime- stone. In the Vienna Basin ("Fenk quarry") non-framebuilding and framebuilding biostromal coral communities were found. In the Styrian Basin, well developed patch reefs were observed besides coral carpets. In the Fenk quarry, 2 coral carpet types, four non-framework coral communities, and one bivalve/coral community were found.