Fritz Neuweiler

TL;DR: In this article, the formation of in situ formed micrites (automicrites) in close association with siliceous sponges is documented in Devonian, Carboniferous, Triassic, Jurassic and Cretaceous mounds and suggests a common origin with modern facies found within reef caves.

TL;DR: In this paper, the first step of the very rapid and large scale lowest Triassic transgression was noted in different areas (S Alps, Taurus, Turkey, S Armenia, E Elburz, Iran, Central Iran and CentralAfghanistan) during the first phase of the Triassic transition.

TL;DR: The EDTA-soluble intracrystalline organic fraction (SIOF) of Albian automicrites shows an amino acid spectrum that is similar to shallow subsurface samples from their modern counterparts as discussed by the authors.

TL;DR: In this article, a Liassic example of the long-ranging effects of mass extinction on carbonate systems is described, where the authors deciphered biohistoric constraints inherent in the Liassic carbonate depositional system from normal-marine, sub-tidal deposits of the central High Atlas rift basin (Morocco) through?Hettangian/Sinemurian to Early Toarcian times.

TL;DR: In this paper, morphological and geochemical comparisons between modern cryptic microbialites from Lizard Island/Great Barrier Reef and fossil counterparts in the Upper Jurassic (Southern Germany, Dobrogea/Romania) and late Lower Cretaceous (Aptian/Albian from Cantabria/Spain) spongiolitic environments show that there are common factors controlling the crust formations mostly independent of light despite of diverging (paleo-) oceanographic positions as well as relationships of competitors.