Kossen TK2 (Triassic of Austria)

Where: Austria (47.7° N, 12.5° E: paleocoordinates 31.1° N, 16.9° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: 2 Member (Kossen Formation), Rhaetian (208.5 - 201.3 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: offshore; siliciclastic sediments

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: A. Tomasovych. 2006. Brachiopod and bivalve ecology in the Late Triassic (Alps, Austria): onshore-offshore replacements caused by variations in sediment and nutrient supply. Palaios 21:344-368 [A. Miller/S. Kolbe/S. Kolbe]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 115310: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Sarah Kolbe on 01.09.2011

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• "Although benthic components, such as corals, sponges, gastropods, and crinoids, can be present locally, only brachiopods and bivalves were included in analyses".
Rhynchonellata
 Terebratulida - Angustothyrididae
Rhaetina gregaria Suess 1854
Bivalvia
 Ostreida - Bakevelliidae
"Bakevellia praecursor" = Bakevellia (Bakevelloides) praecursor Quenstedt 1858 oyster
 Pectinida - Plicatulidae
"Placunopsis alpina" = Pseudoplacunopsis alpina
"Placunopsis alpina" = Pseudoplacunopsis alpina Winkler 1859 scallop
 Cardiida - Arcticidae
 Nuculanida - Nuculanidae
Nuculana claviformis pointed nut clam