Kossen TK9 (Triassic of Austria)

Where: Austria (47.7° N, 12.5° E)

• Paleocoordinates: 27.3° N, 29.9° E (Wright 2013)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: 6-7 Member (Kossen Formation), Rhaetian (205.7 - 201.4 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: deep subtidal; carbonate

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 115319: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Sarah Kolbe on 01.09.2011

Creative Commons license: CC0 (CC0)

Taxonomic list

• "Although benthic components, such as corals, sponges, gastropods, and crinoids, can be present locally, only brachiopods and bivalves were included in analyses."
Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Oxytomidae
Oxytoma inequivalvis Sowerby 1819 scallop
 Ostreida - Cassianellidae
Rhynchonellata
 Spiriferinida - Sinucostidae
Sinucosta emmrichi Suess 1854
 Spiriferinida - Spondylospiridae
 Rhynchonellida - Austrirhynchidae
Austrirhynchia cornigera Schafhautl 1851
 Rhynchonellida - Wellerellidae
 Athyridida - Diplospirellidae
Oxycolpella oxycolpos Emmrich 1853
 Terebratulida - Zeilleriidae
Zeilleria sp. Bayle 1878