Mödling (Triassic of Austria)

Also known as Moedling, Modling

Where: Niederösterreich, Austria (48.1° N, 16.3° E: paleocoordinates 24.9° N, 19.2° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Hauptdolomit Formation, Norian (228.0 - 208.5 Ma)

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified, gray dolomite

• light-gray dolomite; fossils very rare

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: bulk,

Primary reference: G. Rosenberg. 1935. Ein Placodontier-Zahn aus dem Hauptdolomit der niederösterreichischen Kalkalpen. (A tooth of Placodontidae from the Hauptdolomit in the niederösterreichic Kalkalpes). Verhandlungen der Geologischen Bundesanstalt (Wien), Vienna 4:54-58 [J. Alroy/S. Kuemmell/S. Kuemmell]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 38792: authorized by John Alroy, entered by Susanna Kümmell on 04.05.2004

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Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Placodontia -
Placochelys sp. Jaekel 1902 placodont