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
Rhynchonellata | |
Rhaetina gregaria Suess 1854 | |
Bivalvia | |
Nuculana claviformis pointed nut clam | |
"Bakevellia praecursor" = Bakevellia (Bakevelloides) praecursor, Gervillaria inflata
"Bakevellia praecursor" = Bakevellia (Bakevelloides) praecursor Quenstedt 1858 oyster
Gervillaria inflata oyster | |
"Placunopsis alpina" = Pseudoplacunopsis alpina
"Placunopsis alpina" = Pseudoplacunopsis alpina Winkler 1859 scallop | |
Isocyprina alpina clam |