Kossen TK8 (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: 3 Member (Kossen Formation), Rhaetian (208.5 - 201.3 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 115317: 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."
Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Chlamys sp. Röding 1798 scallop
 Pectinida - Plicatulidae
"Placunopsis alpina" = Pseudoplacunopsis alpina
"Placunopsis alpina" = Pseudoplacunopsis alpina Winkler 1859 scallop
 Pectinida - Limidae
Plagiostoma punctatum Sowerby 1818 file clam
 Pectinida - Propeamussiidae
 Pectinida - Dimyidae
Atreta intusstriata Emmrich 1853 scallop
 Ostreida - Palaeolophidae
 Arcida - Parallelodontidae
Grammatodon "sp. A" Meek and Hayden 1860 clam
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
"Modiolus minutus" = Mytilus minutus
"Modiolus minutus" = Mytilus minutus Goldfuss 1837 mussel
 Pholadomyida - Pholadomyidae
 Cardiida - Palaeocarditidae
Rhynchonellata
 Rhynchonellida - Austrirhynchidae
Austrirhynchia cornigera Schafhautl 1851
 Terebratulida - Zeilleriidae
Zeilleria sp. Bayle 1878
 Terebratulida - Triadithyrididae
 Terebratulida - Angustothyrididae