Kossen TK12 (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: 6-7 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 115322: 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 - Oxytomidae
Oxytoma inequivalvis Sowerby 1819 scallop
 Pectinida - Entoliidae
Entolium "sp. A" Meek 1865 scallop
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Chlamys sp. Röding 1798 scallop
Rhynchonellata
 Rhynchonellida - Wellerellidae
 Terebratulida - Zeilleriidae
Zeilleria sp. Bayle 1878