Eiberg section, sample 26 (Triassic of Austria)

Where: Austria (47.6° N, 12.2° E: paleocoordinates 31.1° N, 16.6° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Vandaites stuerzenbaumi ammonoid zone, Hochalm Member (Kössen Formation), Rhaetian (208.5 - 201.3 Ma)

• Unit 3, Korallenkalk-Bereich

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: deep subtidal; lithified limestone

• The absence of tempestites, change in the bivalve and brachiopod associations (appearance of deep burrowing suspension-feeding bivalves, and low abundance of terebratulid brachiopods adapted to shallow turbulent water) suggest a deposition below storm wave base in unit 3. The ostracod assemblages of unit 3 are therefore indicative of a deeper subtidal environment, probably close to the storm wave base.

Size class: microfossils

Collection methods: acetic

Primary reference: W. Mette, A. Elsler, and C. Korte. 2012. Palaeoenvironmental changes in the Late Triassic (Rhaetian) of the Northern Calcareous Alps: Clues from stable isotopes and microfossils. Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 350-352:62-72 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 132264: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 11.08.2012

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Foraminifera
 Lituolida - Lituolidae
Ammobaculites sp.
Ammobaculites sp. Cushman 1910
Nodosariata
 Nodosariida - Nodosariidae
Nodosariidae indet.
Nodosariidae indet. Ehrenberg 1838
Ostracoda
 Platycopida - Cytherellidae
Cytherella acuta
 Podocopida - Healdiidae
Ogmoconchella martini