Pechgraben in Oberösterreich (Jurassic of Austria)

Where: Austria (47.9° N, 14.5° E: paleocoordinates 32.4° N, 18.5° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Gresten Formation, Hettangian (201.3 - 199.3 Ma)

• Probably Early Hettangian

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lithified limestone

• Environment could potentially be terrestrial, but parts of the Gresten Formation at Pechgraben contain brachiopods.

Size class: mesofossils

Preservation: adpression

Collected by D. Stur

Primary reference: O. Heer. 1879. Die Urwelt der Schweiz, Zweite Auflage 1-713 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 133033: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Jered Karr on 31.08.2012

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Insecta
 Coleoptera -
"Buprestites scabriusculus n. sp." = Coleopteron scabriusculus, "Carabites depressus n. sp." = Coleopteron depressus
"Buprestites scabriusculus n. sp." = Coleopteron scabriusculus Heer 1879 beetle
"Carabites depressus n. sp." = Coleopteron depressus Heer 1879 beetle