Klausgraben near St. Anton (Triassic of Austria)

Where: Austria (48.0° N, 15.2° E: paleocoordinates 5.9° N, 26.4° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Anisian (247.2 - 242.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: lithified limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: Repository: K.K. Geologischen Reichsanstalt (now Geologischen Bundesanstalt)

Primary reference: A. Bittner. 1890. Brachiopoden der alpinen Trias. Abhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Geologischen Reichsanstalt 14:1-325 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 136923: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 06.12.2012, edited by Bethany Allen

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Cephalopoda
 Ceratitida - Acrochordiceratidae
Acrochordiceras carolinae2 von Mojsisovics 1882 ceratite
Bivalvia
 Ostreida - Halobiidae
Halobia cf. richthofeni1 Mojsisovics 1874 oyster
Rhynchonellata
 Spiriferinida - Mentzeliidae
"Spiriferina (Mentzelia) mentzelii" = Mentzelia mentzeli
"Spiriferina (Mentzelia) mentzelii" = Mentzelia mentzeli Dunker 1851