Helfertal (Gleirschtal), Karwandel (Triassic of Austria)

Where: Austria (47.3° N, 11.3° E: paleocoordinates 19.4° N, 17.8° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Raibl Formation, Tuvalian (232.0 - 221.5 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified limestone

Size classes: mesofossils, microfossils

Collected by M. Strasser

Collection methods: surface (float)

• Repository: private collection of M. Strasser

Primary reference: K. Krainer, S. G. Lucas, and M. Strasser. 2011. Vertebrate fossils from the Northalpine Raibl Beds, western Northern Calcareous Alps, Tyrol. Austrian Journal of Earth Sciences 104:97-106 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 149436: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 05.08.2013, edited by Bethany Allen

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Echinoidea
 Cidaroida - Cidaridae
Cidaris guembeli von Wöhrmann 1889 pencil urchin
Asteroidea
 Paxillosida - Astropectinidae
Astropecten pichleri von Wöhrmann 1889 sea star
Osteichthyes
 Saurichthyiformes - Saurichthyidae
Saurichthyidae indet. Stensiö 1925 ray-finned fish
Horizon 2b (upper shale series)
Bivalvia
  - Aviculidae
"Avicula gea" = Avicula destefanoi Jaworski 1922 clam
Avicula aspera Pichler 1857 clam
 Pectinida - Dimyidae
"Dimyodon intusstriatum" = Atreta intusstriata
"Dimyodon intusstriatum" = Atreta intusstriata Emmrich 1853 scallop
 Arcida - Parallelodontidae
Macrodon strigilatum Munster 1838 clam
 Lucinida - Lucinidae
Fimbria astartiformis Münster 1841 clam
 Carditida - Astartidae
Astartopis richthofeni Stur 1868 clam
Astraeidae
  - Astraeidae
Montlivaultia tirolensis von Wöhrmann 1889