Zlambach (Grossen Zlambachgraben) (Triassic of Austria)

Where: Austria (47.6° N, 13.7° E: paleocoordinates 30.6° N, 17.6° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Zlambach Formation, Rhaetian (208.5 - 201.3 Ma)

• Lower and middle part in marly and slaty limestone

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lithified limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: Repository: Geologischen Bundesanstalt, Austria (GBA)

Primary reference: E. von Mojsisovics. 1873. Das Gebirge um Hallstatt. Eine geologisch-paläontologische Studie aus den Alpen. 1 Teil, Die Mollusken-Faunen der Zlambach- und Hallstätter-Schichten. Abhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Geologischen Reichsanstalt 6(1):1-82 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 159558: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 03.08.2014

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Cephalopoda
 Ceratitida - Arcestidae
Arcestes oligosarcus1 von Mojsisovics 1875 ceratite
 Ceratitida - Gymnitidae
"Pinacoceras neglectum n. sp." = Protoplatytes neglectus
"Pinacoceras neglectum n. sp." = Protoplatytes neglectus von Mojsisovics 1873 ceratite
Not in Steinbergkogel
 Phylloceratida - Discophyllitidae
"Phylloceras debile" = Rhacophyllites debilis
"Phylloceras debile" = Rhacophyllites debilis Hauer 1846 ammonite
 Aulacoceratida - Xiphoteuthididae
Atractites alveolaris2 Quenstedt 1845 belemnite