Leisling, red brecciated blocks (Triassic of Austria)

Where: Austria (47.6° N, 13.7° E: paleocoordinates 18.7° N, 19.3° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

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

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lithified, red breccia

• "rothen breccienartigen Findlingsblöcken" (red brecciated boulder blocks)

Size class: macrofossils

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

Primary reference: E. von Mojsisovics. 1875. 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):83-174 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 159567: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 03.08.2014

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Cephalopoda
 Ceratitida - Arcestidae
Arcestes bicornis Hauer 1860 ceratite