Unterpetzen (Karawanken), white limestone with Trachyc. austriacum (Triassic of Austria)

Where: Austria (46.5° N, 14.7° E: paleocoordinates 11.3° N, 21.7° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Halstatt Formation, Julian (235.0 - 232.0 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lithified, white 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 159577: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 03.08.2014

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Cephalopoda
 Aulacoceratida - Xiphoteuthididae
Atractites ausseeanus2 Mojsisovics 1871 belemnite
 Phylloceratida - Ussuritidae
Mojsvarites agenor2 Muenster 1834 ammonite
 Ceratitida - Megaphyllitidae
"Pinacoceras cf. jarbas" = Megaphyllites jarbas
"Pinacoceras cf. jarbas" = Megaphyllites jarbas Münster 1841 ceratite
 Ceratitida - Arcestidae
"Arcestes gaytani" = Proarcestes gaytani1
"Arcestes gaytani" = Proarcestes gaytani1 Klipstein 1843 ceratite
 Ceratitida - Joannitidae
"Arcestes klipsteini" = Joannites klipsteini1
"Arcestes klipsteini" = Joannites klipsteini1 von Mojsisovics 1875 ceratite