Pötschenstein (Triassic of Austria)

Where: Austria (47.7° N, 13.7° E: paleocoordinates 25.1° N, 17.4° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Halstatt Formation, Lacian (221.5 - 215.6 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lithified, red limestone

Size class: macrofossils

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

Primary reference: E. von Mojsisovics. 1902. Die Cephalopoden der Hallstätter Kalke. Abhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Geologischen Reichsanstalt 6(1):177-356 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 159968: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 12.08.2014, edited by Bethany Allen

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Ostreida - Halobiidae
Halobia austriaca Mojsisovics 1874 oyster
Halobia halorica Mojsisovics 1874 oyster
Cephalopoda
 Nautilida - Clydonautilidae
Clydonautilus noricus von Mojsisovics 1873 nautiloid
 Phylloceratida - Discophyllitidae
"Rhacophyllites occultus" = Tragorhacoceras occultum
"Rhacophyllites occultus" = Tragorhacoceras occultum von Mojsisovics 1873 ammonite
 Ceratitida - Arcestidae
"Stenarcestes planus" = Stenarcestes leiostracus von Mojsisovics 1875 ceratite
Arcestes platystomus von Mojsisovics 1875 ceratite
Arcestes syngonus von Mojsisovics 1875 ceratite
 Ceratitida - Cladiscitidae
Cladiscites quadratus von Mojsisovics 1873 ceratite
"Cladiscites ruber" = Cladiscites tornatus Hauer 1846 ceratite
Cladiscites obesus von Mojsisovics 1873 ceratite