Where: Lower Austria, Austria (48.0° N, 15.7° E: paleocoordinates 13.0° N, 22.7° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Carditaschichten Member (Lunzer Formation), Carnian (237.0 - 228.0 Ma)
• From the "Carditaschichten" [Cardita beds] (Bittner 1895), which are Carnian according to Ros-Franch et al. (2014)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: A. Bittner. 1895. Revision der Lamellibranchiaten von St. Cassian. Abhandlungen der kaiserlich-koniglichen Geologischen Reichsanstalt 18(1):1-236 [A. Dunhill/B. Allen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 202325: authorized by Alex Dunhill, entered by Bethany Allen on 05.07.2019
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
Cardita sp. Bruguière 1792 clam | |
"Avicula sturi" = Pteria sturi
"Avicula sturi" = Pteria sturi Bittner 1895 pearl oyster |