Falmberg, Gosau (Triassic of Austria)

Also known as Falmbergalm

Where: Upper Austria, Austria (47.6° N, 13.5° E: paleocoordinates 25.5° N, 17.2° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Norian (228.0 - 208.5 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: E. Kittl. 1912. Materialen zu einer Monographie der Halobiidae und Monotidae der Trias [Monograph on the Halobiidae and Monotidae of the Triassic]. Resultate der Wissenschaftlichen Erforschung des Balatonsees, II Band: Paläontologie der Umgebung des Balatonsees 1(4):1-229 [A. Dunhill/B. Allen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 203375: authorized by Alex Dunhill, entered by Bethany Allen on 13.08.2019

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Monotidae
"Monotis hoernesi" = Monotis (Monotis) hoernesi, "Monotis digona" = Monotis (Monotis) digona, "Monotis tenuicostata n. sp." = Monotis (Monotis) digona, Monotis rudis, Monotis salinaria
"Monotis hoernesi" = Monotis (Monotis) hoernesi Kittl 1912 scallop
"Monotis digona" = Monotis (Monotis) digona Kittl 1912 scallop
"Monotis tenuicostata n. sp." = Monotis (Monotis) digona Kittl 1912 scallop
Monotis rudis Gemmellaro 1882 scallop
Monotis salinaria Schlotheim 1820 scallop
 Ostreida - Halobiidae
Daonella gosaviensis n. sp. Kittl 1912 oyster
Halobia norica Mojsisovics 1874 oyster
Halobia plicosa Mojsisovics 1874 oyster