Riessgänge, Wilden Kaiser (Triassic of Austria)

Where: Austria (47.6° N, 12.2° E: paleocoordinates 14.0° N, 20.5° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Raibl Formation, Carnian (237.0 - 228.0 Ma)

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: S. von Wöhrmann. 1889. Die Fauna der sogenannten Cardita- und Raibler-Schichten in den Nordtiroler und bayerischen Alpen. Jahrbuch des kaiserlich-königlichen Geologischen Reichsanstalt, Wein 39:181-258 [L. Villier/L. Villier]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 206040: authorized by Alex Dunhill, entered by Bethany Allen on 29.10.2019

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Cephalopoda
 Nautilida - Nautilidae
Nautilus sp. Linnaeus 1758 nautiloid
Gastropoda
 Murchisoniina - Loxonematidae
Loxonema binodosa von Wöhrmann 1889 snail
Bivalvia
 Nuculida - Nuculidae
Nucula subaequilatera Schafhaeutl 1865 nut clam
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Pecten subalternans d'Orbigny 1849 scallop
Pecten schlosseri von Wöhrmann 1889 scallop
"Pecten filosus" = Amusium filosum Hauer 1857 scallop
 Ostreida - Cassianellidae
"Hoernesia joannisaustriae" = Septihoernesia joannisaustriae
"Hoernesia joannisaustriae" = Septihoernesia joannisaustriae Klipstein 1843 oyster
 Ostreida - Bakevelliidae
"Gervillia angusta" = Gervillia (Cultriopsis) angusta
"Gervillia angusta" = Gervillia (Cultriopsis) angusta Munster 1838 oyster
 Ostreida - Halobiidae
Halobia rugosa Guembel 1861 oyster
 Carditida - Myophoricardiidae
"Astarte rosthorni" = Myophoriopis rosthorni Boué 1835 clam
Myophoricardium lineatum von Wöhrmann 1889 clam
 Trigoniida - Myophoriidae
"Myophoria fissidentata" = Heminajas fissidentata
"Myophoria fissidentata" = Heminajas fissidentata von Wöhrmann 1889 clam
 Trigoniida - Trigoniidae
"Myophoria whateleyae" = Trigonia whateleyae
"Myophoria whateleyae" = Trigonia whateleyae Buch 1844 clam