Wettersteinspitze (Triassic of Austria)

Also known as Wettersteinalp

Where: Austria (47.4° N, 11.2° E: paleocoordinates 14.3° N, 19.8° 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 206043: authorized by Alex Dunhill, entered by Bethany Allen on 29.10.2019

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Echinoidea
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Cidaris dorsata Braun 1841 sea urchin
Cidaris decoratissima von Wöhrmann 1889 sea urchin
Bivalvia
 Nuculida - Nuculidae
Nucula telleri von Wöhrmann 1889 nut clam
 Trigoniida - Myophoriidae
"Myophoria whateleyae" = Costatoria whateleyae
"Myophoria whateleyae" = Costatoria whateleyae Buch 1845 clam
 Lucinida - Lucinidae
Fimbria mellingi Hauer 1857 clam
 Cardiida - Anthracosiidae
Anoplophora recta Guembel 1861 clam
 Carditida - Myophoricardiidae
Myophoriopis lineata Munster 1837 clam
 Ostreida - Halobiidae
Halobia rugosa Guembel 1861 oyster