Zill Quarry, 2km W of Hallein (Triassic of Germany)

Also known as Steinbruch Zill, Zillwirt

Where: Bavaria, Germany (47.7° N, 13.1° E: paleocoordinates 27.3° N, 17.1° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Hallstatt Formation, Alaunian (215.6 - 212.0 Ma)

• "[Middle Norian]" (Zeiss 1977), taken to mean Alaunian

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: A. Zeiss. 1977. Ein neuer Fund der seltenen Clydonitoideen-Gattung Acanthinites (Ceratitida, Nor) und seine paläontologische Bedeutung. Mitteilungen der Bayerischen Staatssammlung für Paläontologie und Historische Geologie 17:27-34 [A. Dunhill/B. Allen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 218142: authorized by Alex Dunhill, entered by Bethany Allen on 19.02.2021

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Rhynchonellata
 Rhynchonellida - Halorellidae
Cephalopoda
 Phylloceratida - Discophyllitidae
"Rhacophyllites neojurensis" = Rhacophyllites debilis
"Rhacophyllites neojurensis" = Rhacophyllites debilis Hauer 1846 ammonite
 Ceratitida - Tibetitidae
Acanthinites excelsior Mojsisovics 1893 ceratite
Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Monotidae
Monotis salinaria Schlotheim 1820 scallop