Formaletsch (Jurassic of Austria)

Where: Austria (47.2° N, 10.0° E: paleocoordinates 33.7° N, 16.5° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Adnet Formation, Sinemurian (199.3 - 190.8 Ma)

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: nodular, red limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by Siegfried Fussenegger

• Repository: Vorarlberger Naturschau, Dornbirn, Austria

Primary reference: C. Meister and J. G. Friebe. 2003. Austroalpine Liassic ammonites from Vorarlberg (Austria, Northern Calcareous Alps). Beiträge zur Paläontologie 28:9-99 [A. Dunhill/B. Allen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 218906: authorized by Alex Dunhill, entered by Bethany Allen on 04.03.2021

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Cephalopoda
 Ammonitida - Asteroceratidae
Asteroceras sp. Hyatt 1867 ammonite
 Ammonitida - Echioceratidae
Echioceras ex gr. quenstedti Schafhautl 1847 ammonite
 Ammonitida - Arietitidae
Coroniceras sp. Hyatt 1867 ammonite