Gschliefgraben, Ultrahelvetic Nappe (Cretaceous of Austria)

Where: Austria (47.9° N, 13.8° E)

• Paleocoordinates: 36.0° N, 22.3° E (Wright 2013)

• coordinate based on political unit

When: Nostoceras hyatti ammonoid zone, Late/Upper Campanian (83.5 - 70.6 Ma)

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; shale

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: H. Summesberger and W. J. Kennedy. 2004. More ammonites (Puzosiinae, Pachydiscidae, Placenticeratidae, Nostoceratidae, Diplomoceratidae) from the Campanian (Late Cretaceous) of the Gschliefgraben (Ultrahelvetic Nappe; Austria). Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien. Serie A für Mineralogie und Petrographie, Geologie und Paläontologie, Anthropologie und Prähistorie 106A:167-211 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 233830: authorized by Pete Wagner, entered by Pete Wagner on 03.03.2024

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Taxonomic list

Cephalopoda
 Ammonitida - Pachydiscidae
Menuites deccanensis, Menuites arrialoorensis, "Pachydiscus (Pachydiscus) subrobustus" = Pachydiscus subrobustus
Menuites arrialoorensis Stoliczka 1865 ammonite
"Pachydiscus (Pachydiscus) subrobustus" = Pachydiscus subrobustus Seunes 1892 ammonite