Where: Austria (47.0° N, 13.0° E: paleocoordinates 30.3° N, 16.8° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Sagenites reticulatus - Vandaites sturzenbaumi zone, Hochalm, Unit 3 Member (Koessen Formation), Rhaetian (208.5 - 201.3 Ma)

• S. reticulatus Zone belongs to the Upper Norian according to Krystyn (1987, 1990), to the Lower Rhaetian according to Dagys and Dagys (1990)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lagoonal or restricted shallow subtidal; lithified, shelly/skeletal limestone and poorly lithified marl

Collection methods: bulk,

Primary reference: R. Golebiowski. 1989. Stratigraphie und Biofacies der Koessener Formation (Obertrias, Nordliche Kalkalpen). Ph.D. thesis, University of Vienna, Austria 1-253 [F. Fursich/A. Tomasovych/S. Hicks]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 27938: authorized by Franz Fursich, entered by Adam Tomasovych on 18.01.2003

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