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: open shallow subtidal; lithified 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 27940: authorized by Franz Fursich, entered by Adam Tomasovych on 18.01.2003
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
Plagiostoma punctatum Sowerby 1818 file clam | |
Atreta intusstriata Emmrich 1853 scallop | |
"Inoperna" schafhaeutli Stur 1851 mussel | |
Homomya lagenalis clam | |
Protocardia rhaetica Merian 1853 cockle | |
Rhynchonellata | |
Zugmayerella sp. Dagys 1963 |