Gaissau 9 (Triassic of Austria)

Where: Austria (47.0° N, 9.0° E: paleocoordinates 31.9° N, 14.2° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

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

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: open shallow subtidal; lithified limestone and poorly lithified marl

• alternation of limestones with marls

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 27958: authorized by Franz Fursich, entered by Adam Tomasovych on 19.01.2003

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Ostreida - Cassianellidae
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
Inoperna schafhaeutli Stur 1851 mussel
 Pholadomyida - Pholadomyidae
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
Protocardia rhaetica Merian 1853 cockle