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)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: open shallow subtidal; lithified limestone
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 27966: authorized by Franz Fursich, entered by Adam Tomasovych on 19.01.2003
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
"Placunopsis alpina" = Pseudoplacunopsis alpina
"Placunopsis alpina" = Pseudoplacunopsis alpina Winkler 1859 scallop | |
Atreta intusstriata Emmrich 1853 scallop | |
Palaeocardita austriaca Hauer 1853 clam | |
Protocardia rhaetica Merian 1853 cockle | |
Rhynchonellata | |
Rhaetina pyriformis Suess 1854 |