Hochalm B12 (Triassic of Austria)

Where: Austria (47.0° N, 12.0° E: paleocoordinates 30.7° N, 16.1° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Sagenites reticulatus zone, Hochalm, Unit 2 Member (Koessen Formation), Rhaetian (208.5 - 201.3 Ma)

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

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

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

• alternation of limestones with marls, Gervillia-Atreta biofacies

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 27981: authorized by Franz Fursich, entered by Adam Tomasovych on 19.01.2003

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Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Ostreida - Pteriidae
Rhaetavicula contorta Portlock 1843 pearl oyster
 Ostreida - Bakevelliidae
Gervillia inflata Schafhaeutl 1851 oyster
 Cardiida - Palaeocarditidae
Palaeocardita austriaca Hauer 1853 clam