Hochleitengraben (Jurassic of Austria)

Where: Austria (47.0° N, 13.0° E: paleocoordinates 32.2° N, 16.9° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Psiloceras planorbis zone, Tiefengraben Member (Kendlbach Formation), Hettangian (201.3 - 199.3 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lithified, gray, muddy limestone and lithified, cherty/siliceous packstone

• Grey marls and marly limestones and lower part of massive packstone bed with yellow cherts

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: M. Siblik. 1999. New data on the Hettangian brachiopod fauna of the Northern Calcareous Alps (Austria, Bavaria). Abhandlungen der geologischen Bundesanstalt 56(2):419-438 [F. Fursich/A. Tomasovych/A. Tomasovych]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 29054: authorized by Franz Fursich, entered by Adam Tomasovych on 18.03.2003

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Taxonomic list

Rhynchonellata
 Spiriferinida - Pennospiriferinidae
 Rhynchonellida - Tetrarhynchiidae
 Terebratulida - Zeilleriidae
Zeilleria sp. Bayle 1878