Rotelwand (Triassic of Austria)

Also known as Lasswand, Looswand

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: Oberrhaet Formation, Rhaetian (208.5 - 201.3 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: perireef or subreef; lithified floatstone

• White and pink organodetritic limestone below the NW part of the reef wall

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: M. Siblik. 1998. A contribution to the brachiopod fauna of the "Oberrhaetkalk" (Northern Calcareous Alps, Tyrol-Salzburg). Jahrbuch der geologischen Bundesanstalt 141(1):73-95 [F. Fursich/A. Tomasovych/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 29067: authorized by Franz Fursich, entered by Adam Tomasovych on 18.03.2003

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Taxonomic list

Rhynchonellata
 Rhynchonellida - Austrirhynchidae
Austrirhynchia cornigera Schafhautl 1851
 Rhynchonellida - Cyclothyrididae
 Rhynchonellida - Rhynchonellidae
 Terebratulida - Zeilleriidae
Zeilleria austriaca Zugmayer 1882
Zeilleria elliptica Zugmayer 1882