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: Hochalm Member (Koessen Formation), Rhaetian (208.5 - 201.3 Ma)
• Sagenites reticulatus Zone, Hochalm Member, Unit 2
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: transition zone or lower shoreface; lithified, shelly/skeletal mixed carbonate-siliciclastic sediments
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: bulk, mechanical,
Primary reference: A. Tomasovych. 2006. Linking taphonomy to community-level abundance: insights into compositional fidelity of the Upper Triassic shell concentrations (Eastern Alps). Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 235:355-381 [F. Fursich/A. Tomasovych]more details
Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis
PaleoDB collection 61008: authorized by Franz Fursich, entered by Adam Tomasovych on 29.05.2006
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
Palaeocardita austriaca Hauer 1853 clam | |
Gervillaria inflata oyster | |
"Placunopsis alpina" = Pseudoplacunopsis alpina
"Placunopsis alpina" = Pseudoplacunopsis alpina Winkler 1859 scallop | |
Chlamys sp. Röding 1798 scallop |