Hochalm TH12 (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: 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

• 6 cm-thick marl with thin, poorly sorted and loosely packed packstone layer, present within a siliciclastic-rich interval

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
 Cardiida - Palaeocarditidae
Palaeocardita austriaca Hauer 1853 clam
 Ostreida - Bakevelliidae
 Pectinida - Plicatulidae
"Placunopsis alpina" = Pseudoplacunopsis alpina
"Placunopsis alpina" = Pseudoplacunopsis alpina Winkler 1859 scallop
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Chlamys sp. Röding 1798 scallop