Where: Austria (47.4° N, 9.9° E: paleocoordinates 31.4° N, 19.7° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Garschella Formation, Aptian (125.0 - 113.0 Ma)

• LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY: From the Garschella Formation, which represents the "Gault" of Zittel 1868, Vacek 1879, and Föllmi and Ouwehand. The Garschella Fm overlies the Schrattenkalk, Drusberg, and Mittagspitz Fm, and is overlain by the Seewer Kalk Fm. AGE: Aptian in age, although justification for age assignment not provided.

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lithified, shelly/skeletal limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Reposited in the MNHN

Collection methods: surface (float),

• COLLECTORS: H.A. Kollmann and historic authors (notably Vacek, 1879, Baumberger and Fussenegger, 1933, and Heim et al. 1934). REPOSITORY: Collections reposited in the Vorarlberger Naturschau, Geologische Bundesantalt, Bayerische Staatssammulung fur Geologie und Palaontologie, Hungarian Geological Survey, and Museum National d'Historie Naturelle, Paris.

Primary reference: H. A. Kollmann. 2002. Gastropods from the Lower Cretaceous of Vorarlberg, Austria. A systematic review. Annals of the Naturhistorisches Museum Wien 103(A):23-73 [A. Miller/A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 65801: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 25.09.2006

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