Bleiberg, Gailtal Alps, Wetterstein Limestone, Carinthia (Triassic of Austria)

Where: Austria (46.6° N, 13.7° E)

• Paleocoordinates: 16.0° N, 34.6° E (Wright 2013)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Upper Member (Wetterstein Limestone Formation), Julian (235.0 - 232.0 Ma)

• Cordevolian

• member-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; lithified limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: G. Tichy. 1980. Zur Stratigraphie und Ontogenese von Neomegalodon (N.) triqueter triqueter (Wulfen, 1793) (Bivalvia) aus der Trias der Gailtaler Alpen (Kärnten, Österreich) [Stratigraphy and ontogeny of Neomegalodon (N.) triqueter triqueter from the Triassic of the Gailtal Alps (Carinthia, Austria)]. Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien 83:303-328 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 69264: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 23.02.2007

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Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Megalodontida - Megalodontidae
Neomegalodon (Neomegalodon) triqueter Wulfen 1793 clam
subspecies triqueter