Hernstein Castle (Triassic of Austria)

Where: Niederösterreich, Austria (47.9° N, 16.1° E: paleocoordinates 29.9° N, 19.4° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Hallstatt Formation, Rhaetian (208.5 - 201.3 Ma)

• Epigondolella bidentata-Misikella posthernsteini conodont zone, Early Rhaetian

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: slope; lithified limestone

• platform slope deposition in shallower conditions than the condensed ammonoid-shell-rich distal pelagic facies of the Hallstatt Limestone
• Monotis are confined to relatively thin subparallel or discordant fissure fillings

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: C. McRoberts, L. Krystyn, and A. Shea. 2008. Rhaetian (Late Triassic) Monotis (Bivalvia: Pectinoida) from the eastern Northern Calcareous Alps (Austria) and the end-Norian crisis in pelagic faunas. Palaeontology 51(3):721-735 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 85009: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 21.11.2008

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Taxonomic list

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Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Monotidae
Monotis rhaetica n. sp., "Monotis hoernesi" = Monotis (Monotis) hoernesi
Monotis rhaetica n. sp. scallop
"Monotis hoernesi" = Monotis (Monotis) hoernesi Kittl 1912 scallop