Kleiner Zlambachgraben (Triassic of Austria)

Where: Oberösterreich, Austria (47.7° N, 13.7° E: paleocoordinates 25.5° N, 17.4° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Pedata Schichten Formation, Norian (228.0 - 208.5 Ma)

• Embedded in Norian "Pedata Schichten" occurring as slump blocks in the Zlambach Formation.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; lithified limestone

• marly limestones

Size class: macrofossils

Reposited in the NHMW

Primary reference: A. Radwanski and H. Summesberger. 2001. A new species of inarticulate brachiopods, Discinisca zapfei sp. n., from the Upper Triassic Zlambach Formation (Northern Calcareous Alps, Austria), and a discussion of other Triassic disciniscans. Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien, A 102:109-129 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 85058: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 24.11.2008

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Taxonomic list

Lingulata
 Discinida - Disciniidae
Discinisca zapfei n. sp. Radwanski and Summesberger 2001