Seefeld, Innsbruck collection: Alaunian, Austria

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Actinopteri - Perleidiformes - Colobodontidae
Semionotus latus Agassiz 1833
recombined as Colobodus latus
Actinopteri - Semionotiformes - Callipurbeckiidae
Lepidotus ornatus (Agassiz 1832)
recombined as Paralepidotus ornatus
Actinopteri - Lepisosteiformes
Lepidotus sp. (Agassiz 1832)
Kner 1867
original and current combination Lepidotes
Lepidotus ? parvulus Agassiz 1843
Actinopteri - Pholidophoriformes - Pholidophoridae
Pholidophorus pusillus Agassiz 1833
Pholidophorus latiusculus Agassiz 1832
6 specimens
F.123, Lit. F, No.1028, 6b-c, 27a, 126b (specimens in Nybelin, 1966)
Actinopteri - Peltopleuriformes - Peltopleuridae
Peltopleurus humilis n. sp. Kner 1867
Kner 1867
Ionoscopiformes - Furidae
Eugnathus insignis n. sp. Kner 1866
recombined as Furo insignis
Pholidophorus dorsalis n. sp. Agassiz 1833
recombined as Heterolepidotus dorsalis
Semionotus striatus Agassiz 1837
recombined as Heterolepidotus striatus
Pholidophorus cephalus n. sp. Kner 1866
recombined as Heterolepidotus cephalus
see common names

Geography
Country:Austria State/province:Tirol
Coordinates: 47.3° North, 11.2° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:27.8° North, 15.7° East
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Triassic Epoch:Late/Upper Triassic
Stage:Norian 10 m.y. bin:Triassic 4
Key time interval:Alaunian
Age range of interval:216.70000 - 213.20000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Seefelder
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:gray lithified carbonaceous "limestone"
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: "Bedded, slightly bituminous, dark gray limestones"
Environment:lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal
Geology comments: "Graben-like depressions on an extended marine carbonate platform...marginal position with restricted water circulation and anoxic conditions within the bottom zone".
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body,adpression
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Collection method comments: Repository: Univ. Institut für Geologie und Palaontologie, Innsbruck
Metadata
Database number:130602
Authorizer:M. Clapham Enterer:P. Vazquez, M. Clapham
Modifier:M. Clapham Research group:vertebrate
Created:2012-07-11 04:29:27 Last modified:2013-12-12 14:49:51
Access level:the public Released:2012-07-11 04:29:27
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

49395. R. Kner. 1866. Die fossilen Fische der Asphaltschiefer von Seefeld in Tirol. Sitzungsberichte der Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen Classe der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften 54:303-334 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]

Secondary references:

49362 G. Arratia. 2013. Morphology, taxonomy, and phylogeny of Triassic Pholidophorid fishes (Actinopterygii, Teleostei). Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 33:1-138 [M. Clapham/P. Vazquez]
49396 R. Kner. 1867. Nachtrag zur fossilen Fauna der Asphaltschiefer von Seefeld in Tirol. Sitzungsberichte der Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftlichen Classe der Kaiserlichen Akademie der Wissenschaften 56:898-909 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
42252 O. Nybelin. 1966. On certain Triassic and Liassic representatives of the family Pholidophoridae s. str. Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History), Geology 2(8):351-432 [M. Clapham/P. Vazquez/M. Clapham]