Eiberg 1: Rhaetian, Austria

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Plicatulidae
Placunopsis alpina (Winkler 1859)
see common names

Geography
Country:Austria
Coordinates: 47.0° North, 13.0° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:30.3° North, 16.8° East
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period: Triassic Epoch: Late Triassic
Stage: Rhaetian 10 m.y. bin: Triassic 4
*Period:Late/Upper Triassic *Epoch:Late/Upper Triassic
*International age/stage:Late/Upper Norian
Key time interval: Rhaetian Zone:  Sagenites reticulatus
Age range of interval: 208.5 - 201.4 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Formation:Koessen Member:Hochalm, Unit 2
Local section:Eiberg Local bed:1
Local order:bottom to top
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified "limestone"
Secondary lithology: poorly lithified marl
Includes fossils?Y
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: alternation of limestones with marls, Placunopsis-Bakevellia biofacies
Environment:lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal
Taphonomy
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes:all microfossils,difficult macrofossils
Collection methods:bulk,field collection
Reason for describing collection:paleoecologic analysis
Metadata
Database number:27932
Authorizer:F. Fursich Enterer:A. Tomasovych
Modifier:F. Fursich Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2003-01-18 05:23:05 Last modified:2006-03-06 09:22:07
Access level:group members Released:2003-01-18 05:23:05
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

7658. R. Golebiowski. 1989. Stratigraphie und Biofacies der Koessener Formation (Obertrias, Nordliche Kalkalpen). Ph.D. thesis, University of Vienna, Austria 1-253 [F. Fursich/A. Tomasovych/S. Hicks]