Kossen A14: Rhaetian, Austria

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia - Pholadida - Pleuromyidae
Pleuromya lagenalis
original and current combination Myacites (Pleuromya)
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Palaeocarditidae
Palaeocardita austriaca (Hauer 1853)
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Limidae
Plagiostoma punctatum Sowerby 1818
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Dimyidae
Atreta intusstriata (Emmrich 1853)
see common names

Geography
Country:Austria
Coordinates: 47.7° North, 12.5° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:31.1° North, 16.9° East
Basis of coordinate:stated in text
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Triassic Epoch:Late/Upper Triassic
Stage:Rhaetian 10 m.y. bin:Triassic 4
*International age/stage:Early/Lower Rhaetian
Key time interval:Rhaetian Zone: Vandaites sturzenbaumi
Age range of interval:208.50000 - 201.40000 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields
Stratigraphy
Formation:Kossen Member:Hochalm,Unit3
Local section:Kossen Local bed:A14
Local order:bottom to top
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: "carbonate"
Secondary lithology: marl
Lithology description: alternation of limestones with marls
Environment:shallow subtidal indet.
Geology comments: Pleuromya biofacies
Taphonomy
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:field collection
Reason for describing collection:paleoecologic analysis
Metadata
Database number:28595
Authorizer:F. Fursich Enterer:A. Tomasovych
Modifier:W. Kiessling Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2003-02-20 07:50:14 Last modified:2008-11-20 10:43:42
Access level:group members Released:2005-02-20 07:50:14
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]