Raxalpe 8a: Julian, Austria

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Rhynchonellata - Athyridida - Diplospirellidae
Tetractinella dyactis (Bittner 1892)
65 specimens
Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Angustothyrididae
"Terebratula" aff. raxana Bittner 1892
2 specimens
recombined as Angustothyris raxana
juvenile
? Rhaetina cf. pyriformis (Suess 1854)
2 specimens
Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Dielasmatidae
? Cruratula sp.
1 specimen
Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Lobothyrididae
Lobothyris praepunctata (Bittner 1890)
4 specimens
Rhynchonellata - Terebratulida - Zeilleriidae
Aulacothyris compressa
5 specimens
Aulacothyris cf. canaliculata Bittner 1892
1 specimen
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferinida - Mentzeliidae
Mentzelia ampla (Bittner 1890)
12 specimens
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferinida - Spiriferinidae
"Spiriferina" myrina Bittner 1892
4 specimens
recombined as Mentzelioides myrina
Mentzelia aff. fraasi Bittner 1890
2 specimens
Rhynchonellata - Spiriferinida - Sinucostidae
"Spiriferina" ex gr. pectinata Bittner 1890
1 specimen
recombined as Sinucosta pectinata
Rhynchonellata - Rhynchonellida - Allorhynchidae
Caucasorhynchia aff. altaplecta (Bockh 1872)
2 specimens
see common names

Geography
Country:Austria
Coordinates: 47.0° North, 15.0° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:11.6° North, 22.1° East
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Altitude:1902 meters
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Triassic Epoch:Late/Upper Triassic
Stage:Carnian 10 m.y. bin:Triassic 3
Key time interval:Julian
Age range of interval:237.00000 - 233.40000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Wetterstein Limestone
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Stratigraphy comments: Cordevolian
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified "limestone"
Environment:reef, buildup or bioherm Tectonic setting:passive margin
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes:some macrofossils,difficult macrofossils
Collection methods:mechanical,field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Database number:49317
Authorizer:F. Fursich Enterer:A. Tomasovych
Modifier:M. Clapham Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2005-04-13 05:38:12 Last modified:2017-07-04 13:37:08
Access level:the public Released:2005-04-13 05:38:12
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

13169. M. Siblik. 1994. The Brachiopod Fauna of the Wetterstein Limestone of the Raxalpe (Austria). Jahrbuch der geologischen Bundesanstalt 137(2):365-381 [F. Fursich/A. Tomasovych/A. Tomasovych]