Schwarzkogel, Mürztal Alps (Triassic of Austria)

Where: Steiermark, Austria (47.7° N, 15.6° E: paleocoordinates 12.9° N, 22.5° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: "Dachstein" Formation, Carnian (237.0 - 228.0 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lagoonal or restricted shallow subtidal; lithified limestone

• grey bedded micritic limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: H. Zapfe. 1972. Cornucardia hornigii (Bittner) in einer "Dachsteinkalk-Fazies" der Nordalpen [Cornucardia hornigii (Bittner) in a Dachstein Limestone facies of the Northern Alps]. Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien 76:587-604 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 85239: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 08.12.2008

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Taxonomic list

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Gastropoda
 Caenogastropoda - Coelostylinidae
Omphaloptycha sp., Omphaloptycha cf. rosthorni
Omphaloptycha sp. Ammon 1878 snail
Omphaloptycha cf. rosthorni Hoernes 1856 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Purpurinidae
Purpurinidae indet., Purpuroidea ex gr. excelsior
Purpurinidae indet. Zittel 1895 periwinkle
Bivalvia
 Megalodontida - Dicerocardiidae
Cornucardia hornigii
Cornucardia hornigii Bittner 1901 clam
 Megalodontida - Megalodontidae
"Megalodus cf. triqueter" = Neomegalodon triqueter
"Megalodus cf. triqueter" = Neomegalodon triqueter Wulfen 1793 clam
 Solenida - Solenomorphidae
Solenomorpha cf. gladius
Solenomorpha cf. gladius Laube 1865 clam