Rudolfstollen waste heap, Seekopf Ridge, Lunz (Triassic of Austria)

Where: Austria (47.8° N, 15.0° E: paleocoordinates 13.1° N, 22.4° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Lunz Formation, Carnian (237.0 - 228.0 Ma)

• Collected from coal mine waste heap

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: fluvial-deltaic; lithified, gray, silty shale

• Interpreted as deposits of a subaquatic delta that changed slowly to swampy coal-building environments, probably with sometimes brackish influence (Krystyn 1991). Several thin seams indicate frequently changing habitats caused by the meandering of the fluvial system. According to Sachsenhofer (1987), the coal is characterized by a remarkably high amount of cutinite (often with resinite) and almost complete lack of inertinite, which together with the high amount of siderite indicate that the coal was built in a gyttja environment.

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression, adpression

Primary reference: B. Meller, A. G. Ponomarenko, D. V. Vasilenko, T. C. Fischer, and B. Aschauer. 2011. First beetle elytra, abdomen (Coleoptera) and a mine trace from Lunz (Carnian, Late Triassic, Lunz-am-See, Austria) and their taphonomic and evolutionary aspects. Palaeontology 54(1):97-110 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 102471: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 15.01.2011

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Peltaspermopsida
 Peltaspermales - Leuthardtiaceae
"Glossophyllum florinii" = Arberophyllum
"Glossophyllum florinii" = Arberophyllum
Polypodiopsida
 Marattiales - Marattiidae
Lonchopteris
  -
 Bennettitales -
Insecta
 Coleoptera - Ademosynidae
Ademosyne polyzetete n. sp. Ponomarenko 2011 beetle
 Coleoptera -
Polyphaga "abdomen indet." Emery 1886 beetle
 Coleoptera - Permosynidae
Diarcuipenna bennettitophila n. sp. Ponomarenko 2011 beetle
Hydrobiites handlirschi n. sp. Ponomarenko 2011 beetle
Platycrossos caroli n. sp. Ponomarenko 2011 beetle