Arzler Scharte (Triassic of Austria)

Also known as Karwendelgebirge

Where: Innsbruck, Austria (47.3° N, 11.4° E: paleocoordinates 7.0° N, 23.9° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Ceratites trinodosus ammonoid zone, Wetterstein Formation, Anisian (247.2 - 242.0 Ma)

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: H. Alma. 1926. Eine Fauna des Wettersteinkalkes bei Innsbruck. Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien 40:111-129 [A. Dunhill/B. Allen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 202275: authorized by Alex Dunhill, entered by Bethany Allen on 03.07.2019

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Rhynchonellata
 Athyridida - Retziidae
Retzia sp. King 1850
 Spiriferinida - Mentzeliidae
"Mentzelia cf. mentzelii" = Mentzelia mentzeli
"Mentzelia cf. mentzelii" = Mentzelia mentzeli Dunker 1851
 Terebratulida - Dielasmatidae
Cephalopoda
 Ceratitida - Trachyceratidae
Protrachyceras cf. archelaus Laube 1869 ceratite
 Ceratitida - Arcestidae
Proarcestes bramantei Mojsisovics 1869 ceratite
 Ceratitida - Sturiidae
Sturia semiarata von Mojsisovics 1882 ceratite
 Ceratitida - Ptychitidae
"Ptychites studeri" = Flexoptychites studeri, "Ptychites acutus" = Flexoptychites acutus
"Ptychites studeri" = Flexoptychites studeri Hauer 1857 ceratite
"Ptychites acutus" = Flexoptychites acutus von Mojsisovics 1882 ceratite
 Ceratitida - Pinacoceratidae
"Pinacoceras damesi" = Praepinacoceras damesi
"Pinacoceras damesi" = Praepinacoceras damesi von Mojsisovics 1882 ceratite
 Ceratitida - Megaphyllitidae
Megaphyllites oenipontanus von Mojsisovics 1882 ceratite
 Ceratitida - Ceratitidae
"Ceratites trinodosus" = Paraceratites trinodosus von Mojsisovics 1878 ceratite
Beyrichites reuttensis Beyrich 1867 ceratite
 Phylloceratida - Ussuritidae
Monophyllites sphaerophyllus Hauer 1851 ammonite
 Nautilida - Syringonautilidae
 Aulacoceratida - Xiphoteuthididae
Atractites boeckhi Stuerzenbaum 1876 belemnite
Gastropoda
 Heterostropha - Gordenellidae
Promathildia arzelensis n. sp. Alma 1926 snail
 Murchisoniina - Loxonematidae
Loxonema cf. kokeni Kittl 1894 snail
 Murchisoniina - Zygopleuridae
"Loxonema cf. tenuis" = Ampezzopleura tenuis, "Loxonema cf. arctecostata" = Zygopleura arctecostata
"Loxonema cf. tenuis" = Ampezzopleura tenuis Münster 1841 snail
"Loxonema cf. arctecostata" = Zygopleura arctecostata Münster 1841 snail
 Euomphalina - Anomphalidae
"Umbonium cf. helicoides" = Anomphalus helicoides
"Umbonium cf. helicoides" = Anomphalus helicoides Münster 1841 snail
 Caenogastropoda - Coelostylinidae
Coelostylina cf. nodosa Münster 1841 snail
"Undularia (Toxoconcha) brocchii" = Toxoconcha brocchi Stoppani 1857 snail
Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Pecten cf. badioticus Bittner 1895 scallop
 Pectinida - Limidae
Mysidioptera cf. cainalli Stoppani 1860 file clam
"Tirolidia aff. cassianae" = Lima (Tirolidia) file clam
 Pectinida - Entoliidae
"Pecten (Entolium) discites" = Entolium discites
"Pecten (Entolium) discites" = Entolium discites Schlotheim 1820 scallop
 Ostreida - Halobiidae
"Daonella tyrolensis" = Daonella (Arzelella) tyrolensis, "Daonella arzelensis" = Daonella (Arzelella) tyrolensis, "Daonella indica" = Daonella (Arzelella) indica, "Daonella pichleri" = Daonella (Pichlerella) pichleri, "Daonella reticulata" = Daonella (Pichlerella) pichleri
"Daonella tyrolensis" = Daonella (Arzelella) tyrolensis Mojsisovics 1874 oyster
'several' specimens
"Daonella arzelensis" = Daonella (Arzelella) tyrolensis Mojsisovics 1874 oyster
'several' specimens
"Daonella indica" = Daonella (Arzelella) indica Bittner 1899 oyster
"Daonella pichleri" = Daonella (Pichlerella) pichleri Mojsisovics 1874 oyster
"Daonella reticulata" = Daonella (Pichlerella) pichleri Mojsisovics 1874 oyster
 Ostreida - Posidoniidae
Veldidenella dieneri Alma 1926 oyster
'several' specimens
 Trigoniida - Myophoriidae
Myophoria aff. kefersteini Münster 1828 clam