Schwarzkogel, Mürztal Alps: Carnian, Austria

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda - Purpurinidae
Purpurinidae indet. Zittel 1895
Purpuroidea ex gr. excelsior
Gastropoda - Coelostylinidae
Omphaloptycha sp. Ammon 1878
(1 measurement)
Omphaloptycha cf. rosthorni (Hoernes 1856)
(1 measurement)
Bivalvia - Megalodontida - Megalodontidae
Megalodus cf. triqueter (Wulfen 1793)
recombined as Neomegalodon triqueter
(2 measurements)
Bivalvia - Megalodontida - Dicerocardiidae
Cornucardia hornigii (Bittner 1901)
(4 measurements)
Bivalvia - Solenida - Solenomorphidae
Solenomorpha cf. gladius (Laube 1865)
(1 measurement)
see common names

Geography
Country:Austria State/province:Steiermark
Coordinates: 47.7° North, 15.6° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:12.9° North, 22.5° East
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Triassic Epoch:Late/Upper Triassic
Stage:Carnian 10 m.y. bin:Triassic 3
Key time interval:Carnian
Age range of interval:237.00000 - 227.00000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:"Dachstein"
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified "limestone"
Lithology description: grey bedded micritic limestone
Environment:lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal
Taphonomy
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Database number:85239
Authorizer:W. Kiessling Enterer:U. Merkel
Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2008-12-08 00:59:22 Last modified:2008-12-08 02:59:22
Access level:authorizer only Released:2010-01-08 10:39:56
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

28694. 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]