Where: Austria (47.7° N, 12.2° E: paleocoordinates 31.1° N, 16.7° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Tiefengraben Member (Kendlbach Formation), Rhaetian (208.5 - 201.3 Ma)

• The distance given is from the base of the Kendlbach Fm.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; gray mudstone

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: bulk, mechanical,

• A majority of sampled horizons were collected in situ from 1 to 2 m2 bedding plane surfaces and subsequently identified and tallied in the field with representative slabs returned to the laboratory for further mechanical preparation and study. Individual shell beds were consistently ,1 cm thick and were treated as occurring on a single bedding plane. Specimen counts for shell beds are species abundances based on individual specimens per standardized surface area (1 m2).

Primary reference: C. A. McRoberts, L. Krystyn, and M. Hautmann. 2012. Macrofaunal response to the end Triassic mass extinction in the West-Tethyan Kössen Basin, Austria. Palaios 27:607-616 [M. Aberhan/T. Schossleitner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 136987: authorized by Martin Aberhan, entered by Thomas Schossleitner on 07.12.2012

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