Kitzberg, Neusiedl, Piesting-Tal (Triassic of Austria)

Where: Austria (47.9° N, 16.0° E: paleocoordinates 29.9° N, 19.3° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Rhaetian (208.5 - 201.3 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lithified limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by Suess

• Specimen figured by Suess was probably in the Geol. Bundesanstalt Vienna but was not found by Pearson.

Primary reference: D. A. B. Pearson. 1977. Rhaetian brachiopods of Europe. Neue Denkschriften des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien 1:1-85 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 137753: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 19.12.2012

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Taxonomic list

Rhynchonellata
 Spiriferinida - Sinucostidae
"Spirifer emmrichi n. sp." = Sinucosta emmrichi
"Spirifer emmrichi n. sp." = Sinucosta emmrichi Suess 1854