Kaisersteffel (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: Koessen Formation, Rhaetian (208.5 - 201.3 Ma)

• Probably bed 19 of Zugmayer (1875)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lithified limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by Zugmayer

• Repository: Pal. Inst. Univ. Vienna

Primary reference: H. Zugmayer. 1882. Untersuchungen über rhätische Brachiopoden. Beiträge zur Paläontologie und Geologie Österreich-Ungarns und des Orients 1:1-42 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 137754: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 19.12.2012

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Taxonomic list

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Craniata
 Craniida - Craniidae
Crania starhembergensis n. sp.
Crania starhembergensis n. sp. Zugmayer 1882
Rhynchonellata
 Athyridida - Neoretziidae
"Retzia superba" = Neoretzia superba
"Retzia superba" = Neoretzia superba Suess 1856
 Spiriferinida - Spondylospiridae
"Spiriferina austriaca" = Zugmayerella uncinata
"Spiriferina austriaca" = Zugmayerella uncinata Schafhautl 1851
 Spiriferinida - Laballidae
"Spiriferina suessi" = Laballa suessi
"Spiriferina suessi" = Laballa suessi Winkler 1859
 Spiriferinida - Sinucostidae
"Spiriferina praecursor n. sp." = Sinucosta praecursor
"Spiriferina praecursor n. sp." = Sinucosta praecursor Zugmayer 1882
 Rhynchonellida - Cyclothyrididae
"Rhynchonella fissicostata" = Fissirhynchia fissicostata
"Rhynchonella fissicostata" = Fissirhynchia fissicostata Suess 1854
 Rhynchonellida - Austrirhynchidae
"Rhynchonella cornigera" = Austrirhynchia cornigera
"Rhynchonella cornigera" = Austrirhynchia cornigera Schafhautl 1851
 Rhynchonellida - Rhynchonellidae
"Rhynchonella" subrimosa
"Rhynchonella" subrimosa Schafhautl 1851
 Terebratulida - Zeilleriidae
"Waldheimia norica" = Zeilleria norica, "Waldheimia austriaca" = Zeilleria austriaca, "Waldheimia elliptica" = Zeilleria elliptica
"Waldheimia norica" = Zeilleria norica Suess 1859
"Waldheimia austriaca" = Zeilleria austriaca Zugmayer 1882
"Waldheimia elliptica" = Zeilleria elliptica Zugmayer 1882
 Terebratulida - Angustothyrididae
"Terebratula gregaria" = Rhaetina gregaria, "Terebratula pyriformis" = Rhaetina pyriformis
"Terebratula gregaria" = Rhaetina gregaria Suess 1854
"Terebratula pyriformis" = Rhaetina pyriformis Suess 1854
 Terebratulida - Zugmayeriidae
"Terebratula rhaetica n. sp." = Zugmayeria rhaetica
"Terebratula rhaetica n. sp." = Zugmayeria rhaetica Zugmayer 1882
 Terebratulida - Triadithyrididae
"Terebratula gregariaeformis" = Triadithyris gregariaeformis
"Terebratula gregariaeformis" = Triadithyris gregariaeformis Zugmayer 1882
 Terebratulida - Terebratulidae
"Waldheimia" waldeggiana n. sp.
"Waldheimia" waldeggiana n. sp. Zugmayer 1882
 Thecideida - Thecospiridae
Thecospira haidingeri
 Thecideida - Bactryniidae
"Thecidea emmrichi" = Bactrynium bicarinatum
"Thecidea emmrichi" = Bactrynium bicarinatum Emmrich 1855