Where: Austria (46.6° N, 13.7° E: paleocoordinates 11.8° N, 21.2° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Wetterstein Formation, Julian (235.0 - 232.0 Ma)
• Raibl beds
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: lagoonal or restricted shallow subtidal; lithified, shelly/skeletal packstone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: original aragonite
Collected in 1780-1782
• "Opalescent shell marble" at Bleiberg was mined for ornamental stone (aragonitic ammonoid material) for three years following its discovery in 1780
Primary reference: F. X. Wulfen. 1793. Abhandlung vom Kärnthenschen Pfauenschweifigen Helmintholith oder dem Sogenannten Opalisirenden Muschelmarmor 1-124 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 138155: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 05.01.2013
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
| Bivalvia | |
"Cardium triquetrum n. sp." = Neomegalodon triqueter
"Cardium triquetrum n. sp." = Neomegalodon triqueter Wulfen 1793 clam | |
| Cephalopoda | |
"Nautilus floridus n. sp." = Carnites floridus, "Nautilus nodulosus n. sp." = Carnites floridus, "Nautilus bisulcatus n. sp." = Carnites floridus, "Nautilus redivivus n. sp." = Carnites floridus
"Nautilus floridus n. sp." = Carnites floridus Wulfen 1793 ceratite
"Nautilus nodulosus n. sp." = Carnites floridus Wulfen 1793 ceratite
"Nautilus bisulcatus n. sp." = Carnites floridus Wulfen 1793 ceratite
"Nautilus redivivus n. sp." = Carnites floridus Wulfen 1793 ceratite | |
"Nautilus cymbiformis n. sp." = Joannites cymbiformis
"Nautilus cymbiformis n. sp." = Joannites cymbiformis Wulfen 1793 ceratite | |