Neumühle quarry (Triassic of Austria)

Where: Austria (48.1° N, 16.2° E)

• Paleocoordinates: 37.0° N, 24.0° E (Wright 2013)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Cochloceras suessi ammonoid zone, Kössener Schichten Formation, Rhaetian (205.7 - 201.4 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified shale

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: H. Zapfe. 1976. Ein großer Ichthyosaurier aus den Kössener Schichten der Nordalpen. Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien 80:239-250 [V. Fischer/V. Fischer]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 189823: authorized by Valentin Fischer, entered by Valentin Fischer on 17.11.2017

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Taxonomic list

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Chondrichthyes
 Synechodontiformes -
"Hybodus minor" = Rhomphaiodon minor
"Hybodus minor" = Rhomphaiodon minor Agassiz 1837 elasmobranch
 Hybodontiformes -
"Acrodus minimus" = Lissodus minimus
"Acrodus minimus" = Lissodus minimus Agassiz 1839 elasmobranch
 Hybodontiformes - Acrodontidae
Acrodus sp., Acrodus lateralis
Acrodus sp. Agassiz 1834 elasmobranch
Acrodus lateralis Agassiz 1839 elasmobranch
 Hybodontiformes - Polyacrodontidae
"Hybodus cf. cloacinus" = Polyacrodus cloacinus
"Hybodus cf. cloacinus" = Polyacrodus cloacinus Quenstedt 1858 elasmobranch
Actinopteri
 Semionotiformes - Semionotidae
Sargodon noricus, Sargodon tomicus
Sargodon tomicus Plieninger 1847
Osteichthyes
 Palaeonisciformes - Birgeriidae
Birgeria sp., Birgeria acuminata
Birgeria sp. Stensiö 1919
Birgeria acuminata Agassiz 1843
Reptilia
 Ichthyosauria -
"Leptopterygius sp." = Leptonectes
"Leptopterygius sp." = Leptonectes McGowan 1996 ichthyosaur
A single gigantic centrum
 Placodontia -
Placochelys sp., "Psephoderma alpinum" = Psephoderma alpinum, "Placochelys stoppanii" = Psephoderma alpinum
Placochelys sp. Jaekel 1902 placodont
"Psephoderma alpinum" = Psephoderma alpinum Meyer 1858 placodont
"Placochelys stoppanii" = Psephoderma alpinum Meyer 1858 placodont