Kossen TK5 (Triassic of Austria)

Where: Austria (47.7° N, 12.5° E: paleocoordinates 31.1° N, 16.9° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: 3 Member (Kossen Formation), Rhaetian (208.5 - 201.3 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: deep subtidal; carbonate

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: A. Tomasovych. 2006. Brachiopod and bivalve ecology in the Late Triassic (Alps, Austria): onshore-offshore replacements caused by variations in sediment and nutrient supply. Palaios 21:344-368 [A. Miller/S. Kolbe/S. Kolbe]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 115313: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Sarah Kolbe on 01.09.2011

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• "Although benthic components, such as corals, sponges, gastropods, and crinoids, can be present locally, only brachiopods and bivalves were included in analyses".
Bivalvia
 Carditida - Myophoricardiidae
 Cardiida - Arcticidae
Isocyprina alpina, "Pseudocorbula ewaldi" = Isocyprina ewaldi
"Pseudocorbula ewaldi" = Isocyprina ewaldi Bornemann 1854 clam
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
Protocardia rhaetica Merian 1853 cockle
 Pholadida - Pleuromyidae
Pleuromya "sp. A" Meek 1873 clam
 Ostreida - Pteriidae
Rhaetavicula contorta Portlock 1843 pearl oyster
 Ostreida - Bakevelliidae
 Pectinida - Plicatulidae
"Placunopsis alpina" = Pseudoplacunopsis alpina
"Placunopsis alpina" = Pseudoplacunopsis alpina Winkler 1859 scallop
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Chlamys "sp. A" Röding 1798 scallop