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
Bivalvia | |
Isocyprina alpina, "Pseudocorbula ewaldi" = Isocyprina ewaldi
Isocyprina alpina clam
"Pseudocorbula ewaldi" = Isocyprina ewaldi Bornemann 1854 clam | |
Protocardia rhaetica Merian 1853 cockle | |
Pleuromya "sp. A" Meek 1873 clam | |
Rhaetavicula contorta Portlock 1843 pearl oyster | |
Gervillaria inflata oyster | |
"Placunopsis alpina" = Pseudoplacunopsis alpina
"Placunopsis alpina" = Pseudoplacunopsis alpina Winkler 1859 scallop | |
Chlamys "sp. A" Röding 1798 scallop |