Eiberg TE3 (Triassic of Austria)

Where: Austria (47.6° N, 12.2° E: paleocoordinates 31.1° N, 16.6° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

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

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; lithified 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 115326: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Sarah Kolbe on 01.09.2011

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Carditida - Myophoricardiidae
 Cardiida - Arcticidae
"Pseudocorbula ewaldi" = Isocyprina ewaldi
"Pseudocorbula ewaldi" = Isocyprina ewaldi Bornemann 1854 clam
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
Protocardia rhaetica Merian 1853 cockle
 Ostreida - Bakevelliidae
 Pectinida - Plicatulidae
"Placunopsis alpina" = Pseudoplacunopsis alpina
"Placunopsis alpina" = Pseudoplacunopsis alpina Winkler 1859 scallop
 Pectinida - Dimyidae
Atreta intusstriata Emmrich 1853 scallop