Gaissau TG3 (Triassic of Austria)

Where: Austria (47.7° N, 13.2° E: paleocoordinates 30.8° N, 17.4° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

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

Environment/lithology: offshore; lithified siliciclastic sediments

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 115358: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Sarah Kolbe on 01.09.2011

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Taxonomic list

• "Although benthic components, such as corals, sponges, gastropods, and crinoids, can be present locally, only brachiopods and bivalves were included in analyses."
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Bivalvia
 Carditida - Myophoricardiidae
Myophoriopis isoceles
 Ostreida - Pteriidae
Rhaetavicula contorta
Rhaetavicula contorta Portlock 1843 pearl oyster
 Ostreida - Bakevelliidae
Gervillaria inflata
 Pectinida - Plicatulidae
"Placunopsis alpina" = Pseudoplacunopsis alpina
"Placunopsis alpina" = Pseudoplacunopsis alpina Winkler 1859 scallop
 Pectinida - Dimyidae
Atreta inusstriata
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Chlamys sp.
Chlamys sp. Röding 1798 scallop