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 115359: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Sarah Kolbe on 01.09.2011
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
Nuculana claviformis pointed nut clam | |
Gervillaria inflata oyster | |
Rhaetavicula contorta Portlock 1843 pearl oyster | |
"Placunopsis alpina" = Pseudoplacunopsis alpina
"Placunopsis alpina" = Pseudoplacunopsis alpina Winkler 1859 scallop | |
Protocardia rhaetica Merian 1853 cockle | |