ZK 66A, Zweikofel, Carnic Alps (Permian of Austria)

Where: Austria (46.6° N, 13.2° E: paleocoordinates 7.9° S, 25.0° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Zweikofel Formation, Sakmarian (293.5 - 290.1 Ma)

• Upper Pseudoschwagerina Limestone

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lithified limestone

Size class: microfossils

Reposited in the SMF

Collection methods: peel or thin section

Primary reference: H. C. Forke. 2002. Biostratigraphic subdivision and correlation of uppermost Carboniferous/Lower Permian sediments in the southern Alps: fusulinoidean and conodont faunas from the Carnic Alps (Austria/Italy), Karavanke Mountains (Slovenia), and southern Urals (Russia). Facies 47:201-275 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 129286: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 23.06.2012

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Foraminifera
 Fusulinoidea - Staffellidae
 Fusulinoidea - Schwagerinidae
Zellia heritschi Kahler and Kahler 1937
ssp. media
Zellia colanii Kahler and Kahler 1937
Robustoschwagerina geyeri Kahler and Kahler 1938
Pseudofusulina "sp. 2" Dunbar and Skinner 1931
Pseudofusulina "sp. 3" Dunbar and Skinner 1931
 Fusulinoidea - Fusulinidae