Zirl, near Innsbruck (Triassic of Austria)

Where: Austria (47.3° N, 11.3° E: paleocoordinates 13.3° N, 20.1° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Wetterstein Formation, Julian (235.0 - 232.0 Ma)

• Cardita-schichten, along with Ostrea montis caprilis

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lithified limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: Repository: Geologischen Bundesanstalt, Austria (GBA)

Primary reference: E. von Mojsisovics. 1873. Das Gebirge um Hallstatt. Eine geologisch-paläontologische Studie aus den Alpen. 1 Teil, Die Mollusken-Faunen der Zlambach- und Hallstätter-Schichten. Abhandlungen der Kaiserlich-Königlichen Geologischen Reichsanstalt 6(1):1-82 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 159580: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 04.08.2014, edited by Bethany Allen

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Cephalopoda
 Ceratitida - Sageceratidae
Sageceras haidingeri Hauer 1847 ceratite
Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Limidae
"Mysidioptera incurvostriata" = Lima incurvostriata1
"Mysidioptera incurvostriata" = Lima incurvostriata1 Gümbel 1889 file clam
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
"Ostrea montiscaprilis" = Umbrostrea montiscaprilis2
"Ostrea montiscaprilis" = Umbrostrea montiscaprilis2 Klipstein 1843 oyster