Lorüns quarry (Triassic of Austria)

Where: Austria (47.1° N, 9.8° E: paleocoordinates 31.7° N, 14.8° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Kössen Formation, Rhaetian (208.5 - 201.3 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: Repository: Paleontological Institute and Museum of the University of Zurich

Primary reference: T. Bürgin and H. Furrer. 2004. Fossile Knochenfische aus der Kössen-Formation (Obertrias; Rhaet) von Lorüns (Vorarlberg, Österreich). Vorarlberger Naturschau 14:67-86 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 195673: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 15.08.2018

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Actinopteri
 Semionotiformes - Macrosemiidae
 Semionotiformes - Callipurbeckiidae
Paralepidotus sp. Stolley 1919
 Amiiformes - Caturidae
? Caturus sp. Agassiz 1834 bowfin
 Pholidophoriformes - Pholidophoridae
Pholidophorus sp. Agassiz 1832