Rötelwand (Triassic of Austria)

Also known as Looswand

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

• coordinate estimated from map

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

Environment/lithology: marine; lithified, calcareous rudstone

• The studied carbonates from the Rötelwand reef consist of mollusc-rich rudstones and partly boundstones.

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils, microfossils

Collection methods: mechanical,

Primary reference: A. Nützel, M. Nose, M. Hautmann and R. Hochleitner. 2022. Latest Triassic (Sevatian–Rhaetian) reef carbonates from the Northern Calcareous Alps (Austria), their mollusc dwellers, and their fate at the end‑Triassic extinction event. 2023(97):265-309 [W. Kiessling/W. Kiessling/N. Ashraf]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 233865: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Matias Zenklusen on 05.03.2024, edited by Nida Ashraf

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Taxonomic list

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unclassified
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Sadkia diversicostata n. gen., Angularia corallina n. sp.
Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Chlamys tatrica
 Arcida - Parallelodontidae
"Grammatodon (Cosmetodon) buckmanni" = Cosmetodon
"Grammatodon (Cosmetodon) buckmanni" = Cosmetodon clam
Gastropoda
 Caenogastropoda - Coelostylinidae
cf. Coelostylina sp.
cf. Coelostylina sp. Kittl 1894 snail
Three separate species have been noted.
 Zygopleuroidea - Protorculidae
Protorcula sp.
Protorcula sp. Kittl 1894 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Purpurinidae
Purpuroidea moosleitneri n. sp., Microschiza rhaetica n. sp.
Purpuroidea moosleitneri n. sp. periwinkle
Microschiza rhaetica n. sp. periwinkle
 Cerithioidea - Cryptaulacidae
Cryptaulax sp.
 Murchisoniina - Porcelliidae
Kokenella sp.
Kokenella sp. Kittl 1891 snail
 Ptychomphaloidea - Ptychomphalidae
Angulomphalus senowbarii n. sp.
 Pleurotomarioidea - Trochotomidae
Trochotoma praecursor
 Pleurotomarioidea - Pleurotomariidae
Pleurotomaria turbo
Pleurotomaria turbo Stoppani 1857 snail
 Pleurotomarioidea - Stuorellidae
Stuorella zapfei n. sp.
Stuorella zapfei n. sp. snail
 Neritoidea - Naticopsidae
Hologyra callosa n. sp.
Hologyra callosa n. sp. snail
 Cycloneritida - Symmetrocapulidae
Symmetrocapulus sp.
Symmetrocapulus sp. Dacqué 1934 snail
 Neritoina - Delphinulopsidae
Paradelphinulopsis sp.
Paradelphinulopsis sp. Blodgett et al. 2001 snail
 Neritoina - Neritopsidae
Cassianopsis sp.
Cassianopsis sp. Bandel 2007 snail