Where: Austria (46.6° N, 13.6° E: paleocoordinates 14.0° S, 22.0° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Nötsch Formation, Alportian (322.8 - 321.8 Ma)
• Middle to upper Namurian A based on plant fossils.
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithified siltstone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: mold/impression
Collected by H. Kabon
• Repository: Botanischer Garten Klagenfurt/Österreich
Primary reference: R. Rossler and C. Brauckmann. 2000. Der erste Arachnidenfund im Paläozoikum der Alpen: Aphantomartus pustulatus (Scudder 1884) aus dem ältesten Ober-Karbon (mittleres bis oberes Namurium A) von Nötsch (Österreich). Jahrbuch der Geologischen Bundesanstalt 142:227-234 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 153488: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 22.12.2013
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Arachnida | |
Aphantomartus pustulatus Scudder 1884 |