Eiberg TE15 (Triassic of Austria)

Where: Austria (47.6° N, 12.2° E)

• Paleocoordinates: 27.3° N, 29.6° E (Wright 2013)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Unit 6-7 Member (Kossen Formation), Rhaetian (208.5 - 201.3 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: deep subtidal; lithified carbonate

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: A. Tomasovych. 2006. Brachiopod and bivalve ecology in the Late Triassic (Alps, Austria): onshore-offshore replacements caused by variations in sediment and nutrient supply. Palaios 21:344-368 [A. Miller/S. Kolbe/S. Kolbe]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 115340: authorized by Arnold Miller, entered by Sarah Kolbe on 01.09.2011

Creative Commons license: CC0 (CC0)

Taxonomic list

• "Although benthic components, such as corals, sponges, gastropods, and crinoids, can be present locally, only brachiopods and bivalves were included in analyses."
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Bivalvia
 Ostreida - Pinnidae
Pinna "sp. A"
Pinna "sp. A" Linnaeus 1758 oyster
 Pectinida - Dimyidae
Atreta intusstriata
Atreta intusstriata Emmrich 1853 scallop
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Chlamys "sp. A"
Chlamys "sp. A" Röding 1798 scallop
 Pectinida - Oxytomidae
Oxytoma inequivalvis
Oxytoma inequivalvis Sowerby 1819 scallop
Rhynchonellata
 Rhynchonellida - Cyclothyrididae
Fissirhynchia fissicostata
 Spiriferinida - Spondylospiridae
Zugmayerella koessenensis
 Spiriferinida - Sinucostidae
Sinucosta emmrichi
Sinucosta emmrichi Suess 1854