ammonites
Feisterscharte (Triassic of Austria)

Also known as Reef 28

Where: Austria (47.5° N, 13.7° E: paleocoordinates 25.7° N, 17.3° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Dachstein Formation, Lacian (221.5 - 215.6 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithified bafflestone and lithified floatstone

• initial growth stage of the Norian to Rhaetian Dachstein carbonate platform
• coral biomicrite to -sparite and coral-sponge biomicrite to -sparite

Size classes: macrofossils, microfossils

Collection methods: peel or thin section,

Primary reference: E. Roniewicz, G. W. Mandl, O. Ebli and H. Lobitzer. 2007. Early Norian scleractinian corals and microfacies data of the Dachstein Limestone of Feisterscharte, southern Dachstein Plateau (Northern Calcareous Alps, Austria). Jahrbuch der Geologischen Bundesanstalt 147:577-594 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel] more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 85472: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 23.12.2008