Nötsch Formation

Nötsch Formation
Stratigraphic range: Serpukhovian-Moscovian (Alportian)
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TypeFormation
Lithology
PrimaryBreccia, siltstone
Location
Coordinates46°36′N 13°36′E / 46.6°N 13.6°E / 46.6; 13.6
Approximate paleocoordinates15°54′S 20°36′E / 15.9°S 20.6°E / -15.9; 20.6
RegionCarinthia
CountryAustria
ExtentCarnic Alps
Type section
Named forNötsch
Nötsch Formation is located in Austria
Nötsch Formation
Nötsch Formation (Austria)

The Nötsch Formation is a geologic formation in the Carnic Alps of southern Austria. It preserves fossils dated to the Serpukhovian to Moscovian ages of the Carboniferous period.[1]

Fossil content

The following fossils were reported from the formation:[1]

Arachnids
  • Aphantomartus pustulatus[2]
Ophiocistioidea
  • Anguloserra austriaca[3]
  • A. carinthiaca[3]
  • Rotasaccus sp.[3]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b Nötsch Formation at Fossilworks.org
  2. ^ Rossler & Brauckmann, 2000
  3. ^ a b c Schraut, 1995

Bibliography

  • Rossler, R.; Brauckmann, C. (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
  • Schraut, G (1995), "Anguloserra carinthiaca n sp, eine neue Ophiocistioideen-Art (Echinodermata) aus dem Unter Karbon von Nötsch (Kärnen/Osterreich)", Jahrbuch der geologischen Bundesanstalt, 138: 123–129
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