Notes on the sedimentology and paleobotany of the Werfener schichten in the Western Gailtaler Alps near Kötschach (Carinthia, Austria)

Abstract

During fieldwork near Kötschach in Carinthia (Austria) in the summer of 1975 plant remains in the "Werfener Schichten" (Trias) were discovered for the first time, Pleuromeia cf. sternbergii (Muenster) Corda, Voltzia sp., "roots", "seeds" and some leave fragments of uncertain identity could be recognized. The plant-bearing beds are situated in between a series of red and gray coloured, mainly coarse-grained clastics, from which important indications could be obtained on the lithological development of the triassic basal layers in the western Drauzug.