Rabenkropf section,Ra 1–3 (113 cm; base covered) (Miocene of Austria)

Where: Austria (47.6° N, 16.5° E: paleocoordinates 46.6° N, 15.8° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Early/Lower Miocene (23.0 - 16.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; cherty/siliceous packstone and grainstone

• yellow-orange, friable, bioclastic cortoid pack-/grainstones with dense mollusc coquinas, partly forming mollusc rudstones. Aragonitic shells have been completely dissolved, but the remaining cavities allow a clear identification of the species based on silicone molds

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: M. Harzhauser, J. Peckmann, D. Birgel, E. Draganits, O. Mandic, D. Theobalt, and J. Huemer. 2014. Stromatolites in the Paratethys Sea during the Middle Miocene climate transition as witness of the Badenian salinity crisis. Facies 60:429-444 [W. Kiessling/M. Krause]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 180341: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Mihaela Krause on 13.07.2016

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Foraminifera
 Rotaliacea - Rotaliidae
 Rotalioidea - Elphidiidae
Globothalamea
 Rotaliida - Nonionidae
Polychaeta
 Serpulimorpha -
Bivalvia
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
"Ostrea digitalina" = Cubitostrea digitalina
"Ostrea digitalina" = Cubitostrea digitalina Eichwald 1830 oyster
 Hiatellida - Hiatellidae
"Panopea menardi" = Panopea (Panopea) menardi
"Panopea menardi" = Panopea (Panopea) menardi Deshayes 1829 clam
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
 Cardiida - Veneridae
Venus nux Gmelin 1791 venus clam
 Pholadida - Corbulidae
"Corbula gibba" = Corbula (Varicorbula) gibba
"Corbula gibba" = Corbula (Varicorbula) gibba Oliva 1792 clam
Gastropoda
 Sorbeoconcha - Campanilidae
Thericium europaeum Mayer 1878 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Aporrhaidae
 Neogastropoda - Nassariidae
 Sorbeoconcha - Xenophoridae
Xenophora deshayesi Michelotti 1847 carrier shell
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
Neverita olla De Serres 1829 moon snail
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
"Turritella erronea" = Turritella (Archimediella) erronea
"Turritella erronea" = Turritella (Archimediella) erronea Cossmann 1914 turret shell
 Cerithioidea - Batillariidae
Granulolabium bicinctum Brocchi 1814 snail
 Cerithioidea - Potamididae
"Terebralia duboisi" = Terebralia bidentata
"Terebralia duboisi" = Terebralia bidentata Defrance 1832 horn snail