Sample 090709/5, NW slope of Fatelj hill (Miocene of Bosnia and Herzegovina)

Also known as Vatelj

Where: Bosnia and Herzegovina (44.0° N, 17.2° E: paleocoordinates 43.3° N, 16.7° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Langhian (16.0 - 13.8 Ma)

• The stratigraphic ranges of the species imply a depositional age of 15.5 ± 0.2 Ma (earliest Middle Miocene; Langhian)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lacustrine; gray, argillaceous limestone

• Beige to whitish grey marly limestones with large dreissenid shells in its lower part grading into the gastropod-dominated upper part of the unit.

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: original aragonite

Reposited in the NHMW

Primary reference: T. A. Neubauer, O. Mandic, M. Harzhauser and H. Hrvatović. 2013. A new Miocene lacustrine mollusc fauna of the Dinaride Lake System and its palaeobiogeographic, palaeoecologic and taxonomic implications. Palaeontology 56(1):129-156 [P. Wagner/P. Wagner/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 231200: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 07.08.2023

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Taxonomic list

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Gastropoda
 Heterostropha - Planorbidae
Orygoceras dentaliforme
Orygoceras dentaliforme Brusina 1882 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Hydrobiidae
Pseudodianella haueri, Prososthenia eburnea, Cyclothyrella tryoniopsis
Pseudodianella haueri Neumayr 1869 snail
Prososthenia eburnea Brusina 1884 snail
Cyclothyrella tryoniopsis Brusina 1874 snail
 Cerithioidea - Melanopsidae
Melanopsis mojsisovicsi, Melanopsis cvijici, Melanopsis corici, Melanopsis medinae
Melanopsis mojsisovicsi Neumayr 1880 snail
Melanopsis cvijici Brusina 1902 snail
Melanopsis corici Neubauer et al. 2013 snail
Melanopsis medinae Neubauer et al. 2013 snail