Teiritzberg (Miocene of Austria)

Also known as Teiritzberg 001/I/1-2-3-4/1989, Am Teiritz

Where: Niederösterreich, Austria (48.4° N, 16.4° E: paleocoordinates 47.8° N, 16.0° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Laa Formation, MN 5 (16.0 - 13.7 Ma)

• Karpatian (latest Early Miocene; early MN5)

Environment/lithology: marine; sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: original phosphate

Primary reference: L. G. Barnes. 2002. An Early Miocene long-snouted marine platanistid dolphin (Mammalia, Cetacea, Odontoceti) from the Korneuburg Basin (Austria). Beiträge Paläontologie 27:407-418 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 45836: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 07.12.2004, edited by Lars van den Hoek Ostende, Matthew Carrano and Evangelos Vlachos

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Taxonomic list

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Mammalia
 Cetacea -
Odontoceti indet.3
Odontoceti indet.3 Flower 1867 toothed whale
 Cetacea - Platanistidae
Platanistidae indet.3, Platanistinae indet.3, Pomatodelphininae indet.3, Prepomatodelphis korneuburgensis n. gen. n. sp.3
Platanistidae indet.3 Gray 1846 toothed whale
Platanistinae indet.3 Flower 1867 toothed whale
Pomatodelphininae indet.3 Barnes 2002 toothed whale
Prepomatodelphis korneuburgensis n. gen. n. sp.3 Barnes 2002 toothed whale
 Theriamorpha - Soricidae
Dinosorex cf. zapfei4
Dinosorex cf. zapfei4 Engesser 1975 shrew
Reptilia
 Testudines - Trionychidae
"Trionyx teiritzbergensis n. sp." = Trionyx vindobonensis2
"Trionyx teiritzbergensis n. sp." = Trionyx vindobonensis2 Peters 1855 softshell turtle
Amphibia
 Temnospondyli - Albanerpetontidae
Albanerpeton sp.1
Albanerpeton sp.1 Estes and Hoffstetter 1976 tetrapod
dentary
1Gardner et al. 2021; 2Gemel 2002; 3Okazaki 1987; 4Rabeder 1998