Szentmargita (Miocene of Austria)

Also known as St. Margarethen, Roman Quarry, St. Margaret

Where: Burgenland, Austria (47.8° N, 16.6° E: paleocoordinates 47.3° N, 16.3° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Leitha Formation (Baden Group), Serravallian (13.8 - 11.6 Ma)

• = Rakos Formation in Hungary, age is Late Badenian (Domning and Pervesler 2012)

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: platform or shelf-margin reef; mixed carbonate-siliciclastic sediments

• shallow reef

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils, microfossils

Preservation: original phosphate

Primary reference: C. Papp. 1905. Heterodelphis leiodontus nova forma aus den Miocenen schichten des comitates sopron in Ungarn. Mitteilungen aus dem Jahrbuche der Kongigl. Ungarischen Geologischen Anstalt 14(2):25-60 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 56694: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 22.11.2005

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Gnathostomata
  -
Osteichthyes indet.1 bony fish
stomach contents of Heterodelphis leiodontus
Mammalia
 Sirenia - Sirenia
Sirenia indet.1 sirenian
 Sirenia - Dugongidae
"Thalattosiren petersi" = Metaxytherium medium3
"Thalattosiren petersi" = Metaxytherium medium3 Desmarest 1822 dugong
 Placentalia -
Cetacea indet.1 Brisson 1762 whale
 Cetacea - Acrodelphinidae
"Acrodelphidae indet." = Acrodelphinidae2
"Acrodelphidae indet." = Acrodelphinidae2 Abel 1905 toothed whale
 Cetacea - Kentriodontidae
Heterodelphis leiodontus n. sp. Papp 1905 toothed whale
 Cetacea - Balaenopteridae
Balaenopteridae indet.2 Gray 1864 rorqual
 Cetacea -
"Cetotherium" priscum2 Eichwald 1840 whale
Actinopteri
 Perciformes - Sparidae
Sparus sp.1 Linnaeus 1758 perch-like fish
stomach contents of Heterodelphis leiodontus
Gnathostomata
  -
Chondrichthyes indet.1 Huxley 1880 cartilaginous fish
shark teeth
Bryozoa
  -
Bryozoa indet.1 Ehrenberg 1831
Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
"Pecten (Chlamys) elegans" = Chlamys1
"Pecten (Chlamys) elegans" = Chlamys1 scallop
Anthozoa
  -
Anthozoa indet.1 Ehrenberg 1834
Foraminifera
 Lituolida - Lituolidae
Textularia sp.1 Defrance 1824
Nodosariata
 Vaginulinida - Vaginulinidae
Lenticulina sp.1 Lamarck 1804
Foraminifera
 Asterigerinacea - Asterigerinidae
Asterigerina sp.1 d'Orbigny 1839
Tubothalamea
 Miliolida - Miliolidae
Spiroloculina sp.1 d'Orbigny 1826
 Miliolida - Hauerinidae
Quinqueloculina sp.1 d'Orbigny 1826
Triloculina sp.1 d'Orbigny 1826
Foraminifera
 Rotalioidea - Elphidiidae
Elphidium sp.1 Monfort 1808