Where: Austria (48.6° N, 16.4° E: paleocoordinates 48.0° N, 16.1° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Badenian (13.7 - 12.7 Ma)
• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: Overlying Karpatian sediments, but also regionally overlying Paleocene-Jurassic basement rock. THICKNESS: Sampled horizon of ~10 cm within approximately 10 m thick composite section (composed of ~4 m thick pits. AGE: Early Badenian, Lower Lagenid froam biozone, NN5, M5 planktic foram biozone, lower Langhian. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From near base of section, in monotonous clay.
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: deep-water; unlithified, carbonaceous claystone
Size class: macrofossils
Collected by Mandic, Harzhauser, Spezzaferri, Zuschin
Collection methods: bulk, peroxide, sieve,
• METHODS: Collections soaked and sieved (1mm). REPOSITORY: Either University of Wien (Vienna), or Museum of Natural History (NHMW).
Primary reference: O. Mandic, M. Harzhauser, S. Spezzaferri and M. Zuschin. 2002. The paleoenvironment of an early Middle Miocene Paratethys sequence in NE Austria with special emphasis on mollusks and foraminifera. Geobios 24:193-206 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy/P. Wagner]more details
Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis
PaleoDB collection 74656: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 21.08.2007
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
Cardita elongata clam
"Scalaricardita scalaris" = Cyclocardia (Scalaricardita) clam
Cardites partschi clam | |
"Parvicardium papillosum" = Plagiocardium (Papillicardium) papillosum
"Parvicardium papillosum" = Plagiocardium (Papillicardium) papillosum Poli 1781 cockle | |
Chama (Psolopus) gryphoides Linnaeus 1758 jewel box | |
Veneridae indet. Rafinesque 1815 venus clam
Circomphalus subplicatus dOrbigny 1852 venus clam | |
Corbula (Varicorbula) gibba Oliva 1792 clam | |
Gastropoda | |
Atys miliaris snail | |
Turbonilla sp. Risso 1826 snail | |
Mathilda margaritula snail | |
Adeorbis woodi snail | |
Alvania perregularis snail
Alvania sp. Risso 1826 snail
Rissoina decussata snail
Rissoina podolica Cossmann 1921 snail | |
Vexillum sp. Röding 1798 ribbed mitre | |
Muricidae indet., ? Ocenebra sp., "Coralliophila (Orania) cheilotoma" = Orania cheilotoma, "Aspella (Favartia) sp." = Favartia
Muricidae indet. Rafinesque 1815 murex snail
? Ocenebra sp. Leach in Gray 1847 murex snail
"Coralliophila (Orania) cheilotoma" = Orania cheilotoma Hörnes and Auinger 1890 murex snail
"Aspella (Favartia) sp." = Favartia Jousseaume 1880 murex snail | |
Gibberulina philippi snail | |
Trigonostoma gradatum snail | |
Drillia granaria snail | |
Conus sp., "Hemiconus granularis" = Conus (Hemiconus)
Conus sp. Linnaeus 1758 cone shell
"Hemiconus granularis" = Conus (Hemiconus) cone shell | |
"Mangelia cf. sparsa" = Cythara (Mangelia), "? Mangelia sp." = Cythara (Mangelia)
"Mangelia cf. sparsa" = Cythara (Mangelia) snail
"? Mangelia sp." = Cythara (Mangelia) Loven 1846 snail | |
Turridae indet. Swainson 1840 turrid
Turris carolinae turrid | |
Nassariidae indet. Iredale 1916 snail | |
Pyrene sp. Röding 1798 snail
Columbella karreri snail
Anachis sp. Adams and Adams 1853 snail
Anachis terebralis snail | |
Mitraria bouei mitre shell | |
Bursa sp. Roding 1798 frog shell | |
Gyrineum (Aspa) marginatum triton shell | |
Trivia (Sulcotrivia) dimidiatoaffinis Sacco 1894 snail
Erato sp. Risso 1826 snail | |
Petaloconchus intortus Lamarck 1818 worm shell | |
Naticidae indet. Guilding 1834 moon snail
Natica sp. Scopoli 1777 moon snail | |
Cerithiopsis sp. Hanley 1849 snail | |
Triphora sp. Blainville 1828 snail
Triphora perversa Linnaeus 1758 snail | |
Capulus ungaricus Linnaeus 1758 snail | |
Melanella sp. Bowdich 1822 snail | |
Turritella badensis turret shell
Turritella spirata turret shell
Turritella cf. laevissima turret shell
Turritella sp. Lamarck 1799 turret shell | |
Fossarus costatus snail | |
"? Conocerithium sp." = Cerithium, Hemicerithium banaticum, Bittium sp., Bittium (Semibittium) multilirata
"? Conocerithium sp." = Cerithium Bruguière 1789 cerith snail
Hemicerithium banaticum cerith snail
Bittium sp. Gray 1847 cerith snail
Bittium (Semibittium) multilirata cerith snail | |
Jujubinus turricula, Gibbula sp., Gibbula buchi, Clanculus (Clanculopsis) tuberculatus, Calliostoma trigonum
Jujubinus turricula top snail
Gibbula sp. Risso 1826 top snail
Gibbula buchi Dubois 1831 top snail
Clanculus (Clanculopsis) tuberculatus top snail
Calliostoma trigonum top snail | |
"Teinostoma (Solariorbis) woodi" = Solariorbis
"Teinostoma (Solariorbis) woodi" = Solariorbis snail | |
"Astraea (Bolma) sp." = Bolma
"Astraea (Bolma) sp." = Bolma Risso 1826 snail | |
Collonia transsylvanica snail | |
Agapilia picta Férussac 1825 snail |