Oberdorf lignite mine, horizon O4: MN 4, Austria
collected by H. de Bruijn, G. Daxner-Höck, et al. 1990-1993

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Albanerpetontidae
Albanerpeton inexpectatum Estes and Hoffstetter 1976
Gardner and Böhme 2008
Reptilia - Squamata
Squamata informal indet. 2 Oppel 1811
Čerňanský 2016 3 specimens
NHMW 2016/0028/0038-40, three osteoderms, paper says "Oberdorf 3 and 4" but doesn't specify which specimen is from where, so they are entered in both
Reptilia
Serpentes indet. (Linnaeus 1758)
Szyndlar 1998 31 elements
31 vetrebrae (NHMW 1997z0188/0002)
Reptilia - Colubridae
Colubridae informal indet. A Oppel 1811
Szyndlar 1998 2 elements
2 vetrebrae (NHMW 1997z0184/0002)
Colubridae informal indet. B Oppel 1811
Szyndlar 1998 13 elements
13 vetrebrae (NHMW 1997z0185/0002)
Coluber cf. caspioides Szyndlar and Schleich 1993
Szyndlar 1998 63 elements
63 vetrebrae (NHMW 1997z0181/0002)
cf. Neonatrix sp. Holman 1973
Szyndlar 1998 1 element
1 vetrebra (NHMW 1997z0183/0002)
Palaeonatrix sp. Szyndlar 1982
Szyndlar 1998 1 element
1 vetrebra (NHMW 1997z0182/0002)
Reptilia
Colubroidea indet. Oppel 1811
Szyndlar 1998 3 elements
"Natricinae or Elapidae indet.", 3 vetrebrae (NHMW 1997z0186/0002)
Reptilia - Crotalidae
Vipera sp. Laurenti 1768
Szyndlar 1998 4 elements
"Vipera aspis complex", 4 vetrebrae (NHMW 1997z0187/0002)
Reptilia - Boidae
cf. Bavarioboa sp. Szyndlar and Schleich 1993
Szyndlar 1998 3 elements
3 vetrebrae (NHMW 1997z0180/0002)
Reptilia - Cordylidae
Cordylidae indet. Gray 1837
Čerňanský 2016 1 specimen
NHMW 2016/0028/0014, posterior portion of right dentary
Reptilia - Scincidae
? Scincidae indet. Gray 1825
Čerňanský 2016 3 specimens
NHMW 2016/0028/0011, right postfrontal; NHMW 2016/0028/0012, left postfrontal; NHMW 2016/0028/0013, parietal
Scincoidea indet. Oppel 1811
Čerňanský 2016 2 specimens
NHMW 2016/0028/0017, right maxilla; NHMW 2016/0028/0018, anterior region of the left dentary
    = Chalcides augei Čerňanský et al. 2019
Čerňanský et al. 2019
Squamata informal indet. 1 Oppel 1811
Čerňanský 2016 3 specimens
NHMW 2016/0028/0033, right nasal; NHMW 2016/0028/0034-35, two left frontals
    = Chalcides augei Čerňanský et al. 2019
Čerňanský et al. 2019
Reptilia
? Cordyliformes indet. Fitzinger 1826
Čerňanský 2016 1 specimen
NHMW 2016/0028/0016, osteoderm
Reptilia - Lacertidae
Lacertidae indet. Bonaparte 1831
Čerňanský 2016 1 specimen
NHMW 2016/0028/0007, right frontal
Lacerta sp. Linnaeus 1758
Čerňanský 2016 1 specimen
NHMW 2016/0028/0006, left dentary
Reptilia - Anguidae
Anguidae indet. Gray 1825
Čerňanský 2016 3 specimens
NHMW 2016/0028/0030-32, three osteoderms, paper says "Oberdorf 3 and 4" but doesn't specify which specimen is from where, so they are entered in both
Ophisaurus sp. Daudin 1803
Čerňanský 2016 8 specimens
NHMW 2016/0028/0022, frontal; NHMW 2016/0028/0023, dentary; NHMW 2016/0028/0024-29, six dorsal vertebrae
Ophisaurus cf. spinari Klembara 1979
Čerňanský 2016 2 specimens
NHMW 2016/0028/0020 and -21, two parietal fragments
Mammalia - Talpidae
Myxomygale hutchisoni (Ziegler 1985)
Hugueney and Maridet 2017
Mammalia - Rodentia - Gliridae
Peridyromys murinus Pomel 1853
Bransatoglis fugax Hugueney 1967
Bransatoglis cf. astaracensis (Baudelot 1970)
Glirulus (Paraglirulus) sp. Thomas 1906
Glirulus (Glirulus) lissiensis Hugueney and Mein 1965
Glis minor Kowalski 1963
complicatus n. ssp.
Seorsumuscardinus alpinus n. gen., n. sp. de Bruijn 1998
Glirudinus minutus Wu 1993
Microdyromys cf. legidensis Daams 1981
Mammalia - Rodentia - Sciuridae
Ratufa sp. Gray 1867
Miopetaurista dehmi de Bruijn et al. 1980
Blackia miocaenica Mein 1970
Palaeosciurus sutteri Ziegler and Fahlbusch 1986
Spermophilinus besanus Cuenca 1988
Hylopetes hoeckarum de Bruijn 1998
Gastropoda - Cycloneritida - Helicinidae
Tropidomphalus rotundus Binder 2004
Binder 2004
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Carychiidae
Carychium nouleti Bourguignat 1857
Binder 2004
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Helicidae
Megalotachea cf. turonensis (Deshayes 1831)
Binder 2004
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Filholiidae
Triptychia ederae Binder 2004
Binder 2004
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Lymnaeidae
Galba sp. Schrank 1803
Binder 2004
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Planorbidae
Planorbarius cornu (Brongniart 1810)
Binder 2004
Gastropoda - Neritidae
Agapilia cf. picta (Férussac 1825)
Binder 2004
Gastropoda - Pomatiidae
Pomatias sp. Stimpson 1860
Binder 2004
see common names

Geography
Country:Austria State/province:Styria County:Voitsberg
Coordinates: 47.1° North, 15.2° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:46.4° North, 14.7° East
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Neogene Epoch:Miocene
Stage:Burdigalian 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 5
Key time interval:MN 4
Age range of interval:16.90000 - 15.98000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Local section:Opencast lignite mine Oberdorf Local bed:109 m
Local order:bottom to top
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: The fossiliferous bed belongs to the hanging wall succession ("Hangendabfolge") of the Ottnangian (late Early Miocene) Oberdorf section. Apparently, no formational name exists for these beds.
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: carbonaceous claystone
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: "The fossiliferous bed (lignitic clays containing bones as well as wood, seeds and gastropods) are interpreted as palaeosol." (de Bruijn, 1998). According to Daxner-Höck et al. (1998a), the bed in question forms the clayey base of a thin lignite seam and belongs to a sequence of distal floodplain deposits. (TL)
Environment:mire/swamp Tectonic setting:foreland basin
Geology comments: The particular environment of bed O4 ist given as "back swamp". The clays in the "Hangendabfolge" are interpreted as gley soils that developed under anoxic conditions. Forming of iron concretions with concentric structure and presence of dolomitic precipitate indicates a tropical to subtropical climate with temporary drier periods (Daxner-Höck et al., 1998b, Ann. Nat. Hist. Mus. Wien 99A, 195-224).
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:mesofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:bulk,mechanical,sieve,field collection,survey of museum collection
Maximum sieve size:5.000
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Museum repositories:NHMW
Collectors:H. de Bruijn, G. Daxner-Höck, et al. Collection dates:1990-1993
Collection method comments: From Daxner-Höck et al. (1998a, p. 4): The sampling was conducted within an interval of 2 to 10 cm and within a lateral section of about 15 m. The samples have been dried on-site and, in part, were left exposed to frost splitting over winter. After that they have been pre-washed on-site by means of a transportable washing plant (mesh sizes: 5 mm, 2.5 mm and 0.5 mm) and thus were reduced in volume by 50%. Due to the high clay content, further treatment in a lab was necessary before the fossil remains could be picked out.
Metadata
Also known as:Oberdorf 4
Database number:74539
Authorizer:L. van den Hoek Ostende, P. Mannion, M. Carrano, T. Cleary, M. Clapham, J. Mueller Enterer:L. van den Hoek Ostende, T. Cleary, T. Liebrecht, M. Carrano, P. Mannion, M. Clapham
Modifier:M. Carrano Research group:vertebrate
Created:2007-08-10 22:36:31 Last modified:2021-07-14 11:15:57
Access level:the public Released:2007-08-10 22:36:31
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
25040. H. de Bruijn. 1998. Vertebrates from the Early Miocene lignite deposits of the opencast mine Oberdorf (Western Styrian Basin, Austria): 6. Rodentia 1 (Mammalia). Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien, Serie A: Mineralogie, Petrologie, Geologie, Paläontologie, Archäozoologie, Anthropologie, Prähistorie 99:99-137 [L. van den Hoek Ostende/L. van den Hoek Ostende/T. Liebrecht]

Secondary references:

85549 H. Binder. 2004. Terrestrial, freshwater and brachyhaline Gastropoda from the Lower Miocene deposits of Oberdorf (Styria, Austria). Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien, Serie A 105:189-229 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]
67877 A. Čerňanský. 2016. Another piece of the puzzle: the first report on the Early Miocene lizard fauna from Austria (Ottnangian, MN 4; Oberdorf locality). Palaeontologische Zeitschrift 90:723-746 [T. Cleary/T. Cleary]
70578 A. Čerňanský, E. V. Syromyatnikova, E. S. Kovalenko, K. M. Podurets, and A. A. Kaloyan. 2019. The key to understanding the European Miocene Chalcides (Squamata, Scincidae) comes from Asia: the lizards of the East Siberian Tagay locality (Baikal Lake) in Russia. The Anatomical Record [P. Mannion/P. Mannion/T. Cleary]
52039 J. D. Gardner and M. Böhme. 2008. Review of the Albanerpetontidae (Lissamphibia), with comments on the paleoecological preferences of European Tertiary albanerpetontids. In J. T. Sankey & S. Baszio (ed.), Vertebrate Microfossil Assemblages: Their Role in Paleoecology and Paleobiogeography 178-218 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
77386 J. D. Gardner, A. Villa, S. Colombero, M. Venczel, and M. Delfino. 2021. A Messinian (latest Miocene) occurrence for Albanerpeton Estes & Hoffstetter, 1976 (Lissamphibia: Albanerpetontidae) at Moncucco Torinese, Piedmont Basin, northwestern Italy, and a review of the European Cenozoic record for albanerpetontids. Geodiversitas 43(14):391-404 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
61807 M. Hugueney and O. Maridet. 2017. Evolution of Oligo-Miocene talpids (Mammalia, Talpidae) in Europe: focus on the genera Myxomygale and Percymygale n. gen. Historical Biology [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]
12937 Z. Szyndlar. 1998. Vertebrates from the Early Miocene lignite deposits of the opencast mine Oberdorf (Western Styrian Basin, Austria). 3. Reptilia 2: Serpentes. Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien, Serie A: Mineralogie, Petrologie, Geologie, Paläontologie, Archäozoologie, Anthropologie, Prähistorie 99A:31-38 [J. Head/J. Head/T. Liebrecht]