Niederleis - Bahnhof - sample 4 (section A): Badenian, Austria
collected by Mandic, Harzhauser, Spezzaferri, Zuschin

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda - Trochidae
Gibbula sp. Risso 1826
1 specimen
Gibbula buchi (Dubois 1831)
6 specimens
Calliostoma trigonum
2 specimens
Gastropoda - Neritidae
Agapilia picta (Férussac 1825)
2 specimens
Theodoxus sp. Monfort 1810
1 specimen
Gastropoda - Cerithiidae
Bittium sp. Gray 1847
1 specimen
Bittium (Semibittium) multilirata
3 specimens
Gastropoda - Batillariidae
Granulolabium bicinctum (Brocchi 1814)
1 specimen
Gastropoda - Turritellidae
Turritella badensis
1 specimen
Turritella spirata
9 specimens
Turritella sp. Lamarck 1799
1 specimen
Gastropoda - Melanopsidae
Melanopsis impressa Krauss 1852
1 specimen
Gastropoda - Planaxidae
Fossarus costatus
1 specimen
Gastropoda - Potamididae
Potamididae indet. (Adams and Adams 1854)
2 specimens
original and current combination Potamidinae
Potamides gamlitzensis
1 specimen
Potamides sp. Brongniart 1810
1 specimen
Gastropoda - Neotaenioglossa - Calyptraeidae
Crepidula gibbosa Defrance 1818
1 specimen
Gastropoda - Naticidae
Polinices redemptus (Michelotti 1847)
1 specimen
Gastropoda - Cerithiopsidae
Cerithiopsis forchtenauensis
1 specimen
Cerithiopsis sp. Hanley 1849
5 specimens
Gastropoda - Rissoidae
Alvania sp. Risso 1826
1 specimen
Rissoina podolica Cossmann 1921
1 specimen
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Columbellidae
Columbella karreri
1 specimen
Pyrene sp. Röding 1798
1 specimen
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Nassariidae
Amyclina kostejana
1 specimen
Sphaeronassa sp. Locard 1886
1 specimen
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Drilliidae
Drillia obtusangula
1 specimen
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Mangeliidae
Mangelia cf. pseudobrachystoma
1 specimen
corrected as Cythara (Mangelia)
? Mangelia sp. (Loven 1846)
1 specimen
corrected as Cythara (Mangelia)
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Terebridae
Strioterebrum sp. Sacco 1891
2 specimens
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Conidae
Conus sp. Linnaeus 1758
1 specimen
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Turridae
Turris trifasciata
1 specimen
Acamptogenotia bonelli
1 specimen
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae
Coralliophila (Orania) cheilotoma (Hörnes and Auinger 1890)
1 specimen
recombined as Orania cheilotoma
? Ocenebra sp. Leach in Gray 1847
1 specimen
Muricopsis cristata
1 specimen
Gastropoda - Vermetidae
Petaloconchus intortus (Lamarck 1818)
2 specimens
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae
Cardiidae indet. Lamarck 1809
1 specimen
Parvicardium papillosum (Poli 1781)
1 specimen
recombined as Plagiocardium (Papillicardium) papillosum
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Chamidae
Chama (Psolopus) gryphoides Linnaeus 1758
1 specimen
Bivalvia - Pholadida - Corbulidae
Corbula (Varicorbula) gibba (Oliva 1792)
6 specimens
see common names

Geography
Country:Austria
Coordinates: 48.6° North, 16.4° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:48.0° North, 16.1° East
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Neogene Epoch:Miocene
Stage:Serravallian 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 5
Key time interval:Badenian
Age range of interval:13.82000 - 12.80000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Local section:Bahnhof Local bed:7.3 m
Local order:top to bottom
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: 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 lower part of section, in coralline algal sand.
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:fine,shelly/skeletal unlithified sandy marl
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Marl like horizon, with coarse coralline algae fragments embedded in fine sandy matrix. LITHIFICATION: Unlithified, based on description.
Environment:deep-water indet.
Geology comments: ENVIRONMENT: Water depth probably exceeding 100 m, and up to 500 m. SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY: Highstand conditions at this time within Vienna Basin.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:bulk,peroxide,sieve,field collection
Minimum sieve size:1.000
Reason for describing collection:paleoecologic analysis
Collectors:Mandic, Harzhauser, Spezzaferri, Zuschin
Collection method comments: METHODS: Collections soaked and sieved (1mm). REPOSITORY: Either University of Wien (Vienna), or Museum of Natural History (NHMW).
Taxonomic list comments:COVERAGE: Exhaustive for bivalvia and gastropoda; bryozoa, corals, corallinacea, serpulids, forams, balanids, and echinoids also present though not listed. NOMENCLATURE: Not an authoritative publication, but with modern nomenclature, with species and subgenus resolution identifications by specialists.
Metadata
Database number:74653
Authorizer:A. Hendy Enterer:A. Hendy
Modifier:J. Alroy Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2007-08-21 19:06:20 Last modified:2013-11-25 13:37:23
Access level:authorizer only Released:2007-08-21 19:06:20
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
25132. 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]