Niederleis - Bahnhof - sample 5 (section A): Badenian, Austria
collected by Mandic, Harzhauser, Spezzaferri, Zuschin
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Gastropoda
- Trochidae
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Gibbula buchi
(Dubois 1831)
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3 specimens | ||||||
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Gastropoda
- Turbinidae
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Astraea (Bolma) sp.
(Risso 1826)
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1 specimen | ||||||
| original and current combination Bolma | |||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neritidae
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Agapilia picta
(Férussac 1825)
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12 specimens | ||||||
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Gastropoda
- Batillariidae
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Granulolabium bicinctum
(Brocchi 1814)
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1 specimen | ||||||
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Gastropoda
- Turritellidae
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Turritella spirata
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1 specimen | ||||||
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Gastropoda
- Potamididae
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Potamididae indet.
(Adams and Adams 1854)
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1 specimen | ||||||
| original and current combination Potamidinae | |||||||
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Gastropoda
- Epitoniidae
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Scala (Clathrus) spinosa
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1 specimen | ||||||
| original and current combination Clathrus | |||||||
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Gastropoda
- Cerithiopsidae
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Seila lineata
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1 specimen | ||||||
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Gastropoda
- Vitrinellidae
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Adeorbis interpositus
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1 specimen | ||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Columbellidae
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Columbella haueri
Hörnes and Auinger 1880
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1 specimen | ||||||
| recombined as Anachis haueri | |||||||
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Columbella karreri
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10 specimens | ||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Nassariidae
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Nassariidae indet.
Iredale 1916
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6 specimens | ||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Conidae
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Conus sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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1 specimen | ||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Turridae
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Turridae indet.
Swainson 1840
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3 specimens | ||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Muricidae
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Muricidae indet.
Rafinesque 1815
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1 specimen | ||||||
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Cystiscidae
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Gibberulina philippi
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1 specimen | ||||||
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Gastropoda
- Eulimidae
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Melanella subulata
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1 specimen | ||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Cardiidae
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Cardiidae indet.
Lamarck 1809
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2 specimens | ||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Chamidae
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Chama (Psolopus) gryphoides
Linnaeus 1758
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1 specimen | ||||||
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Veneridae
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Veneridae indet.
Rafinesque 1815
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3 specimens | ||||||
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Circomphalus subplicatus
(dOrbigny 1852)
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1 specimen | ||||||
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Bivalvia
- Pholadida
- Corbulidae
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Corbula (Varicorbula) gibba
(Oliva 1792)
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1 specimen | ||||||
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Bivalvia
- Carditida
- Carditidae
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Scalaricardita scalaris
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2 specimens | ||||||
| spelled with current rank as Cyclocardia (Scalaricardita) | |||||||
| 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: | 6.8 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: | 74654 | ||
| Authorizer: | A. Hendy | Enterer: | A. Hendy |
| Modifier: | J. Alroy | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
| Created: | 2007-08-21 19:13:17 | Last modified: | 2013-11-25 13:37:23 |
| Access level: | authorizer only | Released: | 2007-08-21 19:13:17 |
| 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] |