Obergänserndorf [Karpatium]: Early/Lower Miocene, Austria

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda - Neritidae
Agapilia pachii (Hörnes 1848)
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Clavatulidae
Clavatula dorotheae
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Columbellidae
Pyrene (Alia) polonica (Pusch 1837)
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae
Ocenebra crassilabiata
Ocenebra striata (Eichwald 1853)
Gastropoda - Potamididae
Ptychopotamides papaveraceus (Basterot 1925)
Gastropoda - Turritellidae
Turritella (Eichwaldiella) bicarinata (Elchwald 1830)
original and current combination Turritella bicarinata
Gastropoda - Melanopsidae
Melanopsis impressa Krauss 1852
Gastropoda - Batillariidae
Granulolabium plicatum (Bruguiére 1792)
Granulolabium bicinctum (Brocchi 1814)
Gastropoda - Cerithiidae
Cerithium turonicum
Bittium (Bittium) spina (Partsch 1856)
recombined as Bittium spina
see common names

Geography
Country:Austria
Coordinates: 48.4° North, 16.4° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:47.5° North, 15.8° East
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:local area
Time
Period:Neogene Epoch:Miocene
10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 5
Key time interval:Early/Lower Miocene
Age range of interval:23.03000 - 15.98000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Stratigraphy comments: STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From unknown lithostratigraphic unit based on english portion of text.. AGE: Karpatium stage, Early Miocene on the basis of biostratigraphic data from multiple taxonomic groups, including mollusca. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From unknown position within unit based on english portion of text.
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: unlithified "siliciclastic"
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Siliciclastic. Otherwise unknown, based on english portion of text. LITHIFICATION: Unlithified, based on figured specimens.
Environment:coastal indet.
Geology comments: ENVIRONMENT: Unknown, based on english portion of text.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Collection method comments: COLLECTOR: Presumably Harzhauser and others. REPOSTORY: NMNH, Viena, Austria.
Taxonomic list comments:COVERAGE: Exhaustive for gastropoda. Other taxa present, though not listed in this publication. NOMENCLATURE: Authoritative publication, with modern nomenclature, and consistent use of subgenus and species-resolution assignments.
Metadata
Database number:77626
Authorizer:A. Hendy Enterer:A. Hendy
Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2008-01-15 23:12:56 Last modified:2013-11-25 13:37:23
Access level:the public Released:2008-01-15 23:12:56
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

26214. M. Harzhauser. 2002. Marine und brachyhaline Gastropoden aus dem Karpatium des Korneubuger Beckens und der Kreuzstettener Bucht (Österreich, Untermiozän). Beiträge zur Paläontologie 27:61-159 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy/J. Alroy]