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 74652: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 21.08.2007
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda | |
Gibbula sp. Risso 1826 top snail
Gibbula buchi Dubois 1831 top snail
Jujubinus turricula top snail
Calliostoma trigonum top snail | |
Eulima sp. Risso 1826 snail
Niso (Niso) terebellum snail | |
Crepidula sp. Lamarck 1799 slipper shell | |
Turritella spirata turret shell
Turritella sp. Lamarck 1799 turret shell | |
Hemicerithium banaticum cerith snail
Bittium (Semibittium) multilirata cerith snail | |
Fossarus costatus snail | |
Alvania perregularis, Alvania sp., "Zebina (Stossichia) multicingulata" = Stossichia multicingulata, Rissoina podolica
Alvania perregularis snail
Alvania sp. Risso 1826 snail
"Zebina (Stossichia) multicingulata" = Stossichia multicingulata Boettger 1887 snail
Rissoina podolica Cossmann 1921 snail | |
Seila lineata snail
Cerithiopsis sp. Hanley 1849 snail | |
Triphora perversa Linnaeus 1758 snail | |
Muricidae indet., "Coralliophila (Orania) cheilotoma" = Orania cheilotoma
Muricidae indet. Rafinesque 1815 murex snail
"Coralliophila (Orania) cheilotoma" = Orania cheilotoma Hörnes and Auinger 1890 murex snail | |
Mitridae indet. Swainson 1831 mitre shell | |
Cantharus subpusillus true whelk | |
Anachis sp. Adams and Adams 1853 snail
Pyrene (Atilia) fallax Hörnes and Auinger 1880 snail
Columbella karreri snail | |
Vexillum sp. Röding 1798 ribbed mitre
Vexillum (Costellaria) pseudorecticosta Boettger 1906 ribbed mitre | |
Trigonostoma crenatum snail | |
Turris trifasciata turrid | |
Conus sp. Linnaeus 1758 cone shell
Conus dujardini Deshayes 1845 cone shell
"Hemiconus granularis" = Conus (Hemiconus) cone shell | |
"Mangelia cf. fuschi" = Cythara (Mangelia)
"Mangelia cf. fuschi" = Cythara (Mangelia) snail | |
Erato sp. Risso 1826 snail | |
Adeorbis sp. Wood 1848 snail | |
Natica sp. Scopoli 1777 moon snail | |
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Smaragdia expansa snail
Agapilia picta Férussac 1825 snail | |
Bivalvia | |
Cardites partschi clam
"Scalaricardita scalaris" = Cyclocardia (Scalaricardita) clam
Cardita elongata clam | |
Corbula (Varicorbula) gibba Oliva 1792 clam | |
Veneridae indet. Rafinesque 1815 venus clam | |
Chama (Psolopus) gryphoides Linnaeus 1758 jewel box | |
? Fraginae indet., "Parvicardium papillosum" = Plagiocardium (Papillicardium) papillosum
? Fraginae indet. Stewart 1930 cockle
"Parvicardium papillosum" = Plagiocardium (Papillicardium) papillosum Poli 1781 cockle |