Müllendorf (Miocene of Austria)

Where: Austria (47.8° N, 16.5° E: paleocoordinates 47.3° N, 16.1° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Leitha Formation, Middle Miocene (16.0 - 11.6 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: perireef or subreef; lithified limestone

• reef debris

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: cast

Primary reference: O. Kühn. 1963. Korallensteinkerne im österreichischen Miozän [Coral casts from the Austrian Miocene]. Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums Wien 66:101-112 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 124259: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 09.02.2012, edited by Mark Uhen

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Taxonomic list

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Mammalia
 Sirenia - Dugongidae
Metaxytherium medium
Metaxytherium medium Desmarest 1822 dugong
Bivalvia
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
Lithophaga sp.
Lithophaga sp. Röding 1798 mussel
 Cardiida - Gastrochaenidae
Gastrochaena sp.
Gastrochaena sp. Spengler 1783 clam
Thecostraca
 Balanomorpha - Pyrgomatidae
Pyrgoma costatum
Pyrgoma costatum coral barnacle
Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Flabellidae
Flabellum austriacum
Flabellum austriacum Prochazka 1893 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Lobophylliidae
Acanthastrea horrida
Acanthastrea horrida Reuss 1860 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Merulinidae
Tarbellastraea reussiana
Tarbellastraea reussiana Milne-Edwards and Haime 1850 stony coral