Upper Fenk quarry system, Section B, bed 5 (Miocene of Austria)

Where: Austria (47.9° N, 16.5° E: paleocoordinates 47.2° N, 16.0° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Langhian (16.0 - 13.8 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: reef, buildup or bioherm; lithology not reported

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils, microfossils

Primary reference: T. Wiedl, M. Harzhauser, A. Kroh, S. Coric, and W. E. Piller. 2013. Ecospace variability along a carbonate platform at the northern boundary of the Miocene reef belt (Upper Langhian, Austria). Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 370:232-246 [W. Kiessling/M. Krause/S. Ávila]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 146518: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Mihaela Krause on 25.06.2013

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Merulinidae
Tarbellastraea sp. Alloiteau 1950 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Mussidae
Parascolymia bracherti Reuter 2015 stony coral
 Scleractinia - Poritidae
Porites sp. Link 1807 stony coral
common specimens
 Scleractinia - Lobophylliidae
"Acanthastraea horrida" = Acanthastrea
"Acanthastraea horrida" = Acanthastrea stony coral
common specimens
Bivalvia
 Cardiida - Gastrochaenidae
"Gastrochaena dubia" = Gastrochaena (Rocellaria) dubia
"Gastrochaena dubia" = Gastrochaena (Rocellaria) dubia Pennant 1777 clam
 Mytilida - Mytilidae