Ottnang-Schanze [Ottnang Fm] (Miocene of Austria)

Where: Austria (48.1° N, 13.7° E: paleocoordinates 48.3° N, 12.0° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Ottnang Formation, Burdigalian (20.4 - 16.0 Ma)

• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the Paisslberg, for which lithostratigraphic relationships are not discussed. AGE: Ottnangian stage (=middle Burdigalian); nannoplankton zone NN3 (Grunert et al., 2010). STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: from the grey marls, for which stratigraphic position is not discussed.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; poorly lithified, brown, gray, argillaceous, sandy siltstone

• ENVIRONMENT: Not stated in text.
• SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Grey-brown clayey-sandy silt. LITHIFICATION: Poorly lithified.

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Reposited in the NHMW

Collection methods: surface (float), surface (in situ),

• COLLECTOR: Unknown. REPOSITORY: Natural History Museum Vienna (Austria).

Primary reference: M. Harzhauser and J. Schloegl. 2012. Lepadiform and scalpelliform barnacles from the Oligocene and Miocene of the Paratethys Sea. Palaeontology 55(5):923-936 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 160672: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 26.08.2014

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• COVERAGE: Limited to Cirripedia. NOMENCLATURE: Authoritative publication, with modern nomenclature and species-resolution identifications.
Thecostraca
 Scalpellomorpha - Scalpellidae
Scalpellum pfeifferi Weithofer 1887 barnacle