GrĂ¼nes Kreuz (Miocene of Austria)

Where: Austria (48.5° N, 16.1° E: paleocoordinates 47.9° N, 15.8° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Spiroplectammina foram zone, Langhian (16.0 - 13.8 Ma)

• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From an unnamed lithostratigraphic unit, for which stratigraphic relationships are not discussed. AGE: Middle Badenian Spiroplectammina Zone (= late Langhian) (Schmid 1989). STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: The so-called Amph- istegina marls are sandy marls, interbedded in coral- linacean limestones.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: coastal; poorly lithified, sandy marl

• ENVIRONMENT: Not stated in text.
• SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Sandy marl. 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 160737: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 27.08.2014

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• COVERAGE: Limited to Cirripedia. NOMENCLATURE: Authoritative publication, with modern nomenclature and species-resolution identifications.
Thecostraca
 Scalpellomorpha - Poecilasmatidae
Poecilasma miocaenica Reuss 1864 barnacle