Kienberg [S1, 11, 12, 14] (Miocene of Czech Republic)

Where: Mikulov, Czech Republic (48.8° N, 16.6° E: paleocoordinates 48.3° N, 16.3° E)

• coordinate based on political unit

When: NN5 nannofossil zone, Hrušky Formation, Badenian (13.7 - 12.7 Ma)

• In the Spirorutilus carinatus Zone of the Vienna Basin regional biostratigraphic zonation (Brzobohatý

•et al. 2007).

Environment/lithology: marine; conglomerate and calcareous sandstone

• Marine waters in a subtropical climate, with depths of no more than 60 m. A high proportion of reef-associated taxa are also present.
• In the vicinity of Kienberg the Lower Badenian Sedlec Beds (chaotic coarse and blocky

•marine conglomerates) transgress over the rocks of the Ždánice Unit (Čtyroký 1993).

•Higher up, the sands, sandstones, algal sandstones and limestones and calcareous clays of

•the Hrušky Formation cover the Sedlec Member or lie directly on the Flysch sediments.

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: sieve

• Deposited in the Oldrich Kroupa’s private collections in Brno (OKFos), and the Natural History Museum in

•Vienna (NHMWien, Inv.Nr. 2006z0344/0001 to …/0012).

Primary reference: O. Schultz, R. Brzobohatý, and O. Kroupa. 2010. Fish teeth from the Middle Miocene of Kienberg at Mikulov, Czech Republic, Vienna Basin. Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien 112:489-506 [C. Jaramillo/C. Pimiento]more details

PaleoDB collection 161993: authorized by Carlos Jaramillo, entered by Catalina Pimiento on 17.09.2014, edited by Mark Uhen

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

unclassified
  -
Chondrichthyes
 Selachii -
Selachii indet. shark
Sample 14
 Squaliformes - Squalidae
Squalus sp. Linnaeus 1758 dogfish shark
Sample 3
Squalinae indet. Bonaparte 1834 dogfish shark
Sample 14
 Squatiniformes - Squatinidae
Squatina subserrata angel shark
Sample 1
 Euselachii -
Myliobatiformes indet. Compagno 1973 stingray
Sample 1
 Myliobatiformes - Aetobatidae
Aetobatus arcuatus Agassiz 1843 stingray
Sample 1
 Myliobatiformes - Dasyatidae
Dasyatis sp. Rafinesque 1810 whiptail stingray
Samples 11 and 14
 Rajiformes - Rajidae
Dipturus olisiponensis skate
Samples 11 and 14
 Rhinopristiformes - Rhynchobatidae
Rhynchobatus pristinus Probst 1877 wedgefish
Sample 14
 Carcharhiniformes - Hemigaleidae
Hemipristis serra Agassiz 1835 ground shark
Sample 1
Chaenogaleus affinis Probst 1878 ground shark
Samples 1, 11 and 14
 Carcharhiniformes - Carcharhinidae
Carcharhinus priscus Agassiz 1843 requiem shark
Samples 1 and 14
 Carcharhiniformes - Triakidae
"Paragaleus pulchellus" = Galeorhinus pulchellus
"Paragaleus pulchellus" = Galeorhinus pulchellus Jonet 1966 school shark
Samples 1 and 11
 Carcharhiniformes - Sphyrnidae
Sphyrna sp. Rafinesque 1810 hammerhead shark
Sample 1
 Carcharhiniformes - Galeocerdidae
Galeocerdo aduncus Agassiz 1835 tiger shark
Sample 1
 Carcharhiniformes - Scyliorhinidae
Pachyscyllium dachiardii Lawley 1876 cat shark
Samples 11 and 14
 Lamniformes - Lamnidae
"Cosmopolitodus hastalis" = Carcharodon hastalis
"Cosmopolitodus hastalis" = Carcharodon hastalis Agassiz 1838 white shark
Sample 1
 Lamniformes - Odontaspididae
"Carcharias cuspidatus" = Araloselachus cuspidatus
"Carcharias cuspidatus" = Araloselachus cuspidatus Agassiz 1843 sand tiger shark
Sample 1
 Lamniformes - Cetorhinidae
Cetorhinus maximus Gunner 1765 basking shark
Sample 14
 Lamniformes - Carchariidae
Carcharias sp. Rafinesque 1810 sand shark
Sample 14
 Lamniformes - Otodontidae
"Megaselachus megalodon" = Otodus megalodon
"Megaselachus megalodon" = Otodus megalodon Agassiz 1835 megalodon
Sample 14
 Euselachiformes -
Batoidei indet. elasmobranch
Sample 11
Osteichthyes
 Osteichthyes -
Osteichthyes indet. Huxley 1880 bony fish
Samples 11, 12 and 14
Actinopteri
 Teleostei -
Teleostei indet. Müller 1846
Samples 1 and 11
 Anguilliformes - Congridae
Rhynchoconger pantanellii Bassoli and Schubert 1906 conger eel
 Istiophoriformes - Sphyraenidae
Sphyraena substriata Münster 1846 barracuda
Samples 11 and 14
 Aulopiformes - Synodontidae
Saurida germanica Weiler 1942
 Myctophiformes - Myctophidae
Diaphus kokeni lanternfish
Diaphus taaningi Norma 1930 slopewater lanternfish
 Holocentriformes - Holocentridae
Myripristis aff. verus Steurbaut 1979
 Uranoscopiformes - Uranoscopidae
Uranoscopus sp. Linnaeus 1758
 Spariformes - Sparidae
Sparidae indet. Cuvier 1817
All samples
Diplodus sp. Rafinesque 1810
Sample 14
 Acanthomorphata - Haemulidae
 Acanthomorphata - Priacanthidae
 Acanthomorphata - Moronidae
Morone sp. Mitchill 1814 temperate bass
 Tetraodontiformes - Balistidae
Balistes muensteri Schultz 2004
Sample 11
 Acanthomorphata - Sciaenidae
Umbrina aff. ronchus Steurbaut and Jonet 1982
 Acanthuriformes - Sciaenidae
"Argyrosomus regius" = Argyrosomus regia Lanckneus and Nolf 1979
 Labriformes - Labridae
Labridae indet. Cuvier 1816
Sample 11
 Perciformes - Sparidae
Dentex aff. maroccanus perch-like fish
Dentex gibbosus Nofl and Steurbaut 1979 perch-like fish
Pagellus erythrinus perch-like fish
Sparus umbonatus perch-like fish
Samples 1 and 11
Pagrus cinctus perch-like fish
Sample 11
Pagrus sp. Lacépède 1802 perch-like fish
Boops hoops perch-like fish
 Perciformes - Pomadasyidae
Brachydeuterus speronatus Bassoli 1906 perch-like fish
 Perciformes - Cepolidae
Cepola rubescens Linnaeus 1764 perch-like fish
 Perciformes -
Lithognathus mormyrus Linnaeus 1758 perch-like fish
 Gobiiformes - Gobiidae
 Ophidiiformes - Carapidae
Echiodon sp. Thompson 1837
Carapus aff. acus Brünnich 1768
 Carangiformes - Carangidae
 Pleuronectiformes - Bothidae
Arnoglossus sp. Bleeker 1862 flatfish
 Pleuronectiformes - Citharidae
Citharus lusitanicus Jonet 1973 flatfish
 Pleuronectiformes - Soleidae
 Pleuronectiformes - Pleuronectidae
Solea sp. Gouan 1770 flatfish
 Beloniformes - Hemiramphidae
 Atheriniformes - Atherinidae
"Atherina austriaca" = Atherina gidjakensis
"Atherina austriaca" = Atherina gidjakensis Pobedina 1956 silverside
 Mugiliformes - Mugilidae
Chelon sp. Artedi 1793
 Gadiformes - Merlucciidae
Merluccius aff. merluccius Linnaeus 1758 European hake
 Gadiformes - Lotidae
 Gadiformes - Gadidae
 Gadiformes - Moridae
 Siluriformes - Ariidae
Arius sp. Cuvier and Valenciennes 1840 Ariid catfish
Trigonodon jugleri
  - Trigonodontidae
Trigonodon jugleri Münster 1846
Sample 14
Otolithes
  -
"Panturichthys subglaber" = Otolithus (Solea) subglaber
"Panturichthys subglaber" = Otolithus (Solea) subglaber Schubert 1906