Kienberg [S3] (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 yellow, 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 161995: 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
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Osteichthyes
 Osteichthyes -
Osteichthyes indet. Huxley 1880 bony fish
Actinopteri
 Teleostei -
Teleostei indet. Müller 1846
 Anguilliformes - Congridae
Rhynchoconger pantanellii Bassoli and Schubert 1906 conger eel
 Acanthopteri - Sphyraenidae
Sphyraena substriata Münster 1846 barracuda
 Aulopiformes - Synodontidae
Saurida germanica Weiler 1942
 Myctophiformes - Myctophidae
Diaphus kokeni lanternfish
 Acanthomorphata - Priacanthidae
 Labriformes - Labridae
Labridae indet. Cuvier 1816
 Perciformes - Sparidae
Pagrus cinctus perch-like fish
Pagrus sp. Lacépède 1802 perch-like fish
Dentex aff. maroccanus perch-like fish
Dentex gibbosus Nofl and Steurbaut 1979 perch-like fish
Sparus umbonatus perch-like fish
Oblada aff. chainei Steurbaut and Jonet 1982 perch-like fish
 Perciformes - Cepolidae
Cepola rubescens Linnaeus 1764 perch-like fish
 Perciformes - Pomadasyidae
Brachydeuterus speronatus Bassoli 1906 perch-like fish
 Perciformes -
Lithognathus mormyrus Linnaeus 1758 perch-like fish
"Percoideorum" tielzei perch-like fish
 Spariformes - Sparidae
 Acanthuriformes - Sciaenidae
"Argyrosomus regius" = Argyrosomus regia
"Argyrosomus regius" = Argyrosomus regia Lanckneus and Nolf 1979
 Acanthomorphata - Moronidae
Morone sp. Mitchill 1814 temperate bass
 Ophidiiformes - Carapidae
Carapus aff. acus Brünnich 1768
 Gobiiformes - Gobiidae
 Mugiliformes - Mugilidae
Chelon sp. Artedi 1793
 Beloniformes - Hemiramphidae
 Atheriniformes - Atherinidae
"Atherina austriaca" = Atherina gidjakensis
"Atherina austriaca" = Atherina gidjakensis Pobedina 1956 silverside
 Carangiformes - Carangidae
 Pleuronectiformes - Citharidae
Citharus lusitanicus Jonet 1973 flatfish
 Pleuronectiformes - Soleidae
 Gadiformes - Lotidae
 Gadiformes - Moridae
 Gadiformes - Gadidae
"Trisopterus sculptus" = Palimphemus anceps
"Trisopterus sculptus" = Palimphemus anceps Kner 1862
 Gadiformes - Merlucciidae
Merluccius aff. merluccius Linnaeus 1758 European hake
Chondrichthyes
 Myliobatiformes - Dasyatidae
Dasyatis sp. Rafinesque 1810 whiptail stingray
 Rajiformes - Rajidae
Raja sp. Linnaeus 1758 skate
 Carcharhiniformes - Scyliorhinidae
Pachyscyllium dachiardii Lawley 1876 cat shark
 Carcharhiniformes - Hemigaleidae
Chaenogaleus affinis Probst 1878 ground shark
 Lamniformes - Carchariidae
Carcharias acutissimus Agassiz 1843 sand shark
 Squaliformes - Squalidae
Squalus sp. Linnaeus 1758 dogfish shark
 Squatiniformes - Squatinidae