Gratkorn locality (Miocene of Austria)
Where: Austria (47.1° N, 15.3° E: paleocoordinates 46.7° N, 15.1° E)
• coordinate stated in text
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Porosononion granosum foram zone, Sarmatian (12.7 - 11.6 Ma)
• Lower Sarmatian
•Upper Ervilia Zone (mollusc zones) / C5An.1r
Environment/lithology: lagoonal or restricted shallow subtidal; mudstone
• pelite
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Primary reference: M. Harzhauser, M. Gross, and H. Binder. 2008. Biostratigraphy of Middle Miocene (Sarmatian) wetland systems in an Eastern Alpine intramontane basin (Gratkorn Basin, Austria): the terrestrial gastropod approach. Geologica Carpathica 59(1):45-58 [W. Kiessling/M. Krause]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 175587: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Mihaela Krause on 17.12.2015, edited by Terri Cleary, Joanna Wolfe and Trent Grasso
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Salamandra sansaniensis2 Lartet 1851 salamander GPIT/AM/ 00725, 1 left and right dentaries, 11 fragmentary to complete trunk verts, 5 ribs
Triturus aff. vulgaris2 Linnaeus 1758 smooth newt GPIT/AM/00724, 1 right maxilla, 1 left otoccipital, 5 trunk verts, 1 femur
Chelotriton aff. paradoxus2 Pomel 1853 newt UMJGP 204.730, partial skeleton with 1 frontal, 2 trunk verts, 6 ribs, and fragmentary limb bones
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Latonia sp.2 von Meyer 1843 painted frog GPIT/AM/00727, 1 left and right premaxilla, 1 left and right maxilla, 1 atlas, 2 verts, 1 urostyle
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Pelobates sanchizi2 spadefoot toad UMJGP 204.708, 1 frontoparietal; GPIT/AM/00728, GPIT/AM/ 00729, UMJGP 204.692, 2 right and 3 left fragments of maxilla; UMJGP 204.692, 1 right premaxilla; UMJGP 204.692, 1 sphenethmoid; GPIT/AM/00729, UMJGP 204.692, 1 right and 1 left squamosals; UMJGP 204.692, 1 scapula; UMJGP 204.692, 5 trunk verts; UMJGP 204.692, UMJGP 204.731, 2 sacral verts
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Bufo cf. viridis2 Laurenti 1768 European green toad GPIT/AM/00726, 2 right ilia, 1 right and 1 left scapula, 1 right frontoparietal
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"Deinotherium levius" = Deinotherium giganteum1
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Clemmydopsis turnauensis2 Meyer 1847 turtle UMJPG 204.057-1, 1 isolated neural I; UMJPG 204.726-1 and 2, 2 fragmentary pleurals
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Testudo cf. steinheimensis2 Staesche 1931 turtle UMJPG 204.690, 1 complete anterior plastron and associated partial carapace; UMJPG 204.672, 1 fragmentary anterior plastron; UMJPG 204.108 and 203.661, 2 left hyoplastra
Testudo cf. kalksburgensis2 Toula 1896 turtle UMJPG 204.113, 1 fragmentary anterior plastron and associated partial carapace
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Ophisaurus spinari2 Klembara 1979 glass lizard UMJGP 204.728, partial skeleton including 1 premaxilla, 1 quadrate, 5 trunk verts, 2 sacral verts, osteoderms; UMJGP 204.037, 204.137, 204.749, 204.750, 4 parietals; UMJGP 204.032, 1 left maxilla; UMJGP 204.130, 204.728, osteoderms; GPIT/RE/09253, 1 palatine, 1 left maxilla, 1 right dentary, 32 trunk verts; UMJGP 204.122–204.124, 204.128, 204.129, GPIT/RE/09252, GPIT/RE/09253, numerous osteoderms
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Varanus sp.2 Merrem 1820 monitor lizard UMJGP 210.905, 1 right dentary; GPIT/RE/09236, 1 fragmentary left maxilla; UMJGP 203.732, 204.733, 203.457, GPIT/RE/09261, 5 trunk vertebrae; UMJGP 203.457, 3 caudal verts; UMJGP 203.457, 5 ribs
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Colubrinae "sp. 1"2 Oppel 1811 colubrid snake UMJGP 204.041, 3 trunk verts; GPIT/RE/09257, 3 isolated trunk verts
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Lacertidae indet.2, Edlartetia sp.2, sensu lato Lacerta sp.2, sensu lato Lacerta "sp. 3"2, sensu lato Lacerta "sp. 2"2, sensu lato Lacerta "sp. 1"2, Miolacerta tenuis2
Edlartetia sp.2 Augé and Rage 2000 squamates UMJGP 204.752, right maxilla; GPIT/RE/ 09225, left maxilla
sensu lato Lacerta sp.2 Linnaeus 1758 squamates GPIT/RE/09235, fragmentary preserved 20 left and 17 right dentaries, 16 left and 18 right maxillae, 3 premaxillae, 5 jaw bones; UMJGP 204.134, 204.147, 2 left dentaries; UMJGP 204.131, 1 right dentary; UMJGP 204.132, 204.136, 2 left maxillae; UMJGP 204.135, right maxilla
sensu lato Lacerta "sp. 1"2 Linnaeus 1758 squamates UMJGP 204.131, 2014.133, GPIT/RE/09226–GPIT/RE/09229, GPIT/RE/ 09260, 1 left and 6 right dentaries
Miolacerta tenuis2 Roček 1984 squamates UMJGP 204.106, 204.031, GPIT/RE/ 09232−/09234, GPIT/RE/09262, GPIT/RE/09263, 4 left and 4 right dentaries
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Scincidae indet.2 Gray 1825 skink UMJGP 204.748, GPIT/RE/09264–GPIT/RE/09266, 3 left and 1 right dentaries; UMJGP 204.039, GPIT/RE/09267, 1 right and 1 left maxillae
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Discus euglyphoides disk snail | |
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Gyraulus vermicularis Stoliczka 1862 snail | |
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Vallonia subpulchella Sandberger 1874 slug | |
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Truncatellina lentilii Miller 1900 slug | |
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Negulus gracilis Gottschick and Wenz 1919 slug
Vertigo angulifera Boettger 1884 slug | |
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Limax sp. Linnaeus 1758 slug | |
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Nesovitrea boettgeriana Clessin 1877 true glass snail | |
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Pleurodonte michalkovaci Binder and Harzhauser 2008 slug | |
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Punctum parvulum Gottschick 1920 slug | |
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Pseudidyla martingrossi Harzhauser and Binder 2008 slug | |
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Testacella schuetti Schlickum 1967 slug | |
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Pupilla iratiana Dupuy 1850 snail | |
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Bithynia sp. Leach 1818 snail | |
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Platyla callosiuscula Andreae 1904 snail | |
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