Gramatneusiedl (Miocene of Austria)

Where: Lower Austria, Austria (48.0° N, 16.5° E: paleocoordinates 47.7° N, 16.3° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

When: MN11 mammal zone, Tortonian (11.6 - 7.2 Ma)

• Upper Pannonian G of Papp and Thenius

Environment/lithology: pond; yellow, silty limestone

• yellowish-gray marl of limestone that largely dissolves in hydrochloric acid while a fine-grained quartz sand remains as residue

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: cast

Reposited in the NHMW

Collection methods: quarrying,

Primary reference: F. Bachmayer. 1957. Ein fossiler Schildkrötenrest (Clemmys ukoi nov. spec.) aus oberpannonischen Süßwasserablagerungen von Gramatneusiedl (südliches Wiener Becken). Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien 61:78-89 [E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 217032: authorized by Evangelos Vlachos, entered by Evangelos Vlachos on 19.01.2021

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Taxonomic list

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Mammalia
 Artiodactyla - Palaeomerycidae
? Palaeomeryx sp.
? Palaeomeryx sp. von Meyer 1834 ruminant
astragalus
Reptilia
 Testudines - Emydidae
Clemmys ukoi n. sp.
Clemmys ukoi n. sp. Bachmayer 1957 turtle
The type partial shell and a partial hypoplastron