Where: Croatia (43.7° N, 16.6° E: paleocoordinates 43.1° N, 16.1° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Langhian (16.0 - 13.8 Ma)
• Overlies Lučane 1 tephra, dated at 15.43 ± 0.05 Ma (Ar/Ar). Magnetostratigraphy suggests upper part of C5Br as well as C5Bn2n chrons. Combined evidence suggests early Langhian age, between 15.4 and 15.0 Ma.
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: lacustrine - large; poorly lithified limestone
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Preservation: original aragonite
Reposited in the NHMW
Collection methods: bulk, chemical, peroxide, sieve
Primary reference: T. A. Neubauer, O. Mandic, and M. Harzhauser. 2011. Middle Miocene freshwater mollusks from Lake Sinj (Dinaride lake system, SE Croatia; Langhian). Archiv für Molluskenkunde 140:201-237 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 231213: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 07.08.2023
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda | |
Orygoceras sp. Brusina 1882 snail | |
Theodoxus sinjanus Brusina 1876 snail | |
Prososthenia sp. Neumayr 1869 snail
Prososthenia cincta Neumayr 1869 snail | |
Bivalvia | |
Mytilopsis jadrovi Brusina 1892 clam |