Nussdorf (Miocene of Austria)

Also known as 3. Ziegelgrube, Heiligenstadt

Where: Austria (48.2° N, 16.4° E: paleocoordinates 47.8° N, 16.1° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Sarmatian (12.7 - 11.6 Ma)

• Sarmatian (upper middle Miocene), Mohrensternia Zone, Volhynian

Environment/lithology: marine; claystone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: original phosphate

Primary reference: J. F. Brandt. 1873. Untersuchungen über die fossilen und subfossilen cetaceen Europa's. Mémoires de L'Académie Impériale des Sciences de Saint-Petersbourg, Series 7 20(1):1-372 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 47080: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 07.02.2005

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Carnivora - Phocidae
Phocidae indet.2, "Phoca vindobonensis n. sp." = Praepusa vindobonensis3
Phocidae indet.2 Gray 1821 seal
"Phoca vindobonensis n. sp." = Praepusa vindobonensis3 Toula 1897 seal
 Cetacea - Balaenopteridae
Balaenopteridae indet.2 Gray 1864 rorqual
 Cetacea -
Champsodelphis karreri n. sp. Brandt 1873 toothed whale
Champsodelphis dubius n. sp. Brandt 1873 toothed whale
 Cetacea - Acrodelphinidae
"Acrodelphidae indet." = Acrodelphinidae2
"Acrodelphidae indet." = Acrodelphinidae2 Abel 1905 toothed whale
 Cetacea - Platanistidae
Pachyacanthus sp.2, "Pachyacanthus suessi" = Pachyacanthus suessii2, "Pachyacanthus letochae n. sp." = Pachyacanthus suessii, "Cetotherium ambiguum n. sp." = Pachyacanthus suessii
Pachyacanthus sp.2 Brandt 1871 toothed whale
"Pachyacanthus suessi" = Pachyacanthus suessii2 Brandt 1871 toothed whale
"Pachyacanthus letochae n. sp." = Pachyacanthus suessii Brandt 1871 toothed whale
"Cetotherium ambiguum n. sp." = Pachyacanthus suessii Brandt 1871 toothed whale
 Cetacea - Kentriodontidae
Kentriodontidae indet.1 Slijper 1936 toothed whale
indet. 2
Kentriodon fuchsii1 Brandt 1873 toothed whale
 Cetacea -
Delphinoidea indet.1 Flower 1865 toothed whale
? Liolithax sp.1 Kellogg 1931 toothed whale