Kaisersteinbruch (Miocene of Austria)

Where: Austria (48.0° N, 16.7° E: paleocoordinates 47.5° N, 16.4° E)

When: Sarmatian (12.7 - 11.6 Ma)

Environment/lithology: limestone

• corallinacean limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: E. Kazár. 2006. Odontocete periotics (Mammalia: Cetacea) from the Carpathian Basin, Middle Miocene (Badenian and Sarmatian Stages), including the Vienna Basin, Austria. Beitrage zur Palaontologie 30:269-292 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 70504: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 26.03.2007

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Taxonomic list

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Actinopteri
 Tetraodontiformes - Balistidae
Balistes muensteri n. sp.3
Balistes muensteri n. sp.3 Schultz 2004
Mammalia
 Cetacea - Acrodelphinidae
"Acrodelphidae indet." = Acrodelphinidae1
"Acrodelphidae indet." = Acrodelphinidae1 Abel 1905 toothed whale
 Cetacea - Kentriodontidae
? Kentriodon sp.
? Kentriodon sp. Kellogg 1927 toothed whale
 Cetacea - Balaenopteridae
Balaenopteridae indet.2
Balaenopteridae indet.2 Gray 1864 rorqual
1Du Bus 1867; 2Pia and Sickenberg 1934; 3Schultz 2004