Where: Austria (48.6° N, 16.4° E: paleocoordinates 48.1° N, 16.1° E)

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Badenian (13.7 - 12.7 Ma)

• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: Overlying Karpatian sediments, but also regionally overlying Paleocene-Jurassic basement rock. THICKNESS: Sampled horizon of ~10 cm within approximately 17 m thick composite section (composed of ~3 m thick pits. AGE: Early Badenian, Lower Lagenid froam biozone, NN5, M5 planktic foram biozone, lower Langhian. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From near base of section, in Balanid/molluck - siltclay.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: offshore; unlithified, medium-grained, shelly/skeletal, argillaceous, silty sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by Mandic, Harzhauser, Spezzaferri, Zuschin

Collection methods: bulk, peroxide, sieve,

• METHODS: Collections soaked and sieved (1mm). REPOSITORY: Either University of Wien (Vienna), or Museum of Natural History (NHMW).

Primary reference: O. Mandic, M. Harzhauser, S. Spezzaferri and M. Zuschin. 2002. The paleoenvironment of an early Middle Miocene Paratethys sequence in NE Austria with special emphasis on mollusks and foraminifera. Geobios 24:193-206 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 74650: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 21.08.2007

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