Where: Austria (48.6° N, 16.4° E: paleocoordinates 48.0° N, 16.1° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• 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 10 m thick composite section (composed of ~4 m thick pits. AGE: Early Badenian, Lower Lagenid froam biozone, NN5, M5 planktic foram biozone, lower Langhian. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From lower part of section, in coralline algal sand.
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: deep-water; unlithified, fine-grained, shelly/skeletal, sandy marl
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 74653: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 21.08.2007
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
Cardiidae indet., "Parvicardium papillosum" = Plagiocardium (Papillicardium) papillosum
Cardiidae indet. Lamarck 1809 cockle
"Parvicardium papillosum" = Plagiocardium (Papillicardium) papillosum Poli 1781 cockle | |
Chama (Psolopus) gryphoides Linnaeus 1758 jewel box | |
Corbula (Varicorbula) gibba Oliva 1792 clam | |
Gastropoda | |
Crepidula gibbosa Defrance 1818 slipper shell | |
Alvania sp. Risso 1826 snail
Rissoina podolica Cossmann 1921 snail | |
? Ocenebra sp. Leach in Gray 1847 murex snail
"Coralliophila (Orania) cheilotoma" = Orania cheilotoma Hörnes and Auinger 1890 murex snail
Muricopsis cristata murex snail | |
Drillia obtusangula snail | |
Conus sp. Linnaeus 1758 cone shell | |
"Mangelia cf. pseudobrachystoma" = Cythara (Mangelia), "? Mangelia sp." = Cythara (Mangelia)
"Mangelia cf. pseudobrachystoma" = Cythara (Mangelia) snail
"? Mangelia sp." = Cythara (Mangelia) Loven 1846 snail | |
Strioterebrum sp. Sacco 1891 auger snail | |
Turris trifasciata turrid
Acamptogenotia bonelli turrid | |
Sphaeronassa sp. Locard 1886 snail
Amyclina kostejana snail | |
Pyrene sp. Röding 1798 snail
Columbella karreri snail | |
Petaloconchus intortus Lamarck 1818 worm shell | |
Polinices redemptus Michelotti 1847 moon snail | |
Cerithiopsis sp. Hanley 1849 snail | |
Turritella badensis turret shell
Turritella spirata turret shell
Turritella sp. Lamarck 1799 turret shell | |
Melanopsis impressa Krauss 1852 snail | |
Granulolabium bicinctum Brocchi 1814 snail | |
Fossarus costatus snail | |
Potamididae indet. Adams and Adams 1854 horn snail
Potamides gamlitzensis horn snail
Potamides sp. Brongniart 1810 horn snail | |
Bittium sp. Gray 1847 cerith snail
Bittium (Semibittium) multilirata cerith snail | |
Theodoxus sp. Monfort 1810 snail
Agapilia picta Férussac 1825 snail |