Locality 4 (Fels Formation) (Miocene of Austria)

Where: Austria (48.5° N, 15.7° E: paleocoordinates 47.7° N, 15.2° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Fels Formation, Burdigalian (20.4 - 16.0 Ma)

• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the Fels Fm, which conformably overlies the St. Marein-Freischling Fm (Aquitanian), and is conformably overlain by the Zellerndorf Fm (Burdigalian). THICKNESS: Unknown, but presumably from bed or group of beds within formation. AGE: Eggenburgian local stage = Burdigalian. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From unknown position within formation.

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: coastal; unlithified, fine-grained sandstone

• ENVIRONMENT: Restricted to fully marine environment in marginal basin, deposited during transgression.
• SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Fine sands. LITHIFICATION: Unlithified, assumed on the basis of comments regarding preservation and ease of sampling.

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: bulk, surface (in situ),

• COLLECTOR: Not stated in text, but possibly multiple collectors and dates. REPOSITORY: Not specifically stated, but likely reposited at the Inst. of Pal., University of Vienna, the Krahuletz Museum in Eggenburg, the Hörbarth Museum in Horn, and the Natural History Museum of Vienna.

Primary reference: O. Mandic and F. F. Steininger. 2003. Computer-based mollusc stratigraphy - a case study from the Eggenburgian (Lower Miocene) type region (NE Austria). Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 197:263-291 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 77405: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 10.01.2008

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• COVERAGE: Exhaustive for gastropoda, bivalvia, and scaphopoda. NOMENCLATURE: Not an authoritative publication, but with modern nomenclature, including subgenus and species-resolution assignments.
Gastropoda
 Trochoidea - Trochidae
Diloma (Paroxystele) amedei Brogniart 1823 top snail
SUBSPECIES: Diloma (Paroxystele) amedei amedei
Bivalvia
 Arcida - Glycymerididae
Glycymeris (Glycymeris) pilosa Linnaeus 1767 clam
SUBSPECIES: Glycymeris (Glycymeris) pilosa deshayesi
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Chlamys gigas, "Chlamys scabrella" = Chlamys scabrellus, "Chlamys opercularis" = Aequipecten opercularis
"Chlamys scabrella" = Chlamys scabrellus Lamarck 1819 scallop
"Chlamys opercularis" = Aequipecten opercularis Linnaeus 1758 scallop
SUBSPECIES: Chlamys opercularis miotransversa
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
Crassostrea gryphoides Schlotheim 1813 oyster
 Lucinida - Lucinidae
 Cardiida - Glossidae
Glossus subtransversus clam
SUBSPECIES: Glossus subtransversus major
 Cardiida - Veneridae
 Cardiida - Cardiidae