Eggenburg (Miocene of Austria)

Where: Niederösterreich, Austria (48.6° N, 15.8° E: paleocoordinates 47.8° N, 15.3° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Burdigalian (20.4 - 16.0 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

• scattered coral horizon without true reef framework

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: peel or thin section,

Primary reference: A. F. Budd, F. R. Bosellini, and T. A. Stemann. 1996. Systematics of the Oligocene to Miocene reef coral Tarbellastraea in the northern Mediterranean. Palaeontology 39(3):515-560 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 85111: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 28.11.2008

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Taxonomic list

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Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Merulinidae
Tarbellastraea abditaxis, Tarbellastraea tenera
Tarbellastraea abditaxis Chevalier 1961 stony coral
Tarbellastraea tenera Reuss 1847 stony coral