Teiritzberg 2: MN 5, Austria

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Actinopteri - Cypriniformes - Cyprinidae
Barbus sp. Cuvier and Cloquet 1816
2 teeth (NHMW1995/0063/0008-0009), 3 tooth fragments (NHMW1995/0064/0003)
Reptilia
Diplocynodon cf. styriacus (Hofmann 1887)
synonym of Diplocynodon ungeri
2 isolated teeth (NHMW2002z0017/0003)
Reptilia - Anguidae
Anguidae informal indet. Gray 1825
numerous osteoscutes (NHMW2002z0026/0003-0006)
Reptilia - Lacertidae
Lacerta informal sp.2 Linnaeus 1758
1 left dentary fragment (NHMW2002z0020/0004)
Amphibia - Temnospondyli
Latonia ragei Hossini 1993
1 right illium, 1 left, 1 right maxilla, 1 premaxilla, 1 frontoparietal fragment (NHMW2002z0014/0002,0004), 1 right premaxilla (NHMW2002z0014/0005)
Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Urodela
Chelotriton sp. Pomel 1853
1 parietal fragment, 1 squamosal fragment, 1 rib fragment, 2 undeterminable skull fragments (NHMW2002z0013/0003), 1 maxilla fragment, 1 squamosal fragment, 1 right frontal fragment, 1 parietal fragment, 7 undeterminable skull fragments (NHMW2002z0013/0001,0004)
Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Albanerpetontidae
Albanerpeton sp. Estes and Hoffstetter 1976
1 dentary fragment (NHMW2002z0012/0004), 1 left dentary (NHMW2002z0012/0005)
see common names

Geography
Country:Austria
Coordinates: 48.4° North, 16.4° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:47.8° North, 16.0° East
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Time
Period:Neogene Epoch:Miocene
Stage:Langhian 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 5
Key time interval:MN 5
Age range of interval:15.98000 - 13.82000 m.y. ago
Age estimate:16.5 to 15.7 Ma (unknown)
Stratigraphy
Formation:Laa
Stratigraphy comments: Karpatian (latest Early Miocene; early MN5)
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: sandstone
Secondary lithology: siltstone
Includes fossils?Y
Environment:"floodplain"
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils,mesofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Also known as:Teiritzberg 001/Z/C
Database number:174066
Authorizer:R. Butler Enterer:J. Moreno
Modifier:M. Carrano Research group:vertebrate
Created:2015-10-26 11:44:10 Last modified:2021-07-14 11:17:28
Access level:database members Released:2017-10-26 11:44:10
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

56762. M. Böhme. 2002. Lower Vertebrates (Teleostei, Amphibia, Sauria) from the Karpatian of the Korneuburg Basin - Paleoecological, environmental and paleoclimatical implications. Beiträge Paläontologie 27:339-353 [R. Butler/J. Moreno/J. Moreno]

Secondary references:

77386 J. D. Gardner, A. Villa, S. Colombero, M. Venczel, and M. Delfino. 2021. A Messinian (latest Miocene) occurrence for Albanerpeton Estes & Hoffstetter, 1976 (Lissamphibia: Albanerpetontidae) at Moncucco Torinese, Piedmont Basin, northwestern Italy, and a review of the European Cenozoic record for albanerpetontids. Geodiversitas 43(14):391-404 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]