Sample Y, Lučane section, Sinj basin: Langhian, Croatia

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Dreissenidae
Mytilopsis jadrovi (Brusina 1892)
3 specimens
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Planorbidae
Orygoceras dentaliforme Brusina 1882
9 specimens
Gastropoda - Neritidae
Theodoxus sinjanus (Brusina 1876)
3 specimens
Gastropoda - Hydrobiidae
Prososthenia sp. Neumayr 1869
361 specimens
Prososthenia cincta Neumayr 1869
21 specimens
Prososthenia schwartzi Neumayr 1869
64 specimens
Belgrandia klietmanni Neubauer 2011
2 specimens
recombined as Cyclothyrella klietmanni
Pseudamnicola torbarianus (Brusina 1874)
1 specimen
recombined as Bania torbariana
Gastropoda - Melanopsidae
Melanopsis lanzaeana Brusina 1874
2 specimens
see common names

Geography
Country:Croatia
Coordinates: 43.7° North, 16.6° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:43.1° North, 16.1° East
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Neogene Epoch:Miocene
Stage:Langhian 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 5
Key time interval:Langhian
Age range of interval:15.98000 - 13.82000 m.y. ago
Age estimate:15.43 ± 0.05 Ma (Ar/Ar) to 15.0 Ma (paleomagnetic)
Stratigraphy
Local section:Lučane Local bed:110.97 m
Local order:bottom to top
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: Overlies Lučane 1 tephra, dated at 15.43 ± 0.05 Ma (Ar/Ar). Magnetostratigraphy suggests upper part of C5Br as well as C5Bn2n chrons. Combined evidence suggests early Langhian age, between 15.4 and 15.0 Ma.
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: poorly lithified "limestone"
Environment:lacustrine - large
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body,original aragonite
Size of fossils:macrofossils,mesofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:bulk,chemical,peroxide,sieve
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Museum repositories:NHMW
Metadata
Database number:231219
Authorizer:M. Clapham Enterer:M. Clapham
Research group:freshwater
Created:2023-08-07 23:47:21 Last modified:2023-08-07 23:47:21
Access level:the public Released:2023-08-07 23:47:21
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

85596. T. A. Neubauer, O. Mandic, and M. Harzhauser. 2011. Middle Miocene freshwater mollusks from Lake Sinj (Dinaride lake system, SE Croatia; Langhian). Archiv für Molluskenkunde 140:201-237 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]