Plesching (Upper Austria) - Linz Formation: Chattian, Austria
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda
- Turbinidae
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Angaria cf. scobina
(Brongniart 1823)
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Gastropoda
- Trochidae
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Jujubinus aff. multicingulatus
(Sandberger 1860)
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Calliostoma cf. hegeduesi
(Baldi 1973)
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Gastropoda
- Lepetellida
- Fissurellidae
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Emarginula sp.
Lamarck 1801
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Gastropoda
- Turritellidae
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Turritella (Haustator) venus
(d'Orbigny 1852)
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a category | |||||||||
Gastropoda
- Aporrhaidae
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Drepanocheilus (Arrhoges) speciosus
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Fasciolariidae
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? Fasciolaria plexa
(Wolff 1897)
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Conidae
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Conus sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Costellariidae
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Orthosurcula regularis
(Koninck 1837)
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Gastropoda
- Neogastropoda
- Muricidae
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? Boreotrophon capito
(Philippi 1843)
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recombined as Eopaziella capito | ||||||||||
Subspecies: Boreorophon? capito vel deshayesi | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Ficidae
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Ficus concinnus
(Beyrich 1854)
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Ficus cf. conditus
(Brongniart 1823)
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r category | |||||||||
recombined as Ficus condita | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Cassidae
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Galeodea megacephala
(Philippi 1843)
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Gastropoda
- Cypraeidae
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Cypraea sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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r category | |||||||||
Gastropoda
- Xenophoridae
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Xenophora cf. transiens
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a category | |||||||||
Gastropoda
- Naticidae
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Euspira helicina
(Brocchi 1814)
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f category | |||||||||
original and current combination Nerita helicina | ||||||||||
Gastropoda
- Opisthobranchia
- Cylichnidae
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Scaphander sp.
Monfort 1810
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r category | |||||||||
Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Glycymerididae
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Glycymeris latiradiata
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Anomiidae
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Anomia ephippium
Linnaeus 1758
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Pectinidae
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Palliolum incomparabile
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Malleidae
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Isognomon (Hippochaeta) maxillatus
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Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Pinnidae
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Atrina cf. pectinata
(Linnaeus 1758)
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r category | |||||||||
original and current combination Pinna pectinata | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Gryphaeidae
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Pycnodonte cf. gigantica
(Solander in Brander 1766)
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a category | |||||||||
recombined as Gigantostrea gigantica | ||||||||||
Subspecies: Pycnodonte gigantica callifera | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Mytilida
- Mytilidae
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Brachidontes taurinensis
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Bivalvia
- Lucinida
- Lucinidae
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Lucinoma barrandei
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f category | |||||||||
Bivalvia
- Poromyida
- Cuspidariidae
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Cuspidaria cuspidata
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Bivalvia
- Pholadomyida
- Pholadomyidae
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Pholadomya puschi
Goldfuss 1840
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Bivalvia
- Pandorida
- Clavagellidae
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Clavagella (Stirpulina) oblita
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a category | |||||||||
original and current combination Stirpulina | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Thraciida
- Thraciidae
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Thracia ventricosa
Philippi 1843
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Glossidae
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Glossus subtransversus
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Arcticidae
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Arctica rotundata
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Veneridae
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Cordiopsis incrassata
(Nyst 1836)
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Macrocallista beyrichi
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Ungulinidae
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Diplodonta rotundata
(Montagu 1803)
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recombined as Diplodonta (Diplodonta) rotundata | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Hiatellida
- Hiatellidae
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Panopea menardi
(Deshayes 1829)
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recombined as Panopea (Panopea) menardi | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Carditida
- Astartidae
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Astarte hoelzli
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Bivalvia
- Carditida
- Carditidae
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Cardita cf. elongata
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Bivalvia
- Carditida
- Crassatellidae
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Eucrassatella carcarensis
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see common names |
Geography
Country: | Austria | State/province: | Upper Austria |
Coordinates: | 48.3° North, 14.3° East (view map) | ||
Paleocoordinates: | 48.3° North, 11.5° East | ||
Basis of coordinate: | stated in text | ||
Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
Period: | Paleogene | Epoch: | Oligocene |
Stage: | Chattian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 4 |
Key time interval: | Chattian | ||
Age range of interval: | 28.10000 - 23.03000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Formation: | Linz | ||||
Local section: | Plesching | ||||
Regional section: | Molasse | ||||
Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds | ||||
Stratigraphy comments: The Oligocene part of the Linz Formation at the Plesching section attains a thickness of 6-8 metres. Coarse sand directly overlies the crystalline bedrock. In the basal part of the log occurs an oyster bed of up to 50 cm thickness. Upsection follows mollusc-bearing sand with thin intercalations of sandstone. Dated as Early Egerian=upper Chatian |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | shelly/skeletal poorly lithified sandstone |
Lithology description: Mollusc-bearing sand with thin intercalations of sandstone. Lithification not mentioned in text, but plates suggest at least poor-lithification in places. | |
Environment: | offshore |
Glacial or sequence phase: | transgressive |
Geology comments: Coral rubble and teeth in the basal sand layer reflect an immediately fully marine transgression, A well-agitated nearshore environment in the shallow-subtidal, close to the shoreline, can be expected for the oystered and the associaed brachiopod fauna. Deepening upward is indicated in the overlying part with abundant ophiomorpha bioturbation, and medium-depth sublittoral molluscs. Overall the fauna is stenohaline, sandy bottom, fully marine shallow to moderately deep sublittoral environments. |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Preservation of anatomical detail: | poor |
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes: | all microfossils |
Collection methods: | selective quarrying,field collection,survey of museum collection |
Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Collection method comments: Lists obtained from previous accounts and material obtained from collections at Inst. of Pal. Vienna, Geol. Surv. Austria Vienna, and Mus. Nat. Hist. Vienna. | |
Taxonomic list comments:Exhaustive for Mollusca. Nomenclature follows modern usage, with revisions and new taxonomic descriptions in present manuscript. KEY: r - rare; f - frequent; a - very abundant |
Metadata
Also known as: | Austernbank | ||
Database number: | 55237 | ||
Authorizer: | A. Hendy | Enterer: | A. Hendy |
Modifier: | A. Hendy | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
Created: | 2005-09-30 13:59:38 | Last modified: | 2013-11-25 13:37:23 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2005-09-30 13:59:38 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
14687. | M. Harzhauser and O. Mandic. 2001. Late Oligocene gastropods and bivalves from the Lower and Upper Austrian Molasse Basin. Osterreichische Akademie der Wissenschaften, Schriftenreihe der Erdwissenschaftlichen Komimissionen 14:671-795 [A. Miller/A. Hendy] |