Oberdorf lignite mine, horizon O4: MN 4, Austria
collected by H. de Bruijn, G. Daxner-Höck, et al. 1990-1993
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Amphibia
- Temnospondyli
- Albanerpetontidae
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Albanerpeton inexpectatum
Estes and Hoffstetter 1976
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Gardner and Böhme 2008 | |||||||||
Reptilia
- Squamata
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Squamata informal indet. 2
Oppel 1811
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Čerňanský 2016 | 3 specimens | ||||||||
NHMW 2016/0028/0038-40, three osteoderms, paper says "Oberdorf 3 and 4" but doesn't specify which specimen is from where, so they are entered in both | ||||||||||
Reptilia
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Serpentes indet.
(Linnaeus 1758)
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Szyndlar 1998 | 31 elements | ||||||||
31 vetrebrae (NHMW 1997z0188/0002) | ||||||||||
Reptilia
- Colubridae
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Colubridae informal indet. A
Oppel 1811
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Szyndlar 1998 | 2 elements | ||||||||
2 vetrebrae (NHMW 1997z0184/0002) | ||||||||||
Colubridae informal indet. B
Oppel 1811
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Szyndlar 1998 | 13 elements | ||||||||
13 vetrebrae (NHMW 1997z0185/0002) | ||||||||||
Coluber cf. caspioides
Szyndlar and Schleich 1993
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Szyndlar 1998 | 63 elements | ||||||||
63 vetrebrae (NHMW 1997z0181/0002) | ||||||||||
cf. Neonatrix sp.
Holman 1973
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Szyndlar 1998 | 1 element | ||||||||
1 vetrebra (NHMW 1997z0183/0002) | ||||||||||
Palaeonatrix sp.
Szyndlar 1982
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Szyndlar 1998 | 1 element | ||||||||
1 vetrebra (NHMW 1997z0182/0002) | ||||||||||
Reptilia
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Colubroidea indet.
Oppel 1811
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Szyndlar 1998 | 3 elements | ||||||||
"Natricinae or Elapidae indet.", 3 vetrebrae (NHMW 1997z0186/0002) | ||||||||||
Reptilia
- Crotalidae
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Vipera sp.
Laurenti 1768
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Szyndlar 1998 | 4 elements | ||||||||
"Vipera aspis complex", 4 vetrebrae (NHMW 1997z0187/0002) | ||||||||||
Reptilia
- Boidae
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cf. Bavarioboa sp.
Szyndlar and Schleich 1993
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Szyndlar 1998 | 3 elements | ||||||||
3 vetrebrae (NHMW 1997z0180/0002) | ||||||||||
Reptilia
- Cordylidae
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Cordylidae indet.
Gray 1837
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Čerňanský 2016 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
NHMW 2016/0028/0014, posterior portion of right dentary | ||||||||||
Reptilia
- Scincidae
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? Scincidae indet.
Gray 1825
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Čerňanský 2016 | 3 specimens | ||||||||
NHMW 2016/0028/0011, right postfrontal; NHMW 2016/0028/0012, left postfrontal; NHMW 2016/0028/0013, parietal | ||||||||||
Scincoidea indet.
Oppel 1811
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Čerňanský 2016 | 2 specimens | ||||||||
NHMW 2016/0028/0017, right maxilla; NHMW 2016/0028/0018, anterior region of the left dentary | ||||||||||
= Chalcides augei
Čerňanský et al. 2019
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Čerňanský et al. 2019 | |||||||||
Squamata informal indet. 1
Oppel 1811
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Čerňanský 2016 | 3 specimens | ||||||||
NHMW 2016/0028/0033, right nasal; NHMW 2016/0028/0034-35, two left frontals | ||||||||||
= Chalcides augei
Čerňanský et al. 2019
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Čerňanský et al. 2019 | |||||||||
Reptilia
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? Cordyliformes indet.
Fitzinger 1826
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Čerňanský 2016 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
NHMW 2016/0028/0016, osteoderm | ||||||||||
Reptilia
- Lacertidae
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Lacertidae indet.
Bonaparte 1831
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Čerňanský 2016 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
NHMW 2016/0028/0007, right frontal | ||||||||||
Lacerta sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Čerňanský 2016 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
NHMW 2016/0028/0006, left dentary | ||||||||||
Reptilia
- Anguidae
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Anguidae indet.
Gray 1825
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Čerňanský 2016 | 3 specimens | ||||||||
NHMW 2016/0028/0030-32, three osteoderms, paper says "Oberdorf 3 and 4" but doesn't specify which specimen is from where, so they are entered in both | ||||||||||
Ophisaurus sp.
Daudin 1803
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Čerňanský 2016 | 8 specimens | ||||||||
NHMW 2016/0028/0022, frontal; NHMW 2016/0028/0023, dentary; NHMW 2016/0028/0024-29, six dorsal vertebrae | ||||||||||
Ophisaurus cf. spinari
Klembara 1979
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Čerňanský 2016 | 2 specimens | ||||||||
NHMW 2016/0028/0020 and -21, two parietal fragments | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Talpidae
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Myxomygale hutchisoni
(Ziegler 1985)
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Hugueney and Maridet 2017 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Gliridae
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Peridyromys murinus
Pomel 1853
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Bransatoglis fugax
Hugueney 1967
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Bransatoglis cf. astaracensis
(Baudelot 1970)
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Glirulus (Paraglirulus) sp.
Thomas 1906
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Glirulus (Glirulus) lissiensis
Hugueney and Mein 1965
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Glis minor
Kowalski 1963
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complicatus n. ssp. | ||||||||||
Seorsumuscardinus alpinus n. gen., n. sp.
de Bruijn 1998
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Glirudinus minutus
Wu 1993
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Microdyromys cf. legidensis
Daams 1981
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Sciuridae
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Ratufa sp.
Gray 1867
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Miopetaurista dehmi
de Bruijn et al. 1980
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Blackia miocaenica
Mein 1970
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Palaeosciurus sutteri
Ziegler and Fahlbusch 1986
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Spermophilinus besanus
Cuenca 1988
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Hylopetes hoeckarum
de Bruijn 1998
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Gastropoda
- Cycloneritida
- Helicinidae
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Tropidomphalus rotundus
Binder 2004
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Gastropoda
- Heterostropha
- Carychiidae
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Carychium nouleti
Bourguignat 1857
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Binder 2004 | |||||||||
Gastropoda
- Heterostropha
- Helicidae
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Megalotachea cf. turonensis
(Deshayes 1831)
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Binder 2004 | |||||||||
Gastropoda
- Heterostropha
- Filholiidae
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Triptychia ederae
Binder 2004
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Binder 2004 | |||||||||
Gastropoda
- Heterostropha
- Lymnaeidae
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Galba sp.
Schrank 1803
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Binder 2004 | |||||||||
Gastropoda
- Heterostropha
- Planorbidae
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Planorbarius cornu
(Brongniart 1810)
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Binder 2004 | |||||||||
Gastropoda
- Neritidae
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Agapilia cf. picta
(Férussac 1825)
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Binder 2004 | |||||||||
Gastropoda
- Pomatiidae
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Pomatias sp.
Stimpson 1860
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Binder 2004 | |||||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | Austria | State/province: | Styria | County: | Voitsberg |
Coordinates: | 47.1° North, 15.2° East (view map) | ||||
Paleocoordinates: | 46.4° North, 14.7° East | ||||
Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map | ||||
Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Miocene |
Stage: | Burdigalian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 5 |
Key time interval: | MN 4 | ||
Age range of interval: | 16.90000 - 15.98000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Local section: | Opencast lignite mine Oberdorf | Local bed: | 109 m | ||
Local order: | bottom to top | ||||
Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
Stratigraphy comments: The fossiliferous bed belongs to the hanging wall succession ("Hangendabfolge") of the Ottnangian (late Early Miocene) Oberdorf section. Apparently, no formational name exists for these beds. |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | carbonaceous claystone | ||
Includes fossils? | Y | ||
Lithology description: "The fossiliferous bed (lignitic clays containing bones as well as wood, seeds and gastropods) are interpreted as palaeosol." (de Bruijn, 1998). According to Daxner-Höck et al. (1998a), the bed in question forms the clayey base of a thin lignite seam and belongs to a sequence of distal floodplain deposits. (TL) | |||
Environment: | mire/swamp | Tectonic setting: | foreland basin |
Geology comments: The particular environment of bed O4 ist given as "back swamp". The clays in the "Hangendabfolge" are interpreted as gley soils that developed under anoxic conditions. Forming of iron concretions with concentric structure and presence of dolomitic precipitate indicates a tropical to subtropical climate with temporary drier periods (Daxner-Höck et al., 1998b, Ann. Nat. Hist. Mus. Wien 99A, 195-224). |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body |
Size of fossils: | mesofossils |
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods: | bulk,mechanical,sieve,field collection,survey of museum collection | Maximum sieve size: | 5.000 |
Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis | ||
Museum repositories: | NHMW | ||
Collectors: | H. de Bruijn, G. Daxner-Höck, et al. | Collection dates: | 1990-1993 |
Collection method comments: From Daxner-Höck et al. (1998a, p. 4): The sampling was conducted within an interval of 2 to 10 cm and within a lateral section of about 15 m. The samples have been dried on-site and, in part, were left exposed to frost splitting over winter. After that they have been pre-washed on-site by means of a transportable washing plant (mesh sizes: 5 mm, 2.5 mm and 0.5 mm) and thus were reduced in volume by 50%. Due to the high clay content, further treatment in a lab was necessary before the fossil remains could be picked out. |
Metadata
Also known as: | Oberdorf 4 | ||
Database number: | 74539 | ||
Authorizer: | L. van den Hoek Ostende, M. Clapham, J. Mueller, M. Carrano, P. Mannion, T. Cleary | Enterer: | L. van den Hoek Ostende, M. Clapham, P. Mannion, M. Carrano, T. Liebrecht, T. Cleary |
Modifier: | M. Carrano | Research group: | vertebrate |
Created: | 2007-08-10 22:36:31 | Last modified: | 2021-07-14 11:15:57 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2007-08-10 22:36:31 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
25040. | H. de Bruijn. 1998. Vertebrates from the Early Miocene lignite deposits of the opencast mine Oberdorf (Western Styrian Basin, Austria): 6. Rodentia 1 (Mammalia). Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien, Serie A: Mineralogie, Petrologie, Geologie, Paläontologie, Archäozoologie, Anthropologie, Prähistorie 99:99-137 [L. van den Hoek Ostende/L. van den Hoek Ostende/T. Liebrecht] |
Secondary references:
85549 | H. Binder. 2004. Terrestrial, freshwater and brachyhaline Gastropoda from the Lower Miocene deposits of Oberdorf (Styria, Austria). Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien, Serie A 105:189-229 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham] | |
67877 | A. Čerňanský. 2016. Another piece of the puzzle: the first report on the Early Miocene lizard fauna from Austria (Ottnangian, MN 4; Oberdorf locality). Palaeontologische Zeitschrift 90:723-746 [T. Cleary/T. Cleary] | |
70578 | A. Čerňanský, E. V. Syromyatnikova, E. S. Kovalenko, K. M. Podurets, and A. A. Kaloyan. 2019. The key to understanding the European Miocene Chalcides (Squamata, Scincidae) comes from Asia: the lizards of the East Siberian Tagay locality (Baikal Lake) in Russia. The Anatomical Record [P. Mannion/P. Mannion/T. Cleary] | |
52039 | J. D. Gardner and M. Böhme. 2008. Review of the Albanerpetontidae (Lissamphibia), with comments on the paleoecological preferences of European Tertiary albanerpetontids. In J. T. Sankey & S. Baszio (ed.), Vertebrate Microfossil Assemblages: Their Role in Paleoecology and Paleobiogeography 178-218 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano] | |
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] | |
61807 | M. Hugueney and O. Maridet. 2017. Evolution of Oligo-Miocene talpids (Mammalia, Talpidae) in Europe: focus on the genera Myxomygale and Percymygale n. gen. Historical Biology [P. Mannion/P. Mannion] | |
12937 | Z. Szyndlar. 1998. Vertebrates from the Early Miocene lignite deposits of the opencast mine Oberdorf (Western Styrian Basin, Austria). 3. Reptilia 2: Serpentes. Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien, Serie A: Mineralogie, Petrologie, Geologie, Paläontologie, Archäozoologie, Anthropologie, Prähistorie 99A:31-38 [J. Head/J. Head/T. Liebrecht] |