Buschberg NE Niederleis - sample 3 (section B): Badenian, Austria
collected by Mandic, Harzhauser, Spezzaferri, Zuschin

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda - Turbinidae
Cirsochilus granulosus (Grateloup 1828)
1 specimen
recombined as Homalopoma granulosa
Gastropoda - Skeneidae
Teinostoma (Solariorbis) woodi
3 specimens
original and current combination Solariorbis
Gastropoda - Trochidae
Gibbula biangulata
1 specimen
Gibbula buchi (Dubois 1831)
3 specimens
Gastropoda - Lepetellida - Fissurellidae
Diodora graeca (Linnaeus 1758)
1 specimen
Gastropoda - Eulimidae
Niso (Niso) terebellum
1 specimen
Gastropoda - Neotaenioglossa - Calyptraeidae
Crepidula gibbosa Defrance 1818
1 specimen
Calyptraea chinensis (Linnaeus 1758)
4 specimens
Gastropoda - Turritellidae
Turritella spirata
5 specimens
Gastropoda - Cerithiidae
Cerithiidae indet. (Fleming 1822)
2 specimens
Bittium sp. Gray 1847
2 specimens
Bittium (Semibittium) multilirata
15 specimens
Gastropoda - Planaxidae
Fossarus costatus
2 specimens
Gastropoda - Rissoidae
Alvania perregularis
3 specimens
Alvania montagui
7 specimens
Alvania helenae
1 specimen
Alvania sp. Risso 1826
3 specimens
Alvania oceani (d'Orbigny 1852)
4 specimens
Rissoina sp. d'Orbigny 1840
1 specimen
Turboella johannae
1 specimen
Gastropoda - Cerithiopsidae
Cerithiopsis forchtenauensis
4 specimens
Gastropoda - Triphoridae
Triphora perversa (Linnaeus 1758)
2 specimens
Gastropoda - Vermetidae
Petaloconchus intortus (Lamarck 1818)
7 specimens
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae
Muricidae informal indet. Rafinesque 1815
4 specimens
COMMENTS: Multiple indet species (juv. indet 1, juv. indet. 2, juv. indet 3, juv. indet 4)
Coralliophila (Orania) cheilotoma (Hörnes and Auinger 1890)
1 specimen
recombined as Orania cheilotoma
Muricopsis cristata
1 specimen
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Cystiscidae
Gibberulina philippi
1 specimen
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Nassariidae
Nassariidae indet. Iredale 1916
62 specimens
Sphaeronassa dujardini
2 specimens
Sphaeronassa schoenni
4 specimens
Hinia serraticosta
15 specimens
spelled with current rank as Nassarius (Hinia)
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Columbellidae
Anachis cf. subcorrugata
1 specimen
Pyrene sp. Röding 1798
1 specimen
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Costellariidae
Vexillum (Costellaria) vexans
2 specimens
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Clavatulidae
Clavatula brigittae
1 specimen
Clavatula sp. Lamarck 1801
1 specimen
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Conidae
Conus dujardini Deshayes 1845
1 specimen
Hemiconus granularis
1 specimen
spelled with current rank as Conus (Hemiconus)
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Mangeliidae
? Mangelia subcylindrata
1 specimen
corrected as Cythara (Mangelia)
Mangelia sp. (Loven 1846)
2 specimens
corrected as Cythara (Mangelia)
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Terebridae
Strioterebrum bistriatum
3 specimens
Gastropoda - Eratoidae
Erato (Eratopsis) barrandei (Hoernes and Auinger 1879)
1 specimen
Gastropoda - Naticidae
Polinices redemptus (Michelotti 1847)
1 specimen
Natica tigrina (Röding 1798)
1 specimen
recombined as Cochlis tigrina
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Ringiculidae
Ringicula (Ringiculocosta) costata
1 specimen
Bivalvia - Carditida - Carditidae
Cardites partschi
2 specimens
Scalaricardita scalaris
1 specimen
spelled with current rank as Cyclocardia (Scalaricardita)
Bivalvia - Pholadida - Corbulidae
Corbula (Varicorbula) gibba (Oliva 1792)
27 specimens
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Paphia (Callistotapes) benoisti
34 specimens
Circomphalus subplicatus (dOrbigny 1852)
6 specimens
Gouldia minima (Montagu 1803)
5 specimens
recombined as Gouldia (Gouldia) minima
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Mactridae
Lutraria sp. Lamarck 1799
12 specimens
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Chamidae
Chama (Psolopus) gryphoides Linnaeus 1758
2 specimens
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae
Cardiidae indet. Lamarck 1809
2 specimens
Parvicardium papillosum (Poli 1781)
5 specimens
recombined as Plagiocardium (Papillicardium) papillosum
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Tellinidae
Tellinidae indet. Blainville 1814
1 specimen
see common names

Geography
Country:Austria
Coordinates: 48.6° North, 16.4° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:48.1° North, 16.1° East
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Neogene Epoch:Miocene
Stage:Serravallian 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 5
Key time interval:Badenian
Age range of interval:13.82000 - 12.80000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Local section:Buschberg Local bed:12.5 m
Local order:top to bottom
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: Overlying Karpatian sediments, but also regionally overlying Paleocene-Jurassic basement rock. THICKNESS: Sampled horizon of ~10 cm within approximately 17 m thick composite section (composed of ~3 m thick pits. AGE: Early Badenian, Lower Lagenid froam biozone, NN5, M5 planktic foram biozone, lower Langhian. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From near base of section, in Balanid/molluck - siltclay.
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:medium,shelly/skeletal unlithified argillaceous,silty sandstone
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Medium sand to silt/clay, bearing skeletal material. LITHIFICATION: Unlithified, based on description.
Environment:offshore
Geology comments: ENVIRONMENT: Water depth not exceeding 100 m, proximal strom deposition, within the inner shelf area. Balanids indicate presence of abundant littoral hard substrata; relatively deep water sediments at only 200 m distance from paleoshore indicates the presence of a drowned paleocliff. SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY: Highstand conditions at this time within Vienna Basin.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Fragmentation:occasional
Bioerosion:occasional
Encrustation:occasional
Spatial resolution:parautochthonous
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:bulk,peroxide,sieve,field collection
Minimum sieve size:1.000
Reason for describing collection:paleoecologic analysis
Collectors:Mandic, Harzhauser, Spezzaferri, Zuschin
Collection method comments: METHODS: Collections soaked and sieved (1mm). REPOSITORY: Either University of Wien (Vienna), or Museum of Natural History (NHMW).
Taxonomic list comments:COVERAGE: Exhaustive for bivalvia and gastropoda; bryozoa, corals, corallinacea, serpulids, forams, balanids, and echinoids also present though not listed. NOMENCLATURE: Not an authoritative publication, but with modern nomenclature, with species and subgenus resolution identifications by specialists.
Metadata
Database number:74650
Authorizer:A. Hendy Enterer:A. Hendy
Modifier:J. Alroy Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2007-08-21 18:56:53 Last modified:2013-11-25 13:37:23
Access level:authorizer only Released:2007-08-21 18:56:53
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

25132. O. Mandic, M. Harzhauser, S. Spezzaferri and M. Zuschin. 2002. The paleoenvironment of an early Middle Miocene Paratethys sequence in NE Austria with special emphasis on mollusks and foraminifera. Geobios 24:193-206 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy/P. Wagner]