Niederleis - Bahnhof - sample 3 (section A): Badenian, Austria
collected by Mandic, Harzhauser, Spezzaferri, Zuschin

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda - Eulimidae
Melanella sp. Bowdich 1822
2 specimens
Gastropoda - Planaxidae
Fossarus costatus
1 specimen
Gastropoda - Cerithiidae
? Conocerithium sp. Sacco 1895
1 specimen
synonym of Cerithium
Hemicerithium banaticum
1 specimen
Bittium sp. Gray 1847
1 specimen
Bittium (Semibittium) multilirata
5 specimens
Gastropoda - Turritellidae
Turritella badensis
2 specimens
Turritella spirata
21 specimens
Turritella cf. laevissima
1 specimen
Turritella sp. Lamarck 1799
8 specimens
Gastropoda - Naticidae
Naticidae indet. Guilding 1834
8 specimens
Natica sp. Scopoli 1777
1 specimen
Gastropoda - Capulidae
Capulus ungaricus (Linnaeus 1758)
1 specimen
Gastropoda - Triphoridae
Triphora sp. Blainville 1828
2 specimens
Triphora perversa (Linnaeus 1758)
2 specimens
Gastropoda - Cerithiopsidae
Cerithiopsis sp. Hanley 1849
7 specimens
Gastropoda - Rissoidae
Alvania perregularis
3 specimens
Alvania sp. Risso 1826
4 specimens
Rissoina decussata
1 specimen
Rissoina podolica Cossmann 1921
3 specimens
Gastropoda - Vermetidae
Petaloconchus intortus (Lamarck 1818)
1 specimen
Gastropoda - Bursidae
Bursa sp. Roding 1798
1 specimen
Gastropoda - Ranellidae
Gyrineum (Aspa) marginatum
1 specimen
Gastropoda - Triviidae
Erato sp. Risso 1826
2 specimens
Trivia (Sulcotrivia) dimidiatoaffinis (Sacco 1894)
1 specimen
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Costellariidae
Vexillum sp. Röding 1798
3 specimens
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Cancellariidae
Trigonostoma gradatum
1 specimen
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Mitridae
Mitraria bouei
1 specimen
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Nassariidae
Nassariidae indet. Iredale 1916
8 specimens
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Columbellidae
Columbella karreri
4 specimens
Pyrene sp. Röding 1798
2 specimens
Anachis terebralis
1 specimen
Anachis sp. Adams and Adams 1853
1 specimen
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Muricidae
Muricidae indet. Rafinesque 1815
11 specimens
? Ocenebra sp. Leach in Gray 1847
1 specimen
Coralliophila (Orania) cheilotoma (Hörnes and Auinger 1890)
1 specimen
recombined as Orania cheilotoma
Aspella (Favartia) sp. (Jousseaume 1880)
1 specimen
original and current combination Favartia
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Cystiscidae
Gibberulina philippi
5 specimens
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Conidae
Conus sp. Linnaeus 1758
1 specimen
Hemiconus granularis
1 specimen
spelled with current rank as Conus (Hemiconus)
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Mangeliidae
Mangelia cf. sparsa
1 specimen
corrected as Cythara (Mangelia)
? Mangelia sp. (Loven 1846)
1 specimen
corrected as Cythara (Mangelia)
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Turridae
Turridae indet. Swainson 1840
2 specimens
Turris carolinae
3 specimens
Gastropoda - Neogastropoda - Drilliidae
Drillia granaria
1 specimen
Gastropoda - Vitrinellidae
Adeorbis woodi
1 specimen
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Mathildidae
Mathilda margaritula
1 specimen
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Pyramidellidae
Turbonilla sp. Risso 1826
3 specimens
Gastropoda - Trochidae
Calliostoma trigonum
2 specimens
Clanculus (Clanculopsis) tuberculatus
1 specimen
Gibbula sp. Risso 1826
3 specimens
Gibbula buchi (Dubois 1831)
15 specimens
Jujubinus turricula
3 specimens
Gastropoda - Colloniidae
Collonia transsylvanica
1 specimen
Gastropoda - Skeneidae
Teinostoma (Solariorbis) woodi
1 specimen
original and current combination Solariorbis
Gastropoda - Turbinidae
Astraea (Bolma) sp. (Risso 1826)
4 specimens
original and current combination Bolma
Gastropoda - Opisthobranchia - Haminoeidae
Atys miliaris
1 specimen
Gastropoda - Neritidae
Agapilia picta (Férussac 1825)
4 specimens
Bivalvia - Pholadida - Corbulidae
Corbula (Varicorbula) gibba (Oliva 1792)
6 specimens
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Chamidae
Chama (Psolopus) gryphoides Linnaeus 1758
2 specimens
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Veneridae indet. Rafinesque 1815
1 specimen
Circomphalus subplicatus (dOrbigny 1852)
2 specimens
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae
Parvicardium papillosum (Poli 1781)
1 specimen
recombined as Plagiocardium (Papillicardium) papillosum
Bivalvia - Carditida - Carditidae
Cardita elongata
2 specimens
Cardites partschi
1 specimen
Scalaricardita scalaris
2 specimens
spelled with current rank as Cyclocardia (Scalaricardita)
see common names

Geography
Country:Austria
Coordinates: 48.6° North, 16.4° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:48.0° North, 16.1° East
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
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:7.8 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 10 m thick composite section (composed of ~4 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 monotonous clay.
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: unlithified carbonaceous claystone
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Clay, poor in macrofossils, scattered plant fossils. LITHIFICATION: Unlithified, based on description.
Environment:deep-water indet.
Geology comments: ENVIRONMENT: Water depth probably exceeding 100 m, and up to 500 m. SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY: Highstand conditions at this time within Vienna Basin.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
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:74656
Authorizer:A. Hendy Enterer:A. Hendy
Modifier:J. Alroy Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2007-08-21 19:21:01 Last modified:2013-11-25 13:37:23
Access level:authorizer only Released:2007-08-21 19:21:01
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]