Obritzberg: Aquitanian, Austria
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
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Diplocynodon styriacus
(Hofmann 1887)
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| synonym of Diplocynodon ungeri | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Testudines
- Emydidae
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Emydidae indet.
Rafinesque 1815
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Reptilia
- Testudines
- Trionychidae
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Trionyx sp.
Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire 1809
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Mammalia
- Sirenia
- Sirenia
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Sirenia indet.
Illiger 1811
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Mammalia
- Anthracotheriidae
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Elomeryx borbonicus
Geais 1934
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Mammalia
- Cetacea
- Squalodontidae
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Squalodon cf. bellunensis
(Dal Piaz 1901)
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Actinopteri
- Scombriformes
- Palaeorhynchidae
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Glyptorhynchus cf. denticulatus
Leriche 1906
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| recombined as Aglyptorhynchus denticulatus | ||||||||||
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Actinopteri
- Scombriformes
- Scombridae
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Cybium sp.
Cuvier 1829
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Chondrichthyes
- Lamniformes
- Odontaspididae
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Odontaspis cuspidata
(Agassiz 1843)
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| recombined as Araloselachus cuspidatus | ||||||||||
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Chondrichthyes
- Lamniformes
- Otodontidae
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Carcharodon megalodon
(Agassiz 1835)
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| recombined as Otodus megalodon | ||||||||||
| Aquitanian age suggest that most likely, this is not C. megalodon but C. chubutensis (C. subauriculatus). See Pimiento et al. 2013 | ||||||||||
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Chondrichthyes
- Lamniformes
- Lamnidae
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Carcharodon sp.
Smith 1838
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Lamna sp.
Cuvier 1816
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Isurus sp.
Rafinesque 1810
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Chondrichthyes
- Lamniformes
- Carchariidae
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Odontaspis acutissima
(Agassiz 1843)
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| recombined as Carcharias acutissimus | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Austria |
| Coordinates: | 48.3° North, 15.6° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 47.0° North, 14.8° East |
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map |
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Miocene |
| Stage: | Aquitanian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 5 |
| Key time interval: | Aquitanian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 23.03000 - 20.44000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Melker Sand |
| Stratigraphic resolution: | formation |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | sandstone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 76129 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Uhen | Enterer: | M. Uhen | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2007-11-14 10:45:01 | Last modified: | 2007-11-14 12:45:01 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2007-11-14 10:45:00 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 25806. | E. Thenius. 1960. Wirbeltierfunde aus der palaogenen Molasse Osterreichs und ihre stratigraphische Bedeutung. Sonderabdruck aus den Verhandlungen der Geologischen Bundesanstalt 1:82-88 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/J. Alroy] |