Locality 4 (Fels Formation): Burdigalian, Austria
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia
- Ostreida
- Ostreidae
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Crassostrea gryphoides
(Schlotheim 1813)
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Bivalvia
- Pectinida
- Pectinidae
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Chlamys gigas
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Chlamys scabrella
(Lamarck 1819)
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recombined as Chlamys scabrellus | ||||||||||
Chlamys opercularis
(Linnaeus 1758)
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recombined as Aequipecten opercularis | ||||||||||
SUBSPECIES: Chlamys opercularis miotransversa | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Arcida
- Glycymerididae
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Glycymeris (Glycymeris) pilosa
(Linnaeus 1767)
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SUBSPECIES: Glycymeris (Glycymeris) pilosa deshayesi | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Cardiidae
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Laevicardium cingulatum
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Rudicardium grande
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Veneridae
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Pitar (Cordiopsis) incrassata
(Nyst 1836)
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Pitar (Chionella) lilacinoides
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Bivalvia
- Cardiida
- Glossidae
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Glossus subtransversus
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SUBSPECIES: Glossus subtransversus major | ||||||||||
Bivalvia
- Lucinida
- Lucinidae
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Lucinoma barrandei
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Gastropoda
- Trochidae
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Diloma (Paroxystele) amedei
(Brogniart 1823)
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SUBSPECIES: Diloma (Paroxystele) amedei amedei | ||||||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | Austria |
Coordinates: | 48.5° North, 15.7° East (view map) |
Paleocoordinates: | 47.7° North, 15.2° East |
Basis of coordinate: | stated in text |
Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Miocene |
Stage: | Burdigalian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 5 |
Key time interval: | Burdigalian | ||
Age range of interval: | 20.44000 - 15.97000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Formation: | Fels | ||||
Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds | ||||
Stratigraphy comments: STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the Fels Fm, which conformably overlies the St. Marein-Freischling Fm (Aquitanian), and is conformably overlain by the Zellerndorf Fm (Burdigalian). THICKNESS: Unknown, but presumably from bed or group of beds within formation. AGE: Eggenburgian local stage = Burdigalian. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From unknown position within formation. |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | fine unlithified sandstone |
Includes fossils? | Y |
Lithology description: SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Fine sands. LITHIFICATION: Unlithified, assumed on the basis of comments regarding preservation and ease of sampling. | |
Environment: | coastal indet. |
Glacial or sequence phase: | transgressive |
Geology comments: ENVIRONMENT: Restricted to fully marine environment in marginal basin, deposited during transgression. |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods: | bulk,surface (in situ),field collection,survey of museum collection |
Reason for describing collection: | paleoecologic analysis |
Collection method comments: COLLECTOR: Not stated in text, but possibly multiple collectors and dates. REPOSITORY: Not specifically stated, but likely reposited at the Inst. of Pal., University of Vienna, the Krahuletz Museum in Eggenburg, the Hörbarth Museum in Horn, and the Natural History Museum of Vienna. | |
Taxonomic list comments:COVERAGE: Exhaustive for gastropoda, bivalvia, and scaphopoda. NOMENCLATURE: Not an authoritative publication, but with modern nomenclature, including subgenus and species-resolution assignments. |
Metadata
Database number: | 77405 | ||
Authorizer: | A. Hendy | Enterer: | A. Hendy |
Modifier: | A. Hendy | Research group: | marine invertebrate |
Created: | 2008-01-10 21:36:12 | Last modified: | 2013-11-25 13:37:23 |
Access level: | authorizer only | Released: | 2009-01-10 21:36:12 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
26190. | O. Mandic and F. F. Steininger. 2003. Computer-based mollusc stratigraphy - a case study from the Eggenburgian (Lower Miocene) type region (NE Austria). Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 197:263-291 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy] |