Locality 4 (Fels Formation): Burdigalian, Austria

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia - Ostreida - Ostreidae
Crassostrea gryphoides (Schlotheim 1813)
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae
Chlamys gigas
Chlamys scabrella (Lamarck 1819)
recombined as Chlamys scabrellus
Chlamys opercularis (Linnaeus 1758)
recombined as Aequipecten opercularis
SUBSPECIES: Chlamys opercularis miotransversa
Bivalvia - Arcida - Glycymerididae
Glycymeris (Glycymeris) pilosa (Linnaeus 1767)
SUBSPECIES: Glycymeris (Glycymeris) pilosa deshayesi
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Cardiidae
Laevicardium cingulatum
Rudicardium grande
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae
Pitar (Cordiopsis) incrassata (Nyst 1836)
Pitar (Chionella) lilacinoides
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Glossidae
Glossus subtransversus
SUBSPECIES: Glossus subtransversus major
Bivalvia - Lucinida - Lucinidae
Lucinoma barrandei
Gastropoda - Trochidae
Diloma (Paroxystele) amedei (Brogniart 1823)
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]