Obergänserndorf 2: MN 5, Austria

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia - Gekkonidae
1 left, 1 right dentary fragments, 1 left maxilla fragment, 1 dentary/maxilla fragment (NHMW2002z0018/0001,0002)
Reptilia - Anguidae
Numerous osteoscutes (NHMW2002z0026/0001)
2 isolated teeth, 1 right dentary fragment (NHMW2002z0024/0001)
1 left, 1 right dentary fragments, 2 dentary/maxilla fragments (NHMW2002z0025/0001-0002)
Reptilia - Amphisbaenidae
2 left dentaries, 1 premaxilary (NHMW2002z0023/0001, 0002)
Reptilia - Cordylidae
1 left, 2 right dentaries, 3 maxilla fragments, 6 dentals ossifications (NHMW2002z0022/0001-0008)
Reptilia - Scincidae
2 left frontals, 2 left, 2 right dentaries, 14 dentary/maxilla fragments (NHMW2002z0021/0001-0002)
Reptilia - Lacertidae
1 left dentary fragment, 2 left, 1 right maxilla fragments, 3 dentary/maxilla fragments (NHMW2002z0019/0001-0002)
3 left, 1 right dentary fragments, 1 left maxilla fragment, 9 dentary/maxilla fragments (NHMW2002z0020/0001-0003)
unclassified
1 egg shell fragment (NHMW2002z0027/0002)
Reptilia - Testudines
2 plate fragments (NHMW2002z0027/0001)
Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Urodela
Chelotriton sp. Pomel 1853
Maxilla fragment, 1 rib (NHMW2002z0013/0002)
Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Pelobatidae
Pelobates sp. Wagler 1830
2 left, 4 right squamosals, 2 left, 2 right maxilla (NHMW2002z0015/0001-0003)
Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Discoglossidae
2 right ilia (NHMW2002z0014/0001-0003)
Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Albanerpetontidae
3 right, 2 left dentaries, 1 left maxilla (NHMW2002z0012/0001-0003)
Actinopteri - Esociformes - Esocidae
1 isolated tooth (NHMW2002z0011/0001)
see common names

Geography
Country:Austria
Coordinates: 48.4° North, 16.4° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:45.5° North, 18.0° East (Wright 2013)
Basis of coordinate:stated in text
Time
Period: Neogene Epoch: Miocene
Stage: Langhian 10 m.y. bin: Cenozoic 5
Key time interval: MN 5
Age range of interval: 15.98 - 13.82 m.y. ago
Age estimate: 16.5 to 16.7 Ma (unknown)
Stratigraphy
Formation:Laa
Stratigraphy comments: Karpatian (latest Early Miocene; early MN5)
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: sandstone
Secondary lithology: siltstone
Includes fossils?Y
Environment:"floodplain"
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils,mesofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Also known as:OG2 023/R/B
Database number:174067
Authorizer:R. Butler Enterer:J. Moreno
Modifier:M. Carrano Research group:vertebrate
Created:2015-10-26 11:54:36 Last modified:2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:database members Released:2017-10-26 11:54:36
Creative Commons license:CC0
Reference information

Primary reference:
56762. M. Böhme. 2002. Lower Vertebrates (Teleostei, Amphibia, Sauria) from the Karpatian of the Korneuburg Basin - Paleoecological, environmental and paleoclimatical implications. Beiträge Paläontologie 27:339-353 [R. Butler/J. Moreno/J. Moreno]

Secondary references:

77386 J. D. Gardner, A. Villa, S. Colombero, M. Venczel, and M. Delfino. 2021. A Messinian (latest Miocene) occurrence for Albanerpeton Estes & Hoffstetter, 1976 (Lissamphibia: Albanerpetontidae) at Moncucco Torinese, Piedmont Basin, northwestern Italy, and a review of the European Cenozoic record for albanerpetontids. Geodiversitas 43(14):391-404 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]