Paldau: Tortonian, Austria
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Insecta
- Diptera
- Tipulidae
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Tipula paleopannonia n. sp.
Engel and Gross 2012
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Engel and Gross 2012 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| LMJ 204.151 (1 measurement) | ||||||||||
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Insecta
- Blattodea
- Archotermopsidae
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Gyatermes styriensis n. gen., n. sp.
Engel and Gross 2009
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1 specimen | |||||||||
| LMJ 204.148 (1 measurement) | ||||||||||
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Insecta
- Odonata
- Chlorocyphidae
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Chlorocypha cordasevae n. sp.
Nel et al. 2017
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Nel et al. 2017 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| UMJG&P 211473 | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Austria |
| Coordinates: | 46.9° North, 15.8° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 46.6° North, 15.6° East |
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark |
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Miocene |
| Stage: | Tortonian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 |
| Key time interval: | Tortonian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 11.63000 - 7.24600 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Formation: | Paldau | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: "Lower Pannonian [Lower Tortonian, equivalent global stage]... Stratigraphical correlations argue for an age of ca. 11.3 Ma"
termite was "found close to the top of the outcrop" but there are plant fossils at multiple levels | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | lithified argillaceous siltstone | ||
| Lithology description: "in a plant-rich, pelitic layer" indicated to be silt in a figure | |||
| Environment: | pond | Tectonic setting: | rift |
| Geology comments: "a complete fluvial fining-upward cycle of a gravel-bed to gravel-sand meandering river" with fossils coming from a bed representing a "eutrophic floodplain pond" | |||
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body,adpression |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection excludes: | some macrofossils |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Collection method comments: Repository: Landesmuseum Joanneum (Universalmuseum Joanneum) collection | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 105962 | ||
| Authorizer: | J. Alroy, M. Clapham | Enterer: | J. Alroy, M. Clapham |
| Modifier: | M. Clapham | Research group: | paleoentomology |
| Created: | 2011-02-27 14:56:37 | Last modified: | 2017-08-30 22:34:50 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2011-02-27 14:56:37 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 35347. | M. S. Engel and M. Gross. 2009. A giant termite from the Late Miocene of Styria, Austria (Isoptera). Naturwissenschaften 96:289-295 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy] |
Secondary references:
| 43557 | M. S. Engel and M. Gross. 2012. A new fossil crane fly from the early Pannonian of the Styrian basin (Diptera: Tipulidae). Journal of the Kansas Entomological Society 85:160-163 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham] | |
| 63176 | A. Nel, M. Gross, and M. S. Engel. 2017. First fossil occurrence of the jewel damselflies (Odonata: Chlorocyphidae): a new species from the Late Miocene of Styria, Austria. Annales de la Société Entomologique de France 53:280-285 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham] |