Cerová-Lieskové (Miocene of Slovakia)

Where: Slovakia (48.6° N, 17.4° E: paleocoordinates 47.8° N, 16.9° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Lakšárska Nová Ves Formation, Burdigalian (20.4 - 16.0 Ma)

• Age assignment of these deposits relies on the co-occurrence of the foraminifera Uvigerina graciliformis Papp and Turnovsky, 1953 and Globigerinoides bisphericus Todd in Todd, Cloud, Low and Schmidt, 1954 and the absence of the genus Praeorbulina Olsson, 1964. The first appearance datum (FAD) of Uvigerina graciliformis marks the base of the 'Karpatian' stage (e.g. Piller et al. 2007), while that of G. bisphericus is within Zone M4b of Berggren et al. (1995), correlating with the upper 'Karpatian'. The appearance of Praeorbulina marks the start of the middle Miocene. The regional Paratethyan 'Karpatian' stage has consistently been considered to be the time-equivalent of the latest Burdigalian (Piller et al. 2007).

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: offshore; poorly lithified mudstone

• Based on foraminiferal evidence, these sediments were laid down in temperate waters of normal salinity (Joniak et al. 2005). A relatively high percentage of planktonic forms indicate deeper-water conditions. Spezzaferri et al. (2002) suggested deposition at a depth of c. 300 m for a similar foraminiferal association from the 'Steirischer Schlier' of the Styrian Basin, Austria.
• Grey, calcareous pelitic Schlier, representing an offshore facies, massive to very finely laminated, with silty lenses a few centimetres to several decimetres in lateral extent and rare sandstone intercalations (up to 5 cm thick).

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Collection methods: Repository: Natural History Museum SNM, Bratislava, Slovakia

Primary reference: M. Hyžný and J. Schlögl. 2011. An Early Miocene deep-water decapod crustacean faunule from the Vienna Basin (western Carpathians, Slovakia). Palaeontology 54(2):323-349 [C. Schweitzer/E. Johnson/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 147807: authorized by Carrie Schweitzer, entered by Evaline Johnson on 13.07.2013, edited by Mihaela Krause

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Demospongiae
 Astrophorida - Thoosidae
Thoosidae indet. Cockerell 1925 demosponge
 Astrophorida - Thrombidae
Thrombidae indet. Sollas 1888 demosponge
 Poecilosclerida - Myxillidae
Myxillidae indet. Dendy 1922 demosponge
 Spirophorida - Samidae
Samidae indet. Sollas 1888 demosponge
 Axinellida - Agelasidae
Agelasidae indet. Verrill 1907 demosponge
 Halichondrida - Bubaridae
Bubaridae indet. Topsent 1894 demosponge
 Lithistida -
 Pachastrellida - Theneidae
Theneidae indet. Gray 1872 demosponge
 Craniellida - Tetillidae
Tetillidae indet. Sollas 1886 demosponge
Paracinachyrella fossilis Lukowiak et al. 2014 demosponge
 Ancorinida - Geodiidae
Geodiidae indet. Gray 1867 demosponge
Malacostraca
 Decapoda - Ctenochelidae
Callianopsis marianae n. sp. Hyžný and Schlögl 2011 decapod
 Decapoda - Thomassiniidae
Crosniera schweitzerae n. sp. Hyžný and Schlögl 2011 decapod
 Decapoda - Galatheidae
Agononida cerovensis n. sp. Hyžný and Schlögl 2011 decapod
 Decapoda - Munidopsidae
Munidopsis lieskovensis n. sp. Hyžný and Schlögl 2011 decapod
 Decapoda - Calappidae
Mursia harnicari n. sp. Hyžný and Schlögl 2011 box crab
 Decapoda - Pilumnidae
Styrioplax exiguus Glaessner 1928 crab