Where: Austria (48.5° N, 15.8° E: paleocoordinates 47.7° N, 15.3° E)
• coordinate stated in text
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Fels Formation, Burdigalian (20.4 - 16.0 Ma)
• 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.
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: transition zone or lower shoreface; unlithified, fine-grained sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: bulk, surface (in situ),
• 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.
Primary reference: 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]more details
Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis
PaleoDB collection 77403: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 10.01.2008
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Scaphopoda | |
"Dentalium (Antalis) kickxi" = Antalis
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Cephalopoda | |
Aturia aturi Basterot 1825 nautiloid | |
Gastropoda | |
Niso minor snail | |
Calyptraea (Calyptraea) depressa, Calyptraea (Calyptraea) chinensis, Calyptraea (Bicatillus) deformis
Calyptraea (Calyptraea) depressa Lamarck 1822 slipper shell
Calyptraea (Calyptraea) chinensis Linnaeus 1758 slipper shell
Calyptraea (Bicatillus) deformis slipper shell SUBSPECIES: Calyptraea (Bicatillus) deformis transiens
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Terebralia dimorpha Vredenburg 1928 horn snail | |
Sandbergeria perpusilla snail | |
Natica burdigalensis moon snail | |
"Cassidaria depressa" = Galeodea, Semicassis (Semicassis) subsulcosa
"Cassidaria depressa" = Galeodea snail | |
Ficus (Ficus) conditus Brongniart 1823 fig shell | |
"Euthriofusus (Euthriofusus) burdigalensis" = Euthriofusus burdigalensis, Latirus (Latirus) valenciennesi
"Euthriofusus (Euthriofusus) burdigalensis" = Euthriofusus burdigalensis Defrance 1820 snail | |
Babylonia (Peridpsaccus) eburnoides Matheron 1842 true whelk | |
Typhis (Ciphonochelus) cuniculosus murex snail | |
Drepanocheilus (Arrhoges) speciosus snail SUBSPECIES: Drepanocheilus (Arrhoges) speciosus serus & megapolitana
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"Ringicula (Ringiculella) auriculata" = Ringicula minor
"Ringicula (Ringiculella) auriculata" = Ringicula minor Grateloup 1838 snail SUBSPECIES: Ringicula (Ringiculella) auriculata paulucciae
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Bivalvia | |
"Panopea menardi" = Panopea (Panopea) menardi
"Panopea menardi" = Panopea (Panopea) menardi Deshayes 1829 clam | |
Solen (Solen) marginatus Pulteney 1799 clam | |
Sphenia anatina softshell clam | |
Arctica girondica clam | |
Glossus werneri clam | |
Pitar (Cordiopsis) incrassata, Pitar (Chionella) lilacinoides, Paphia benoisti, "Venus multilamella" = Venus (Ventricoloidea) multilamella
Pitar (Cordiopsis) incrassata Nyst 1836 venus clam
Pitar (Chionella) lilacinoides venus clam
"Venus multilamella" = Venus (Ventricoloidea) multilamella Lamarck 1818 venus clam | |
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Laevicardium cyprium, Laevicardium sandbergeri, Discors spondyloides, Rudicardium grande, Acanthocardia michelottianum, Acanthocardia moeschanum, Cerastoderma edule
Laevicardium cyprium cockle
Laevicardium sandbergeri cockle
Discors spondyloides cockle
Rudicardium grande cockle
Acanthocardia michelottianum cockle
Acanthocardia moeschanum cockle | |
Lucinoma barrandei clam
"Lucinoma borealis" = Lucinoma (Lucinoma) borealis Linnaeus 1767 clam | |
"Mytilus (Mytilus) fuscus" = Botula fusca
"Mytilus (Mytilus) fuscus" = Botula fusca Gmelin 1791 mussel | |
Chlamys gigas scallop | |
Ostrea (Ostrea) fimbriata oyster
Crassostrea gryphoides Schlotheim 1813 oyster | |
Glycymeris (Glycymeris) pilosa Linnaeus 1767 clam SUBSPECIES: Glycymeris (Glycymeris) pilosa deshayesi
Glycymeris (Glycymeris) obovata Lamarck 1819 clam |