Where: Austria (46.9° N, 15.8° E: paleocoordinates 46.6° N, 15.6° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Paldau Formation, Tortonian (11.6 - 7.2 Ma)

• "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

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: pond; lithified, argillaceous siltstone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: adpression

Collection methods: Repository: Landesmuseum Joanneum (Universalmuseum Joanneum) collection

Primary reference: 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]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 105962: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 27.02.2011, edited by Matthew Clapham

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