Where: Niederösterreich, Austria (48.5° N, 16.3° E: paleocoordinates 37.2° N, 15.8° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Bruderndorf Formation, Danian (66.0 - 61.6 Ma)

• The Danian age of the Bruderndorf Fm. was inferred by KÜHN (1930) on the basis of its faunal content, in part on the occurrence of the nautilid Hercoglossa danica (SCHLOTHEIM). This age assignment has later been substantiated by studies of the foraminiferan fauna (SCHMID, 1962) and calcareous nannoplankton (STRADNER, 1961, 1962). According to PERCH-NIELSEN (1979), the nannoplankton assemblage indicates a Late Danian age (NP 3/4) (compare STÜRMER in STÜRMER et al., 1991).

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: transition zone or lower shoreface; poorly lithified, calcareous sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: O. Kühn. 1930. Das Danien der äusseren Klippenzone bei Wien [Danian of the outer Klippen Belt near Vienna]. Geologische und Palaeontologische Abhandlungen 17(5):495-576 [W. Kiessling/U. Merkel]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 87001: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Uta Merkel on 27.02.2009, edited by Matthew Clapham

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