Salka (Miocene of Slovakia)

Where: Slovakia (47.9° N, 18.8° E: paleocoordinates 47.4° N, 18.4° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Badenian (13.7 - 12.7 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: P. Holec. 1975. Fisch-otolithen aus dem Baden (Miozan) des Nordlichen teiles des Wiener Beckens und der Donau-Tiefebene. Geologica Carpathica 26(2):253-266 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 222420: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 24.09.2021

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Taxonomic list

Gastropoda
 Thecosomata - Cavoliniidae
Vaginella sp. Daudin 1800 snail
Scaphopoda
 Dentaliida - Dentaliidae
Dentalium sp. Linnaeus 1758 tusk shell
Bivalvia
 Nuculida - Nuculidae
Nucula sp. Lamarck 1799 nut clam
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
"Amussium denudatum" = Amusium
"Amussium denudatum" = Amusium scallop
Actinopteri
 Caproiformes - Antigoniidae
Antigonia postangusta n. sp. Holec 1975
 Myctophiformes - Myctophidae
"Myctophum mediterraneum" = Myctophum, Myctophum splendidum, Myctophidarum acutirostrum n. sp.
"Myctophum mediterraneum" = Myctophum lanternfish
Myctophum splendidum Prochazka 1893 horned lanternfish
Myctophidarum acutirostrum n. sp. Holec 1975 lanternfish
Echinoidea
 Spatangoida - Brissidae
Brissopsis sp. Agassiz 1840 heart urchin