Eichkogel, Mödling (NHMW collection) (Miocene of Austria)

Where: Niederoesterreich, Austria (48.1° N, 16.3° E: paleocoordinates 47.8° N, 16.1° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

When: MN 11 (8.7 - 7.8 Ma)

• entered as Zanclean, but MN 11 according to van den Hoek Ostende (pers. commun. to Alroy)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lacustrine; brown marl and limestone

• Below a layer, 15 cm in thickness, which is strongly weathered, is a layer of light-brown marl, 120 cm thick, which nearly contains all of the vertebrate fossils. Below that layer there is a small (15 cm) layer of limestone with big Gastropods (Galactochilus sp.). They are followed by 20-25 cm of colloured marls, where are only found single bone-fragments and teeth-fragments. Below that are clay- and sandlayers without fossils.

Size class: mesofossils

Preservation: original aragonite

Reposited in the NHMW

Collection methods: bulk, sieve,

Primary reference: G. Rabeder. 1970. Die Wirbeltierfauna aus dem Alt-Pliozän (O-Pannon) vom Eichkogel bei Mödling (NÖ.); I. Allgemeines; II. Insectivora. (The vertebrate fauna from the Lower Pliocene (Upper Pannonian) of the Eichkogel near Moedling, Lower Austria; I. Overview; II. Insectivora). Annalen des Naturhistorische Museums in Wien (Vienna) 74:589-595 [J. Alroy/S. Kuemmell/S. Kuemmell]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 32649: authorized by John Hunter, entered by Meg Hall on 11.07.2003, edited by Susanna Kümmell, Lars van den Hoek Ostende, Joanna Wolfe and Matthew Clapham

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Gastropoda
 Cerithioidea - Melanopsidae
Melanopsis bouei5 Ferussac 1823 snail
ssp. sturii
Melanopsis fuchsi5 Handmann 1882 snail
 Architaenioglossa - Viviparidae
Viviparus loxostomus5 Sandberger 1875 snail
 Architaenioglossa - Aciculidae
Acicula edlaueri5 Schlickum 1970 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Bithyniidae
Bithynia jurinaci5 Brusina 1884 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Hydrobiidae
Hydrobia pseudocornea5 Brusina 1902 snail
Hauffenia simplex5 Fuchs 1870 snail
 Heterostropha - Valvatidae
Valvata wenzi5 Papp 1953 snail
Valvata oecsensis5 Soos 1934 snail
Valvata subgradata5 Lorenthey 1902 snail
 Heterostropha - Planorbidae
Gyraulus cryptornatus5 Sauerzopf 1953 snail
Segmentina loczyi5 Lorenthey 1906 snail
Planorbarius mantelli5 Dunker 1848 snail
Anisus confusus5 Soos 1934 snail
Armiger subptychophorus5 Halavats 1903 snail
 Heterostropha - Lymnaeidae
Stagnicola bouilleti5 Michaud 1855 snail
 Heterostropha - Carychiidae
Carychium geisserti5 Schlickum and Strauch 1978 snail
Carychium sandbergeri5 Handmann 1887 snail
Carychium berthae5 Halavats 1903 snail
 Stylommatophora - Strobilopsidae
Strobilops (Strobilops) pappi5 Schlickum 1970 slug
 Stylommatophora - Chondrinidae
Granaria schlosseri5 Cossmann 1908 slug
 Stylommatophora - Vertiginidae
Vertigo (Vertigo) callosa5 Reuss 1849 slug
Vertigo (Vertilla) oecsensis5 Halavats 1903 slug
"Vertigo (Vertigo) protracta" = Vertigo protracta5 Sandberger 1875 slug
ssp. suevica
 Stylommatophora - Gastrocoptidae
"Gastrocopta (Sinalbinula) nouletiana" = Gastrocopta nouletiana5, Gastrocopta (Sinalbinula) ferdinandi5, "Gastrocopta (Albinula) acuminata" = Gastrocopta acuminata5
"Gastrocopta (Sinalbinula) nouletiana" = Gastrocopta nouletiana5 Dupuy 1850 slug
"Gastrocopta (Albinula) acuminata" = Gastrocopta acuminata5 Klein 1846 slug
 Stylommatophora - Argnidae
Argna oppoliensis5 Andreae 1902 slug
 Stylommatophora - Milacidae
Milax sp.5 Gray 1855 slug
 Stylommatophora - Limacidae
Limax spp.5 Linnaeus 1758 slug
 Stylommatophora - Oxychilidae
Aegopinella reussi5 Hoernes 1856 slug
Oxychilus procellarium5 Jooss 1918 slug
 Stylommatophora - Zonitidae
Nesovitrea disciformis5 Lueger 1981 true glass snail
 Stylommatophora - Elonidae
Klikia (Apula) goniostoma5 Sandberger 1875 slug
 Stylommatophora - Hygromiidae
"Leucochroopsis kleini" = Leucochroopsis kleinii5
"Leucochroopsis kleini" = Leucochroopsis kleinii5 Klein 1847 slug
 Stylommatophora - Helicidae
Cepaea sp.5 Held 1838 slug
Cepaea christoli in Wenz, 1928
 Stylommatophora - Subulinidae
Fortuna clairi5 Schlickum and Strauch 1972 slug
 Pulmonata - Discidae
Discus pleuradrus5 Bourguignat 1881 disk snail
Bivalvia
 Cardiida - Sphaeriidae
Pisidium personatum5 Malm 1855 pea clam
Malacostraca
 Decapoda - Potamidae
Potamon hegauense6 Klaus and Gross 2010 crab
374 claw fragments
Mammalia
 Rodentia - Gliridae
Gliridae indet.3 Muirhead 1819 dormouse
Vasseuromys thenii n. sp.4 Daxner-Höck and de Bruijn 1981 dormouse
Myomimus dehmi3 de Bruijn 1966 dormouse
Glirulus lissiensis3 Hugueney and Mein 1965 Japanese dormouse
Muscardinus pliocaenicus3 Kowalski 1963 dormouse
 Rodentia - Anomalomyidae
Anomalomys gernoti n. sp.3 Daxner-Höck 1980 rodent
 Rodentia - Sciuridae
Spermophilinus sp.3 de Bruijn and Mein 1968 squirrel
bredai-turolensis Formenkreis
Blackia miocaenica3 Mein 1970 squirrel
 Rodentia - Eomyidae
Keramidomys aff. mohleri3 Engesser 1972 rodent
 Rodentia - Castoridae
 Rodentia - Zapodidae
Protozapus intermedius3 Bachmayer and Wilson 1970 jumping mouse
 Rodentia - Muridae
? Progonomys woelferi3 Bachmayer and Wilson 1970 mouse
Epimeriones austriacus n. gen. n. sp.2 Daxner-Höck 1972 gerbil
Parapodemus lugdunensis3 Schaub 1938 mouse
 Rodentia - Cricetidae
Collimys primus n. gen. n. sp.1, "Kowalskia fahlbuschi" = Neocricetodon fahlbuschi1, Prospalax petteri3
Collimys primus n. gen. n. sp.1 Daxner-Höck 1972 mouse
4 teeth
"Kowalskia fahlbuschi" = Neocricetodon fahlbuschi1 Bachmayer and Wilson 1970 mouse
230 teeth
Prospalax petteri3 Bachmayer and Wilson 1970 mouse
 Theriamorpha - Dimylidae
Plesiodimylus cf. chantrei7 Gaillard 1899 placental
 Theriamorpha - Erinaceidae
Schizogalerix moedlingensis7 Rabeder 1973 hedgehog
Galerix sp. Pomel 1848 hedgehog
 Theriamorpha - Soricidae
Petenyiella sp. Kretzoi 1956 shrew
? Limnoecus sp. Stirton 1930 shrew
Soricinae "gen. et sp. indet"7 Fischer von Waldheim 1817 red-toothed shrew
div. sp.
Petenyia aff. dubia7 Bachmayer and Wilson 1970 red-toothed shrew
Paenelimnoecus repenningi7 Bachmayer and Wilson 1970 red-toothed shrew
Crusafontina kormosi7 Bachmayer and Wilson 1970 red-toothed shrew
 Theriamorpha - Talpidae
Desmanella aff. rietscheli7 Storch and Dahlmann 2000 mole
Urotrichus giganteus7 Ziegler 2006 greater Japanese shrew-mole
Archaeodesmana vinea7 Storch 1978 mole
Desmana sp. Guldenstaedt 1777 Russian desman
spp.
Talpa aff. minuta7 Blainville 1840 mole
div. sp.
 Chiroptera - Vespertilionidae