Obritzberg (Miocene of Austria)
Where: Austria (48.3° N, 15.6° E: paleocoordinates 47.0° N, 14.8° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Melker Sand Formation, Aquitanian (23.0 - 20.4 Ma)
• formation-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: marine; sandstone
Primary reference: E. Thenius. 1960. Wirbeltierfunde aus der palaogenen Molasse Osterreichs und ihre stratigraphische Bedeutung. Sonderabdruck aus den Verhandlungen der Geologischen Bundesanstalt 1:82-88 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 76129: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 14.11.2007
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Taxonomic list
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Reptilia | |
"Diplocynodon styriacus" = Diplocynodon ungeri
"Diplocynodon styriacus" = Diplocynodon ungeri Prangner 1845 crocodilian | |
Emydidae indet. Rafinesque 1815 turtle | |
Trionyx sp. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire 1809 softshell turtle | |
Mammalia | |
Sirenia indet. sirenian | |
Elomeryx borbonicus Geais 1934 anthracothere | |
Squalodon cf. bellunensis Dal Piaz 1901 toothed whale | |
Actinopteri | |
"Glyptorhynchus cf. denticulatus" = Aglyptorhynchus denticulatus
"Glyptorhynchus cf. denticulatus" = Aglyptorhynchus denticulatus Leriche 1906 | |
Cybium sp. Cuvier 1829 | |
Chondrichthyes | |
"Odontaspis cuspidata" = Araloselachus cuspidatus
"Odontaspis cuspidata" = Araloselachus cuspidatus Agassiz 1843 sand tiger shark | |
"Carcharodon megalodon" = Otodus megalodon
"Carcharodon megalodon" = Otodus megalodon Agassiz 1835 megalodon Aquitanian age suggest that most likely, this is not C. megalodon but C. chubutensis (C. subauriculatus). See Pimiento et al. 2013
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Carcharodon sp. Smith 1838 white shark
Lamna sp. Cuvier 1816 mackerel shark
Isurus sp. Rafinesque 1810 mackerel shark | |
"Odontaspis acutissima" = Carcharias acutissimus
"Odontaspis acutissima" = Carcharias acutissimus Agassiz 1843 sand shark |