Novaky-Mier Mine (Miocene of Slovakia)

Where: Slovakia (48.7° N, 18.6° E: paleocoordinates 48.2° N, 18.3° E)

• coordinate stated in text

When: MN 7 + 8 (12.8 - 11.1 Ma)

• late Badenian - early Sarmatian, MN 7+8 biozone (Astaracian)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; claystone and coal

Primary reference: M. Sabol and P. Holec. 2002. Temporal and spatial distribution of Miocene mammals in the western Carpatians (Slovakia). Geologica Carpathica 53(4):269-279 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 69715: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 02.03.2007

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

unclassified
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Angiospermae
 Laurales - Lauraceae
Lauraceae indet. Jussieu 1789 laurel
 Saxifragales - Hamamelidaceae
Hamamelidaceae indet. Brown 1818 witch-hazel
 Fagales - Fagaceae
Fagaceae indet. Dumortier 1829
 Fagales - Juglandaceae
Juglandaceae indet. Perleb 1818
 Coniferales - Cupressaceae
Cupressaceae indet. Gray 1822 cypress
Pinopsida
 Pinales - Taxodiaceae
Taxodiaceae indet. Saporta 1865
Mammalia
 Proboscidea - Mammutidae
Zygolophodon turicensis Schintz 1824 mastodon
 Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Rhinocerotidae indet. Gray 1821 rhinoceros