Fenk quarry NNW of Grosshöflein, Müllendorf quarry system, Section A, bed 14 (Miocene of Austria)

Where: Austria (47.9° N, 16.5° E: paleocoordinates 47.2° N, 16.0° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Langhian (16.0 - 13.8 Ma)

• Upper Langhian; Middle Badenian

Environment/lithology: open shallow subtidal; limestone

• coralline algal limestone containing poorly sorted siliciclastics (up to fine-gravel) in the lower 60 cm. Rhodoliths (Ø 2 cm) occur, often containing subrounded mica schist pebbles as nuclei. The siliciclastics show a fining upward trend

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils, microfossils

Primary reference: T. Wiedl, M. Harzhauser, A. Kroh, S. Coric, and W. E. Piller. 2013. Ecospace variability along a carbonate platform at the northern boundary of the Miocene reef belt (Upper Langhian, Austria). Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 370:232-246 [W. Kiessling/M. Krause/S. Ávila]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 146512: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Mihaela Krause on 25.06.2013

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Taxonomic list

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Bivalvia
 Cardiida - Veneridae
Gouldia sp.
Gouldia sp. Adams 1847 venus clam
 Lucinida - Lucinidae
Codakia sp.
Codakia sp. Scopoli 1777 clam
 Carditida - Carditidae
Cardites partschi, Megacardita sp.
Megacardita sp. Sacco 1899 clam
 Ostreida - Malleidae
Isognomon maxillatus
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
"Ostrea lamellosa" = Ostrea edulis
"Ostrea lamellosa" = Ostrea edulis Linnaeus 1758 oyster
 Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
Hyotissa hyotis
Hyotissa hyotis Linnaeus 1758 Honeycomb Oyster
Anthozoa
 Scleractinia - Poritidae
Porites sp.
Porites sp. Link 1807 stony coral