Where: Austria (47.9° N, 16.5° E: paleocoordinates 47.3° N, 16.1° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: Langhian (16.0 - 13.8 Ma)
• middle Badenian
Environment/lithology: marine; poorly lithified, calcareous sandstone
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Preservation: original phosphate
Collection methods: surface (in situ),
Primary reference: E. Kazár. 2002. Revised phylogeny of the Physeteridae (Mammalia: Cetacea) in light of Placoziphius Van Beneden, 1869 and Aulophyseter Kellogg, 1927. Bulletin de l'Institute Royal des Sciences Naturelles de Belgique, Sciences de la Terre 72:151-170 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 55394: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 14.10.2005
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Anthozoa | |
Anthozoa indet. Ehrenberg 1834 | |
Mammalia | |
Cetacea indet. Brisson 1762 whale | |
Placoziphius duboisii Van Beneden 1869 sperm whale | |
Chondrichthyes | |
Carcharocles sp. Jordan 1923 mackerel shark | |
Carcharodon sp. Smith 1838 white shark | |
Echinoidea | |
Cidaris sp. Leske 1778 pencil urchin | |
Conoclypus sp. Agassiz 1839 sand dollar | |
Clypeaster subfolium sand dollar | |
Echinocyamus sp. van Phelsum 1774 sand dollar | |
Pericosmus sp. Agassiz 1847 heart urchin | |
Schizaster sp. Agassiz 1835 heart urchin | |
Hemiaster sp. Agassiz and Desor 1847 heart urchin | |
Psammechinus dubius Agassiz 1840 sea urchin | |
Bivalvia | |
Pecten sp. Müller 1776 scallop | |
Malacostraca | |
Portunus monspeliensis Milne Edwards 1860 swimming crab | |
Maja biaensis Lorenthey 1929 spider crab | |
Calappa praelata Lorenthey 1929 box crab |