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

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Taxonomic list

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