Grund: MN 5, Austria

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Actinopteri - Spariformes - Sparidae
Sparidae indet. (Cuvier 1817)
23 elements
Diplodus incisivus
2 elements
Actinopteri - Perciformes - Sparidae
Pagrus cinctus
2 elements
Sparus umbonatus
16 elements
Actinopteri - Acanthopteri - Sphyraenidae
Sphyraena sp. Artedi 1793
1 element
Reptilia
Aves indet. Linnaeus 1758
1 specimen
Reptilia - Suliformes - Sulidae
Microsula pygmaea (Milne-Edwards 1874)
2 specimens
Reptilia - Suliformes - Phalacrocoracidae
Phalacrocorax intermedius (Milne-Edwards 1867)
1 specimen
Reptilia - Charadriiformes - Laridae
Laridae indet. Vigors 1825
1 specimen
Reptilia - Anguidae
Anguidae indet. Gray 1825
Miklas-Tempfer 2003 1 specimen
1 caudal vertebra (GRU-F-11: Inv. Nr.: NHMW2002z0096/0000)
Reptilia - Elapidae
Naja romani Hoffstetter 1939
Miklas-Tempfer 2003 5 specimens
3 trunk vertebrae (GRU-F-11: Inv. Nr.: NHMW2002z0098/0001; GRU-B1- 1: Inv. Nr.: NHMW2002z0098/0002; GRU-F-11: Inv. Nr.: NHMW2002z0098/0003); 2 fragments of vertebrae (GRU-F-11: Inv. Nr.: NHMW2002z0098/0003; GRU-Kroh: Inv. Nr.: NHMW2002z0098/0004)
Reptilia - Colubridae
Elaphe kohfidischi Bachmayer and Szyndlar 1985
Miklas-Tempfer 2003 4 specimens
3 trunk vertebrae (GRU-Kroh: Inv.Nr.: NHMW2002z0097/0001; GRUB1- 1: Inv. Nr.: NHMW2002z0097/0002; GRU-F-11: Inv. Nr.: NHMW2002z0097/0003); 1 caudal vertebra (GRU-Kroh: Inv. Nr.: NHMW2002z0097/0004)
Reptilia - Testudines - Testudinidae
Testudo sp. Linnaeus 1758
3 specimens
Ref 70380 lists one specimen- IPUW3127, 1 element of carapace
Reptilia - Testudines - Geoemydidae
Ptychogaster grundensis
4 specimens
Ref 70380 lists 3 fragments of carapace (GRU-Kroh: Inv. Nr.: NHMW2002z0095/0001; GRU-B1-3: Inv. Nr.: NHMW2002z0095/0002, Inv. Nr.: NHMW2002z0095/0003)
Reptilia - Testudines - Trionychidae
Trionyx vindobonensis Peters 1855
1 specimen
Mammalia - Proboscidea - Proboscidea
Proboscidea indet. Illiger 1811
1 specimen
Mammalia - Proboscidea - Gomphotheriidae
Gomphotherium angustidens Burmeister 1837
2 specimens
Mammalia - Proboscidea - Deinotheriidae
Prodeinotherium bavaricum (von Meyer 1831)
1 specimen
Mammalia - Cetacea
Mysticeti indet. Cope 1891
1 specimen
Mammalia
Ruminantia indet. Scopoli 1777
5 specimens
Mammalia - Pecora
Pecora indet. Linnaeus 1758
5 specimens
Mammalia - Palaeomerycidae
Palaeomeryx eminens
1 specimen
Mammalia - Bovidae
cf. Palaeoryx intermedia
1 specimen
Mammalia - Moschidae
Micromeryx sp. Lartet 1851
1 specimen
Micromeryx aff. flourensianus Lartet 1851
4 specimens
Mammalia - Carnivora
Carnivora indet. Bowdich 1821
1 specimen
Caniformia indet. Kretzoi 1943
1 specimen
Mammalia - Carnivora - Mustelidae
Mustelidae indet. Fischer 1817
1 specimen
Mammalia - Erinaceidae
Schizogalerix pristinus Ziegler 2003
1 specimen
Mammalia - Rodentia - Cricetidae
Cricetodon meini Freudenthal 1963
3 specimens
Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Urodela
Salamandra sansaniensis Lartet 1851
Miklas-Tempfer 2003 1 specimen
NHMW2002z0094/0000, 1 trunk vertebra
Chondrichthyes - Myliobatiformes - Dasyatidae
Dasyatis cf. rugosa Probst 1877
2 elements
Chondrichthyes - Myliobatiformes - Aetobatidae
Aetobatus arcuatus (Agassiz 1843)
3 elements
synonym of Aetobatus irregularis
Chondrichthyes - Myliobatiformes - Myliobatidae
Myliobatidae indet. Bonaparte 1838
11 elements
Myliobatis sp. Cuvier 1816
1 element
Rhinoptera sp. Cuvier 1829
1 element
Chondrichthyes - Squalomorphii
Squalomorphii indet. Compagno 1973
2 elements
Chondrichthyes - Squalomorphii - Hexanchidae
Notorhynchus primigenius (Agassiz 1835)
2 elements
Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Galeocerdidae
Galeocerdo aduncus (Agassiz 1835)
2 elements
Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Scyliorhinidae
Scyliorhinus distans Probst 1879
1 element
Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Sphyrnidae
? Sphyrna sp. Rafinesque 1810
1 element
Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Carcharhinidae
Carcharhinus priscus Agassiz 1843
14 elements
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Carchariidae
Carcharias sp. Rafinesque 1810
2 elements
Carcharias acutissimus (Agassiz 1843)
31 elements
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Odontaspididae
Carcharias cuspidatus (Agassiz 1843)
9 elements
recombined as Araloselachus cuspidatus
see common names

Geography
Country:Austria
Coordinates: 48.6° North, 16.1° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:48.0° North, 15.7° East
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Time
Period:Neogene Epoch:Miocene
Stage:Langhian 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 5
Key time interval:MN 5
Age range of interval:15.98000 - 13.82000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Grund
Stratigraphy comments: MN5, Lower Langhian
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:fine,yellow sandstone
Secondary lithology:fine,yellow siltstone
Includes fossils?Y
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: yellowish, fine sands and silts
Environment:marginal marine indet.
Geology comments: warm, up to 100m deep corresponding to outer shelf, mixing of shallow and deep water
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body,original phosphate
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes:some macrofossils
Collection methods:selective quarrying,surface (in situ),field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Also known as:GRU
Database number:51002
Authorizer:M. Uhen Enterer:M. Uhen
Modifier:T. Cleary Research group:vertebrate
Created:2005-05-26 08:11:26 Last modified:2019-10-04 10:58:32
Access level:database members Released:2005-08-26 08:11:26
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
13612. G. Daxner-Höck, P. M. Miklas-Tempfer, U. B. Gohlich, K. Huttenen, E. Kazar, D. Nagel, G. E. Roessner, O. Schultz, and R. Ziegler. 2004. Marine and terrestrial vertebrates from the Middle Miocene of Grund (Lower Austria). Geologica Carpathica 55(2):191-197 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/P. Mannion]

Secondary references:

40668 U. B. Gohlich. 2003. The avifauna of the Grund Beds (Middle Miocene, Early Badenian, northern Austria). Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien, Serie A 104:237-249 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/T. Liebrecht]
49760 A. Kroh. 2003. The Brachiopoda of the Langhian (Lower Badenian) of the Molasse Zone and northern Vienna Basin (Austria. Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien, Serie A 104:145-153 [M. Clapham/M. Manojlovic/M. Clapham]
70380 P. M. Miklas-Tempfer. 2003. The Miocene herpetofaunas of Grund (Caudata; Chelonii, Sauria, Serpentes) and Mühlbach am Manhartsberg (Chelonii, Sauria, Amphisbaenia, Serpentes), Lower Austria. Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien 104(A):195-235 [T. Cleary/T. Cleary]