Holic: Sarmatian, Slovakia

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Mollusca indet. Linnaeus 1758
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Carychiidae
Carychium minimum Muller 1774
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Planorbidae
Planorbis sp. Muller 1774
Ostracoda
Ostracoda indet. Latreille 1802
Ostracoda - Podocopida - Candonidae
Candona sp. Baird 1845
Candoniella sp. Schneider 1956
Mammalia - Carnivora - Phocidae
Phoca holitschensis n. sp. Bruhl 1860
Bruhl 1860 1 specimen
Mammalia - Cetacea
Odontoceti indet. Flower 1867
Grigorescu and Kazár 2006
unclassified
Monacha punctigera
see common names

Geography
Country:Slovakia
Coordinates: 48.8° North, 17.2° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:48.4° North, 16.9° East
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Time
Period: Neogene Epoch: Miocene
Stage: Serravallian 10 m.y. bin: Cenozoic 5
Key time interval: Sarmatian
Age range of interval: 12.8 - 11.63 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Holic
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: claystone
Secondary lithology: sandstone
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: multicoloured an dmottled clay with lenses of sand and silt
Environment:lagoonal/restricted shallow subtidal
Taphonomy
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Metadata
Database number:73365
Authorizer:M. Uhen Enterer:M. Uhen
Research group:vertebrate
Created:2007-06-13 08:54:20 Last modified:2007-06-13 11:54:20
Access level:the public Released:2007-06-13 08:54:20
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

24630. D. Vass. 2002. Lithostratigraphy of Western Carpathians: Neogene and Buda Paleogene 1-202 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]

Secondary references:

30131 C. B. Bruhl. 1860. Der fossil Phocafuss des zoologischen Universitats-Museums zu Pest: Phoca holitschensis. Mittheilungen aus dem K K Zoologischen Institute der Universitat Pest 2:1-17 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]
24600 D. Grigorescu and E. Kazár. 2006. A new Middle Miocene odontocete (Mammalia: Cetacea) locality and the Sarmatian Marine Mammal Event in the Central Paratethys. Oryctos 6:53-67 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]
29727 E. L. Trouessart. 1904. Catalogus Mammalium Tam Viventium Quam Fossilium, Fourth Edition 1-929 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]