Wurzing (Miocene of Austria)

Where: Styria, Austria (46.9° N, 15.5° E: paleocoordinates 46.4° N, 15.2° E)

• coordinate based on political unit

When: Weissenegg Formation, Serravallian (13.8 - 11.6 Ma)

• Spiroplectamrnina-Zone to Bulimina-Bolivina-Zone

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Collection methods: sieve

• Department of Geology and Paleontology at the Landes musemn Joannemn

Primary reference: H. R. Hiden. 1995. Elasmobranchier (Pisces, Chondrichthyes) aus dem Badenium (Mittleres Miozän) des Steirischen Beckens (Österreich). Mitteilungen der Abteilung für Geologie und Paläontologie am Landesmuseum Joanneum 52/53:41-110 [C. Jaramillo/C. Pimiento]more details

PaleoDB collection 161907: authorized by Carlos Jaramillo, entered by Catalina Pimiento on 15.09.2014

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Chondrichthyes
 Myliobatiformes - Dasyatidae
Dasyatis delfortriei whiptail stingray
Dasyatis rugosa Probst 1877 whiptail stingray
 Carcharhiniformes - Carcharhinidae
Carcharhinus priscus Agassiz 1843 requiem shark
 Carcharhiniformes - Hemigaleidae
Chaenogaleus affinis Probst 1878 ground shark
 Lamniformes - Carchariidae
Carcharias acutissima Agassiz 1843 sand shark