Kummer Quarry (Miocene of Austria)

Also known as St. Margarethen

Where: Austria (47.8° N, 16.6° E: paleocoordinates 47.2° N, 16.3° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Leitha Formation, Middle Miocene (16.0 - 11.6 Ma)

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; sandy limestone

• calcareneite consisting mainly of branching red algae

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: G. Carnevale. 2015. Middle Miocene wrasses (Teleostei, Labridae) from St. Margarethen (Burgenland, Austria). Palaeontolographica, Abt. A: Palaeozoology-Stratigraphy 304(1-6):121-159 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 186861: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 06.07.2017, edited by Owen Alfaro

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Actinopteri
 Gadiformes - Gadidae
Gaidropsarus pilleri n. sp.3 Carnevale and Harhauzer 2013
Palimphemus anceps4 Kner 1862
 Batrachoidiformes - Batrachoididae
Zappaichthys harzhauseri n. gen. n. sp.2
Zappaichthys harzhauseri n. gen. n. sp.2 Carnevale and Collette 2014 toadfish
 Labriformes - Labridae
Symphodus westneati n. sp. Carnevale 2015
Wainwrightilabrus agassizi n. gen. Münster 1846
Coris sigismundi Kner 1862
 Acanthomorphata - Malacanthidae
Malacanthus carosii n. sp.1 Carnevale 2016