Leitha Limestone Quarry (Miocene of Austria)

Also known as Gross-Höflein

Where: Austria (47.8° N, 16.6° E: paleocoordinates 47.3° N, 16.3° E)

• coordinate stated in text

When: Leitha Limestone Formation, Badenian (13.7 - 12.7 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: shallow subtidal; limestone

• Limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: B. Chanet and O. Schultz. 1994. Pleuronectiform fishes from the Upper Badenian (Middle Miocene) of St. Margarethen (Austria). Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien. Serie A für Mineralogie und Petrographie, Geologie und Paläontologie, Anthropologie und Prähistorie 96:95-115 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 213724: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 09.09.2020

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Taxonomic list

Actinopteri
 Pleuronectiformes - Bothidae
Miobothus weissi n. gen. n. sp.
Miobothus weissi n. gen. n. sp. Chanet and Schultz 1994 flatfish