Sample θ, Lučane section, Sinj basin (Miocene of Croatia)

Where: Croatia (43.7° N, 16.6° E: paleocoordinates 43.1° N, 16.1° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Langhian (16.0 - 13.8 Ma)

• Overlies Lučane 1 tephra, dated at 15.43 ± 0.05 Ma (Ar/Ar). Magnetostratigraphy suggests upper part of C5Br as well as C5Bn2n chrons. Combined evidence suggests early Langhian age, between 15.4 and 15.0 Ma.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lacustrine - large; poorly lithified limestone

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Preservation: original aragonite

Reposited in the NHMW

Collection methods: bulk, chemical, peroxide, sieve

Primary reference: T. A. Neubauer, O. Mandic, and M. Harzhauser. 2011. Middle Miocene freshwater mollusks from Lake Sinj (Dinaride lake system, SE Croatia; Langhian). Archiv für Molluskenkunde 140:201-237 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 231215: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 07.08.2023

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Bivalvia
 Cardiida - Dreissenidae
Mytilopsis aletici Brusina 1907 clam
Gastropoda
 Sorbeoconcha - Hydrobiidae
Prososthenia sp. Neumayr 1869 snail