Hernals (Miocene of Austria)

Also known as Sarmat, Wolf Sandpit, Baumann Sandpit

Where: Austria (48.2° N, 16.3° E: paleocoordinates 47.6° N, 15.9° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Langhian (16.0 - 13.8 Ma)

• Sarmatian, Mohrensternia Zone, Volhynian; late middle Badenian (Domning and Pervesler, 2012)

Environment/lithology: marine; sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: original phosphate

Primary reference: J. F. Brandt. 1871. Bericht uber den Fortgang meiner Studien uber di Cetaceen, welche das grosse zur Tertiarzeit von Mitteleuropa bis Centralasien hinein ausgedehnte Meeresbechen bevolkerten. Bulletin de l'Academie Imperiale de St. Petersbourg 1871:563-566 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 48029: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 10.03.2005

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Cetacea - Platanistidae
Pachyacanthus sp.4 Brandt 1871 toothed whale
Pachyacanthus suessii n. gen. n. sp. Brandt 1871 toothed whale
 Cetacea - Kentriodontidae
"Champsodelphis fuchsii" = Kentriodon fuchsii3
"Champsodelphis fuchsii" = Kentriodon fuchsii3 Brandt 1873 toothed whale
 Cetacea - Acrodelphinidae
"Acrodelphidae indet." = Acrodelphinidae4
"Acrodelphidae indet." = Acrodelphinidae4 Abel 1905 toothed whale
 Cetacea - Balaenopteridae
Balaenopteridae indet.4, "Macrochirifer vindobonensis n. gen." = Delphinus brachyspondylus1
Balaenopteridae indet.4 Gray 1864 rorqual
"Macrochirifer vindobonensis n. gen." = Delphinus brachyspondylus1 Brandt 1873 rorqual
 Carnivora - Phocidae
Phocidae indet.4, "Phoca vindobonensis" = Praepusa vindobonensis4
Phocidae indet.4 Gray 1821 seal
"Phoca vindobonensis" = Praepusa vindobonensis4 Toula 1897 seal
 Sirenia - Dugongidae
Metaxytherium sp.2 de Christol 1840 dugong