Loretto (Miocene of Austria)

Where: Austria (48.8° N, 16.5° E: paleocoordinates 48.4° N, 16.2° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Sarmatian (12.7 - 11.6 Ma)

• Mohrensternia Zone, Volhynian

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

Primary reference: J. Pia and O. Sickenberg. 1934. Katalog der in den Osterreichischen sammlungen befindlichen Saugetierreste des Jung-Tertiars Osterreichs un der Randgebiete. Denkschriften des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien 4:1-544 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 73366: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 13.06.2007, edited by Evangelos Vlachos

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Cetacea - Balaenopteridae
Balaenopteridae indet. Gray 1864 rorqual
 Cetacea -
Odontoceti indet.2 Flower 1867 toothed whale
 Cetacea - Platanistidae
"Pachyacanthus suessi" = Pachyacanthus suessii
"Pachyacanthus suessi" = Pachyacanthus suessii Brandt 1871 toothed whale
 Cetacea -
Squaloceti indet.1 Abel 1914 toothed whale
Reptilia
 Testudines - Trionychidae
Trionyx partschii n. sp.3 Peters 1855 softshell turtle
Two costal fragments (syntypes) with uncertain whereabouts