Where: Austria (48.6° N, 16.4° E: paleocoordinates 48.0° N, 16.1° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Badenian (13.7 - 12.7 Ma)
• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: Overlying Karpatian sediments, but also regionally overlying Paleocene-Jurassic basement rock. THICKNESS: Sampled horizon of ~10 cm within approximately 10 m thick composite section (composed of ~4 m thick pits. AGE: Early Badenian, Lower Lagenid froam biozone, NN5, M5 planktic foram biozone, lower Langhian. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From near base of section, in monotonous clay.
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: deep-water; unlithified, carbonaceous claystone
Size class: macrofossils
Collected by Mandic, Harzhauser, Spezzaferri, Zuschin
Collection methods: bulk, peroxide, sieve,
• METHODS: Collections soaked and sieved (1mm). REPOSITORY: Either University of Wien (Vienna), or Museum of Natural History (NHMW).
Primary reference: O. Mandic, M. Harzhauser, S. Spezzaferri and M. Zuschin. 2002. The paleoenvironment of an early Middle Miocene Paratethys sequence in NE Austria with special emphasis on mollusks and foraminifera. Geobios 24:193-206 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy/P. Wagner]more details
Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis
PaleoDB collection 74651: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 21.08.2007
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Gastropoda | |
Turbonilla spiculum snail
Turbonilla sp. Risso 1826 snail | |
Potamides gamlitzensis horn snail | |
Bittium sp. Gray 1847 cerith snail
Bittium (Semibittium) multilirata cerith snail | |
Turritella spirata turret shell
Turritella sp. Lamarck 1799 turret shell | |
Triphora sp. Blainville 1828 snail
Triphora perversa Linnaeus 1758 snail | |
Cerithiopsis sp. Hanley 1849 snail | |
Petaloconchus intortus Lamarck 1818 worm shell | |
Cymatiidae indet. Iredale 1913 snail | |
Erato sp. Risso 1826 snail | |
Muricidae indet. Rafinesque 1815 murex snail | |
Gibberulina philippi snail | |
Sphaeronassa sp. Locard 1886 snail | |
Buccinidae indet. Rafinesque 1815 true whelk | |
Latirus sp. Monfort 1810 snail | |
"Hemiconus granularis" = Conus (Hemiconus)
"Hemiconus granularis" = Conus (Hemiconus) cone shell | |
Vexillum sp. Röding 1798 ribbed mitre
Vexillum (Costellaria) pseudorecticosta Boettger 1906 ribbed mitre | |
Naticidae indet. Guilding 1834 moon snail
Natica sp. Scopoli 1777 moon snail | |
Adeorbis sp. Wood 1848 snail | |
Teinostoma lomnickii snail | |
Alvania perregularis, Alvania montagui, Alvania sp., Alvania oceani, Rissoina sp., Rissoina podolica
Alvania perregularis snail
Alvania montagui snail
Alvania sp. Risso 1826 snail
Alvania oceani d'Orbigny 1852 snail
Rissoina sp. d'Orbigny 1840 snail
Rissoina podolica Cossmann 1921 snail | |
Calliostoma trigonum, Monodonta kimakowiczi, ? Clanculus sp., Jujubinus turricula, Jujubinus sp., Gibbula sp., Gibbula buchi
Calliostoma trigonum top snail
Monodonta kimakowiczi top snail
? Clanculus sp. Monfort 1810 top snail
Jujubinus turricula top snail
Jujubinus sp. Monterosato 1884 top snail
Gibbula sp. Risso 1826 top snail
Gibbula buchi Dubois 1831 top snail | |
Diodora sp. Gray 1821 snail | |
Bivalvia | |
Corbula (Varicorbula) gibba Oliva 1792 clam | |
Veneridae indet. Rafinesque 1815 venus clam
Circomphalus subplicatus dOrbigny 1852 venus clam | |
Chama (Psolopus) gryphoides Linnaeus 1758 jewel box | |
"Parvicardium papillosum" = Plagiocardium (Papillicardium) papillosum, Europicardium multicostatum
"Parvicardium papillosum" = Plagiocardium (Papillicardium) papillosum Poli 1781 cockle
Europicardium multicostatum Brocchi 1814 cockle | |
Tellinidae indet. Blainville 1814 tellin clam | |
"Scalaricardita scalaris" = Cyclocardia (Scalaricardita) clam
Cardites partschi clam
Cardita elongata clam |