Sandberg 4: Sarmatian, Slovakia

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Amphistegina mammilla
Helicosphaera wallichii
Helicosphaera carteri (Wallich 1877)
Umbilicosphaera jafari Muller 1974
Coccolithophyceae - Braarudosphaeraceae
Braarudosphaera bigelowii (Gran and Braarud 1935)
Coccolithophyceae
Pontosphaera japonica
Coccolithus pelagicus (Wallich 1877)
Discoaster variabilis Martini and Bramlette 1963
Coccolithophyceae - Coccolithales - Coccolithaceae
Holodiscolithus macroporus
Globothalamea - Rotaliida - Asterigerinatidae
Asterigerinata planorbis
Globothalamea - Rotaliida - Cibicididae
Lobatula lobatula Walker and Jacob 1798
Reusselidae
Reussella spinulosa
Polyplacophora - Neoloricata - Acanthochitonidae
Cryptoplax sp. Blainville 1818
Acanthochitona sp. Gray 1821
Polyplacophora - Chitonida - Chitonidae
Chiton sp. Linnaeus 1758
Bivalvia - Carditida - Carditidae
Glans sp. Mühfeld 1811
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Mactridae
Lutraria sp. Lamarck 1799
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Pectinidae
Gigantopecten sp.
Manupecten sp.
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Spondylidae
Spondylus sp. Linnaeus 1758
Bivalvia - Pectinida - Plicatulidae
Plicatula sp. Lamarck 1801
Gastropoda - Trochidae
Gibbula sp. Risso 1826
Jujubinus sp. Monterosato 1884
Gastropoda - Turbinidae
Bolma sp. Risso 1826
Bolma meynardi
Gastropoda - Turritellidae
Turritella sp. Lamarck 1799
Eichwaldiella sp. (Friedberg 1933)
original and current combination Turritella (Eichwaldiella)
Gastropoda - Cerithiidae
Bittium sp. Gray 1847
Coccosphaerales - Calcidiscaceae
Calcidiscus premacintyrei
Calcidiscus tropicus
see common names

Geography
Country:Slovakia
Coordinates: 48.2° North, 17.0° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:47.8° North, 16.7° East
Basis of coordinate:stated in text
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Neogene Epoch:Miocene
Stage:Serravallian 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 5
Key time interval:Sarmatian
Age range of interval:12.80000 - 11.63000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Local section:Sandberg 4 Local bed:218 m
Stratigraphy comments: Early Sarmatian
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: claystone
Secondary lithology: marl
Lithology description: pale-grey sands with sandstone beds
Environment:perireef or subreef
Geology comments: Massive beds of bioclastic and corallinacean limestones with sandy and clayey admixture and intercalations of bioclastic foraminiferal marls are present in the uppermost part of the sequence
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils,mesofossils,microfossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Metadata
Database number:145974
Authorizer:W. Kiessling Enterer:M. Krause
Modifier:M. Krause Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2013-06-13 22:45:58 Last modified:2013-06-13 08:16:01
Access level:authorizer only Released:2013-09-13 22:45:58
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
47174. M. Hyzny, N. Hudackova, R. Biskupic, S. Rybar, T. Fuksi, E. Halasova, K. Zagorsek, M. Jamrich, and Peter Ledvak. 2012. Devínska Kobyla- a window into the Middle Miocene shallow-water marine environments of the Central Paratethys (Vienna Basin, Slovakia). Acta Geologica Slovaca 4(2):95-111 [W. Kiessling/M. Krause/S. Ávila]