Sample 33, Lučane section, Sinj basin: Langhian, Croatia

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia - Cardiida - Dreissenidae
Mytilopsis jadrovi (Brusina 1892)
127 specimens
Gastropoda - Melanopsidae
Melanopsis lyrata (Neumayr 1869)
390 specimens
Melanopsis lanzaeana Brusina 1874
106 specimens
Gastropoda - Emmerciidae
Fossarulus sp. Neumayr 1869
45 specimens
Fossarulus fuchsi Brusina 1897
1 specimen
synonym of Fossarulus moniliferus
Gastropoda - Hydrobiidae
Prososthenia sp. Neumayr 1869
104 specimens
Prososthenia schwartzi Neumayr 1869
75 specimens
Pseudamnicola torbarianus (Brusina 1874)
19 specimens
recombined as Bania torbariana
Belgrandia klietmanni Neubauer 2011
16 specimens
recombined as Cyclothyrella klietmanni
Gastropoda - Neritidae
Theodoxus sinjanus (Brusina 1876)
76 specimens
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Lymnaeidae
"Lymnaea" sp. Lamarck 1799
2 specimens
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Planorbidae
Orygoceras dentaliforme Brusina 1882
18 specimens
Orygoceras stenonemus Brusina 1882
2 specimens
synonym of Orygoceras dentaliforme
Orygoceras cornucopiae Brusina 1882
1 specimen
synonym of Orygoceras dentaliforme
see common names

Geography
Country:Croatia
Coordinates: 43.7° North, 16.6° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:43.1° North, 16.1° East
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Neogene Epoch:Miocene
Stage:Langhian 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 5
Key time interval:Langhian
Age range of interval:15.98000 - 13.82000 m.y. ago
Age estimate:15.43 ± 0.05 Ma (Ar/Ar) to 15.0 Ma (paleomagnetic)
Stratigraphy
Local section:Lučane Local bed:61.00 m
Local order:bottom to top
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: 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.
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: poorly lithified "limestone"
Environment:lacustrine - large
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body,original aragonite
Size of fossils:macrofossils,mesofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:bulk,chemical,peroxide,sieve
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Museum repositories:NHMW
Metadata
Database number:231206
Authorizer:M. Clapham Enterer:M. Clapham
Research group:freshwater
Created:2023-08-07 23:15:24 Last modified:2023-08-07 23:15:24
Access level:the public Released:2023-08-07 23:15:24
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

85596. 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]