St. Stephan: Middle Miocene, Austria
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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unclassified
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cf. Paleomeryx sp.
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Mammalia
- Proboscidea
- Deinotheriidae
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Deinotherium levius
Jourdan 1868
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| synonym of Deinotherium giganteum | ||||||||||
| entered as "Dinotherium levius" | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Proboscidea
- Gomphotheriidae
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Mastodon angustidens
Cuvier 1806
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| recombined as Tetrabelodon angustidens | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Equidae
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Anchitherium aurelianese
(Cuvier 1825)
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| original and current combination Anchitherium aurelianense | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Rhinocerotidae
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cf. Dicerorhinus germanicus
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Brachypotherium brachypus
Lartet 1848
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Chalicotheriidae
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Chalicotherium grande
(de Blainville 1849)
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Mammalia
- Cervidae
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Euprox furcatus
Hensel 1859
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Mammalia
- Lagomerycidae
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Lagomeryx parvulus
Roger 1898
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Mammalia
- Suidae
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Listriodon splendens
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Geography
| Country: | Austria | State/province: | Carinthia |
| Coordinates: | 46.7° North, 14.0° East (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 46.1° North, 13.6° East | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Miocene |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 5 | ||
| Key time interval: | Middle Miocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 15.98000 - 11.63000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Stratigraphy comments: Entered as "early Pliocene" by Hall; this assignment is based on out of date mammal paleontology usage, and the faunal list is unambiguously middle Miocene (JA 5.11.06) |
Lithology and environment
| Environment: | terrestrial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Spatial orientation: | random |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | good |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 34606 | ||
| Authorizer: | J. Hunter | Enterer: | M. Hall |
| Modifier: | J. Alroy | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2003-09-11 10:45:07 | Last modified: | 2006-11-05 11:10:14 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2003-09-11 10:45:07 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 9131. | 5% 44000 | M. Mottl. 1958. Weitere Säugertierreste aus dem Sarmat von St. Stephan im Lavanttal, Karnten. Carinthia II: Mittelheilungen des Naturhistorishchen Landesmuseums für Karnten 46-48 [J. Hunter/M. Hall/J. Alroy] |