Felsöesztergály: Burdigalian, Slovakia

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Spharoides umbonatus
Spharoides cf. sphaericus
Delphinus sp. Linnaeus 1758
    = Odontoceti indet.
Uhen 2500
Chondrichthyes - Odontaspidida - Isuridae
Oxyrhina leptodon Agassiz 1843
Chondrichthyes - Squalomorphii - Hexanchidae
Notidanus primigenius Agassiz 1835
recombined as Notorhynchus primigenius
Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Hemigaleidae
Hemipristis serra Agassiz 1835
Chondrichthyes - Carcharhiniformes - Galeocerdidae
Galeocerdo cf. latidens (Agassiz 1835)
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Odontaspididae
Lamna dubia (Agassiz 1843)
original and current combination Lamna (Odontaspis) dubia
Lamna cuspidata Agassiz 1843
recombined as Araloselachus cuspidatus
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Carchariidae
Carcharias cf. kraussi
Carcharias stellatus
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Lamnidae
Carcharodon cf. sulcidens (Agassiz 1835)
synonym of Carcharodon carcharias
Carcharodon productus (Agassiz 1838)
synonym of Carcharodon carcharias
Carcharodon humilis n. sp. Koch 1904
Carcharodon cf. turgidus (Agassiz 1839)
Lamna contoridens
Lamna tarnocziensis
Oxyrhina xiphodon Agassiz 1838
recombined as Cosmopolitodus xiphodon
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Alopiidae
Oxyrhina exigua Probst 1879
recombined as Alopias exigua
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Otodontidae
Lamna macrota (Agassiz 1838)
original and current combination Otodus macrotus
sp. var. hungarica
Carcharodon megalodon (Agassiz 1835)
recombined as Otodus megalodon
Otodus cf. apiculatus Agassiz 1838
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Rhinoceros sp. Linnaeus 1758
Aceratherium?
Mammalia - Cetacea - Squalodontidae
Squalodon cf. ehrlichii Van Beneden 1865
[entered as Squalodon ehrlichi]
    = Squalodon sp. Grateloup 1840
Symeonidis et al. 2004
Mammalia - Palaeomerycidae
Palaeomeryx aff. feignouxi
Palaeomeryx sp. aff. Dremotherium feignouxi
Mammalia - Sirenia - Dugongidae
Halitherium aff. schinzi (Kaup 1838)
nomen dubium belonging to Dugongidae
see common names

Geography
Country:Slovakia
Coordinates: 49.7° North, 21.4° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:48.8° North, 20.9° East
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Time
Period:Neogene Epoch:Miocene
Stage:Burdigalian 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 5
Key time interval:Burdigalian
Age range of interval:20.44000 - 15.97000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphy comments: Age based on reference: 52086 (Mandica and Steininger 2003)
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: sandstone
Includes fossils?Y
Environment:marine indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Database number:48642
Authorizer:M. Uhen Enterer:M. Uhen
Modifier:M. Uhen Research group:vertebrate
Created:2005-03-25 06:14:30 Last modified:2020-04-23 12:29:33
Access level:the public Released:2005-03-25 06:14:30
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

12979. A. Koch. 1904. Fossile haifischzahne und saugetierreste von felsoestergaly, im Komitate Nograd. Foldtani Kozlony 34(5-7):260-273 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]

Secondary references:

52086 O. Mandica and F. F. Steininger. 2003. Computer-based mollusc stratigraphy – a case study from the Eggenburgian (Lower Miocene) type region (NE Austria). Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 197(3-4):263-291 [C. Jaramillo/C. Pimiento]
12546 N. K. Symeonidis, E. Kazár, and S. J. Roussiakis. 2004. Shark-toothed dolphin remains (Mammalia, Cetacea, Squalodontidae) from the early Miocene of Greece. Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien 105(A):307-331 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]