Where: Germany (48.6° N, 13.3° E: paleocoordinates 48.7° N, 11.4° E)
• coordinate stated in text
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Aquitanian to Aquitanian (23.0 - 16.0 Ma)
• Eggenburgian - Upper Aquitanian/Lower Burdigalian
Environment/lithology: open shallow subtidal; sandstone
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Primary reference: S. Schneider. 2008. The bivalve fauna from the Ortenburg Marine Sands in the well-core “Straß” (Early Miocene; SE Germany) — taxonomy, stratigraphy, paleoecology, and paleogeography. Paläontologische Zeitschrift 82(4):402-417 [W. Kiessling/M. Krause/S. Ávila]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 171410: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Mihaela Krause on 10.07.2015
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
Modiolus sp. Lamarck 1801 mussel | |
Aequipecten macrotis, Oopecten gigas, Pecten cf. pseudobeudanti, Pecten hornensis, Palliolum cf. incomparabile
Aequipecten macrotis Sowerby 1847 scallop
Pecten cf. pseudobeudanti Deperet and Roman 1902 scallop
Pecten hornensis Deperet and Roman 1902 scallop
Palliolum cf. incomparabile scallop | |
Anomiidae indet. Rafinesque 1815 scallop | |
"Ostrea cf. digitalina" = Cubitostrea digitalina
"Ostrea cf. digitalina" = Cubitostrea digitalina Eichwald 1830 oyster | |
Anadara sp. Gray 1847 ark | |
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"Limopsis (Pectunculina) anomala" = Limopsis, "Limopsis cf. aurita" = Limopsis (Limopsis) aurita
"Limopsis (Pectunculina) anomala" = Limopsis clam
"Limopsis cf. aurita" = Limopsis (Limopsis) aurita Brocchi 1814 clam | |
"Lucinoma borealis" = Lucinoma (Lucinoma) borealis, Myrtea spinifera, Lucinella divaricata, "Parvilucina (Microloripes) dentata" = Lucina (Microloripes) dentata, Megaxinus bellardiana
"Lucinoma borealis" = Lucinoma (Lucinoma) borealis Linnaeus 1767 clam
Myrtea spinifera Montagu 1803 clam
"Parvilucina (Microloripes) dentata" = Lucina (Microloripes) dentata Defrance 1823 clam | |
Hiatella arctica Linnaeus 1767 clam | |
Pholadomya sp. Sowerby 1823 clam | |
"Thracia pubescens" = Thracia (Thracia) pubescens
"Thracia pubescens" = Thracia (Thracia) pubescens Pulteney 1799 clam | |
Lasaeina austriaca clam | |
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"Felaniella trigonula" = Diplodonta
"Felaniella trigonula" = Diplodonta clam | |
Pelecyora (Cordiopsis) cf. islandicoides, Timoclea ovata, Clausinella basteroti, Paphia (Callistotapes) sp., "Gouldia minima" = Gouldia (Gouldia) minima
Pelecyora (Cordiopsis) cf. islandicoides Lamarck 1818 venus clam
Clausinella basteroti venus clam
Paphia (Callistotapes) sp. Sacco 1900 venus clam
"Gouldia minima" = Gouldia (Gouldia) minima Montagu 1803 venus clam | |
Montacuta schafferi Kautsky 1940 clam | |
Laevicardium (Habecardium) subturgidum, "? Nemocardium (Discors) spondyloides" = Discors, ? Acanthocardia (Rudicardium) grandis, Plagiocardium (Papillicardium) papillosum
"? Nemocardium (Discors) spondyloides" = Discors cockle
Plagiocardium (Papillicardium) papillosum Poli 1781 cockle | |
Tellina (Moerella) donacina Linnaeus 1767 tellin clam
Tellina (cf. Peronidia) nysti tellin clam | |
Abra sp. Lamarck 1818 abra | |
Corbula (Varicorbula) gibba Oliva 1792 clam | |
Nucinella dobergensis Lienenklaus 1891 Nut Clam | |
"Nuculana (Saccella) fragilis" = Saccella, "Nuculana (Lembulus) emarginata" = Nuculana emarginata
"Nuculana (Saccella) fragilis" = Saccella pointed nut clam
"Nuculana (Lembulus) emarginata" = Nuculana emarginata Lamarck 1819 pointed nut clam |