Niederleis - Bahnhof - sample 1 (section A) (Miocene of Austria)

Where: Austria (48.6° N, 16.4° E: paleocoordinates 48.0° N, 16.1° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Badenian (13.7 - 12.7 Ma)

• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: Overlying Karpatian sediments, but also regionally overlying Paleocene-Jurassic basement rock. THICKNESS: Sampled horizon of ~10 cm within approximately 10 m thick composite section (composed of ~4 m thick pits. AGE: Early Badenian, Lower Lagenid froam biozone, NN5, M5 planktic foram biozone, lower Langhian. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From near base of section, in monotonous clay.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: deep-water; unlithified, carbonaceous claystone

• ENVIRONMENT: Water depth probably exceeding 100 m, and up to 500 m. SEQUENCE STRATIGRAPHY: Highstand conditions at this time within Vienna Basin.
• SPECIFIC LITHOLOGY: Clay, poor in macrofossils, scattered plant fossils. LITHIFICATION: Unlithified, based on description.

Size class: macrofossils

Collected by Mandic, Harzhauser, Spezzaferri, Zuschin

Collection methods: bulk, peroxide, sieve,

• METHODS: Collections soaked and sieved (1mm). REPOSITORY: Either University of Wien (Vienna), or Museum of Natural History (NHMW).

Primary reference: O. Mandic, M. Harzhauser, S. Spezzaferri and M. Zuschin. 2002. The paleoenvironment of an early Middle Miocene Paratethys sequence in NE Austria with special emphasis on mollusks and foraminifera. Geobios 24:193-206 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 74651: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 21.08.2007

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• COVERAGE: Exhaustive for bivalvia and gastropoda; bryozoa, corals, corallinacea, serpulids, forams, balanids, and echinoids also present though not listed. NOMENCLATURE: Not an authoritative publication, but with modern nomenclature, with species and subgenus resolution identifications by specialists.
unclassified
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Gastropoda
 Trochoidea - Turbinidae
"Astraea (Bolma) meynardi" = Bolma, "Astraea (Bolma) sp." = Bolma
"Astraea (Bolma) meynardi" = Bolma snail
"Astraea (Bolma) sp." = Bolma Risso 1826 snail
 Trochoidea - Trochidae
? Clanculus sp. Monfort 1810 top snail
Gibbula sp. Risso 1826 top snail
Gibbula buchi Dubois 1831 top snail
Jujubinus sp. Monterosato 1884 top snail
 Lepetellida - Fissurellidae
Diodora sp. Gray 1821 snail
 Cerithioidea - Cerithiidae
Bittium sp. Gray 1847 cerith snail
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
Turritella spirata turret shell
Turritella sp. Lamarck 1799 turret shell
 Cerithioidea - Potamididae
 Neogastropoda - Buccinidae
Buccinidae indet. Rafinesque 1815 true whelk
 Neogastropoda - Nassariidae
Sphaeronassa sp. Locard 1886 snail
 Neogastropoda - Fasciolariidae
Latirus sp. Monfort 1810 snail
 Neogastropoda - Conidae
"Hemiconus granularis" = Conus (Hemiconus)
"Hemiconus granularis" = Conus (Hemiconus) cone shell
 Neogastropoda - Costellariidae
Vexillum sp. Röding 1798 ribbed mitre
Vexillum (Costellaria) pseudorecticosta Boettger 1906 ribbed mitre
 Neogastropoda - Cystiscidae
 Neogastropoda - Muricidae
Muricidae indet. Rafinesque 1815 murex snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Cymatiidae
Cymatiidae indet. Iredale 1913 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Triviidae
Erato sp. Risso 1826 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
Naticidae indet. Guilding 1834 moon snail
Natica sp. Scopoli 1777 moon snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Rissoidae
Alvania sp. Risso 1826 snail
Alvania oceani d'Orbigny 1852 snail
Rissoina sp. d'Orbigny 1840 snail
Rissoina podolica Cossmann 1921 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Vermetidae
Petaloconchus intortus Lamarck 1818 worm shell
 Sorbeoconcha - Cerithiopsidae
Cerithiopsis sp. Hanley 1849 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Triphoridae
Triphora sp. Blainville 1828 snail
Triphora perversa Linnaeus 1758 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Tornidae
 Sorbeoconcha - Vitrinellidae
Adeorbis sp. Wood 1848 snail
 Heterostropha - Pyramidellidae
Turbonilla sp. Risso 1826 snail
Bivalvia
 Pholadida - Corbulidae
 Cardiida - Chamidae
Chama (Psolopus) gryphoides Linnaeus 1758 jewel box
 Cardiida - Veneridae
Veneridae indet. Rafinesque 1815 venus clam
Circomphalus subplicatus dOrbigny 1852 venus clam
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
Europicardium multicostatum Brocchi 1814 cockle
"Parvicardium papillosum" = Plagiocardium (Papillicardium) papillosum Poli 1781 cockle
 Cardiida - Tellinidae
Tellinidae indet. Blainville 1814 tellin clam
 Carditida - Carditidae
"Scalaricardita scalaris" = Cyclocardia (Scalaricardita) clam