Niederleis - Bahnhof - sample 3 (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 74656: 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.
Bivalvia
 Carditida - Carditidae
"Scalaricardita scalaris" = Cyclocardia (Scalaricardita) clam
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
"Parvicardium papillosum" = Plagiocardium (Papillicardium) papillosum
"Parvicardium papillosum" = Plagiocardium (Papillicardium) papillosum Poli 1781 cockle
 Cardiida - Chamidae
Chama (Psolopus) gryphoides Linnaeus 1758 jewel box
 Cardiida - Veneridae
Veneridae indet. Rafinesque 1815 venus clam
Circomphalus subplicatus dOrbigny 1852 venus clam
 Pholadida - Corbulidae
Gastropoda
 Opisthobranchia - Haminoeidae
 Heterostropha - Pyramidellidae
Turbonilla sp. Risso 1826 snail
 Heterostropha - Mathildidae
 Sorbeoconcha - Vitrinellidae
 Sorbeoconcha - Rissoidae
Alvania sp. Risso 1826 snail
Rissoina podolica Cossmann 1921 snail
 Neogastropoda - Costellariidae
Vexillum sp. Röding 1798 ribbed mitre
 Neogastropoda - Muricidae
Muricidae indet., ? Ocenebra sp., "Coralliophila (Orania) cheilotoma" = Orania cheilotoma, "Aspella (Favartia) sp." = Favartia
Muricidae indet. Rafinesque 1815 murex snail
? Ocenebra sp. Leach in Gray 1847 murex snail
"Coralliophila (Orania) cheilotoma" = Orania cheilotoma Hörnes and Auinger 1890 murex snail
"Aspella (Favartia) sp." = Favartia Jousseaume 1880 murex snail
 Neogastropoda - Cystiscidae
 Neogastropoda - Cancellariidae
 Neogastropoda - Drilliidae
 Neogastropoda - Conidae
Conus sp., "Hemiconus granularis" = Conus (Hemiconus)
Conus sp. Linnaeus 1758 cone shell
"Hemiconus granularis" = Conus (Hemiconus) cone shell
 Neogastropoda - Mangeliidae
"Mangelia cf. sparsa" = Cythara (Mangelia), "? Mangelia sp." = Cythara (Mangelia)
"Mangelia cf. sparsa" = Cythara (Mangelia) snail
"? Mangelia sp." = Cythara (Mangelia) Loven 1846 snail
 Neogastropoda - Turridae
Turridae indet. Swainson 1840 turrid
 Neogastropoda - Nassariidae
Nassariidae indet. Iredale 1916 snail
 Neogastropoda - Columbellidae
Pyrene sp. Röding 1798 snail
Anachis sp. Adams and Adams 1853 snail
 Neogastropoda - Mitridae
Mitraria bouei mitre shell
 Sorbeoconcha - Bursidae
Bursa sp. Roding 1798 frog shell
 Sorbeoconcha - Ranellidae
 Sorbeoconcha - Triviidae
Erato sp. Risso 1826 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Vermetidae
Petaloconchus intortus Lamarck 1818 worm shell
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
Naticidae indet. Guilding 1834 moon snail
Natica sp. Scopoli 1777 moon snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Cerithiopsidae
Cerithiopsis sp. Hanley 1849 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Triphoridae
Triphora sp. Blainville 1828 snail
Triphora perversa Linnaeus 1758 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Capulidae
Capulus ungaricus Linnaeus 1758 snail
 Vanikoroidea - Eulimidae
Melanella sp. Bowdich 1822 snail
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
Turritella badensis turret shell
Turritella spirata turret shell
Turritella sp. Lamarck 1799 turret shell
 Cerithioidea - Planaxidae
 Cerithioidea - Cerithiidae
"? Conocerithium sp." = Cerithium Bruguière 1789 cerith snail
Bittium sp. Gray 1847 cerith snail
 Trochoidea - Trochidae
Gibbula sp. Risso 1826 top snail
Gibbula buchi Dubois 1831 top snail
 Trochoidea - Skeneidae
"Teinostoma (Solariorbis) woodi" = Solariorbis
"Teinostoma (Solariorbis) woodi" = Solariorbis snail
 Trochoidea - Turbinidae
"Astraea (Bolma) sp." = Bolma
"Astraea (Bolma) sp." = Bolma Risso 1826 snail
 Trochoidea - Colloniidae
 Neritoidea - Neritidae
Agapilia picta Férussac 1825 snail