Bad Sauerbrunn (Miocene of Austria)

Where: Austria (47.8° N, 16.3° E: paleocoordinates 47.3° N, 16.1° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Sarmatian (12.7 - 11.6 Ma)

• upper Ervilla Zone, Volhynian, Sarmatian

Environment/lithology: limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: F. Steininger and E. Thenius. 1964. Eine Wirbeltierfaunula aus dem Sarmat (Ober-Miozan) von Sauerbrunn (Burgenland). Mitteilungen der Geologischen Gesellschaft in Wien 57(2):449-467 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 73299: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 11.06.2007

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

unclassified
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Nubercularia novorossica
subspecies nodula
Callistocytheridea leptostigma
subspecies leptostigma
Globothalamea
 Rotaliida - Nonionidae
Foraminifera
 Rotalioidea - Elphidiidae
Tubothalamea
 Miliolida - Peneroplidae
 Miliolida - Hauerinidae
Foraminifera
 Rotaliacea - Rotaliidae
Gastropoda
 Trochoidea - Trochidae
Calliostoma sp. Swainson 1840 top snail
 Cerithioidea - Cerithiidae
 Cerithioidea - Potamididae
Pirenella picta horn snail
subspecies picta
 Neogastropoda - Buccinidae
Dorsanum sp. Gray 1847 true whelk
 Stylommatophora - Helicidae
Cepaea silvestrina slug
subspecies gottschicki
Bivalvia
 Cardiida - Veneridae
Irus cf. gregarius venus clam
subspcies gregarius
 Cardiida - Mactridae
Mactra vitaliana clam
subspecies eichwaldi
 Cardiida - Cardiidae
Cardium sp. Linnaeus 1758 cockle
 Cardiida - Semelidae
Ervilia sp. Turton 1822 clam
Ostracoda
 Podocopida - Xestoleberididae
Xestoleberis sp. Sars 1866 ostracod
 Podocopida - Cytherideidae
Cyamocytheridea leptostigma ostracod
subspecies leptosigma
 Podocopida - Loxoconchidae
 Podocopida - Hemicytheridae
 Podocopida - Leptocytheridae
 Podocopida - Candonidae
Mammalia
 Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Rhinocerotidae indet. Gray 1821 rhinoceros
 Cetacea -
"Acrodelphis cf. letochae" = Champsodelphis letochae
"Acrodelphis cf. letochae" = Champsodelphis letochae Brandt 1873 toothed whale
 Placentalia -
Carnivora indet. Bowdich 1821 carnivoran
 Proboscidea - Proboscidea
Proboscidea indet. proboscidean
 Proboscidea - Deinotheriidae
"Dinotherium levius" = Deinotherium giganteum
"Dinotherium levius" = Deinotherium giganteum Kaup 1829 deinothere
Reptilia
 Testudines - Testudinidae
Testudo sp. Linnaeus 1758 turtle