Pucking (Miocene of Austria)

Where: Austria (48.2° N, 14.2° E: paleocoordinates 48.3° N, 12.1° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: NN2 nannofossil zone, Ebelsberg Formation, Aquitanian (23.0 - 20.4 Ma)

• LITHOSTRATIGRAPHY: The silty clays are part of the Ebelsberg Formation (Krenmayr and Schnabel 2006) and belong to the North Alpine Foreland Basin. AGE: upper Egerian stage (= Aquitanian) and correspond to the nannoplankton zone NN2 (Gregorova et al. 2009; Grunert et al. 2010a).

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: offshore; poorly lithified, silty, sandy claystone

• Depth estimates for the investigated deposits are not precise due to the wide range of bathymetric distributions of the revealed benthic foraminifers. The common occurrence of Haplophragmoides indicates a water depth greater than 100 m (Murray, 2006). The scarce occurrence of the shallow-water taxa Ammonia and Elphidium is interpreted as transport from the coast. Furthermore, recent tenuitellids are exclusively described from offshore sites in basins deeper than 100 m (Li and McGowran, 1998) and from oceanic environments (Li et al., 1992). This interpretation is in good agreement with an outer shelf to slope position for the Ebelsberg Formation suggested by Wagner (1998).
• LITHOLOGY: laminated sandy and silty clay. LITHIFICATION: Poorly lithified.

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils, microfossils

Preservation: original aragonite, original calcite, original phosphate

Reposited in the NHMW

• COLLECTORS: Unknown. REPOSITORY: Natural History Museum Vienna (Austria).

Primary reference: R. Gregorova, O. Schultz, M. Harzhauser, A. Kroh, and S. Coric. 2009. A giant early Miocene sunfish from the North Alpine foreland basin (Austria) and its implication for molid phylogeny. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 29(2):359-371 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 99160: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 29.10.2010, edited by Austin Hendy

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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unclassified
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Turidae indet.1, Deletopecten sp.1, Milliammina sp.1, Tenuitellinata angustiumbilicata1, Tenuitellinata pseudoedita1, Tenuitellinata sp.1, Myllostomella advena1, Neugeborina longiscata1, Porosononion roemeri1, ? Porosononion sp.1
Asterigerinata
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Asterigerinata planorbis1
Turrilina
  -
Turrilina alsatica1
Budashevaella
  -
? Budashevaella sp.1
Haplophragmiina
 Lituolacea - Haplophragmoiidae
Haplophragmoides laminatus1, Haplophragmoides peripheroexcavatus1, Haplophragmoides vasiceki1
 Lituolacea - Ammosphaeroidinidae
Recurvoides sp.1
Amphicoryna
  -
Amphicoryna badenensis1, ? Amphicoryna sp.1
Trochulina
  -
Trochulina uhlig1
Nonionellina
  -
Nonionellina sp.1
Elphidiella
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Elphidiella cryptostoma1, Elphidiella dollfusi1, Elphidiella heteropora1, Elphidiella minuta1, Elphidiella roemeri1, Elphidiella subcarinata1, Elphidiella subnodosa1
Chilostomellidae
  - Chilostomellidae
Sphaeroidina variabilis1
Nuttallides
  -
Nuttallides convexus1
Rotaliina
 Chilostomellacea - Heterolepidae
Heterolepa dutemplei1
 Chilostomellacea - Gavelinellidae
Hanzawaia boueana1, Hanzawaia hovcici1
 Chilostomellacea - Alabaminidae
Alabamina wolterstorffi1
 Rotaliina - Fursenkoinidae
Fursenkoina cf. mustoni1, Fursenkoina acuta1
Fursenkoina acuta1 d'Orbigny 1846
 Rotaliina - Cassidulinidae
Cassidulina laevigata1, Globocassidulina subglobosa1
 Rotaliina -
Aubignyna kiliani1, Caucasina coprolithoides1, Caucasina schischkinskayae1
Rotaliina
 Planorbulinacea - Cibicididae
Cibicidoides lopjanicus1, Cibicidoides lucidus1, Cibicidoides punctatus1, Cibicidoides slovenicus1, Cibicidoides tenellus1, Cibicidoides ungerianus1, Cibicidoides sp.1
 Buliminacea - Uvigerinidae
Uvigerina cf. gracilis1, Uvigerina cf. rudlingensis1
 Buliminacea - Buliminidae
Bulimina striata1, Buliminella acicula1, Globobulimina pupoides1
 Discorbacea - Bagginidae
Baggina dentata1, Valvulineria complanata1, Valvulineria palmarealensis1, Valvulineria sp.1, Cancris primitivus1, Cancris turgidus1
Valvulineria sp.1 Cushman 1926
 Discorbacea - Discorbidae
Buccella propinqua1, ? Epistominella sp.1
? Epistominella sp.1 Husezima and Maruhasi 1944
 Discorbacea - Rosalinidae
? Neoconorbina sp.1
? Neoconorbina sp.1 Hofker 1951
 Rotaliacea - Rotaliidae
Ammonia discigera1, Ammonia pseudobeccarii1, Ammonia tepida1, Ammonia viennensis1, ? Gyroidina brockerti1, Gyroidinoides parvus1, Gyroidinoides soldanii1
 Rotaliacea - Elphidiidae
Elphidium crispum1, Elphidium felsense1, Elphidium karpathicum1, Elphidium cf. matzenense1, Elphidium cf. ortenburgense1, Elphidium praeforme1
 Rotaliina -
Angulogerina esuviensis1, Angulogerina cf. muralis1, Angulogerina angulosa1
Angulogerina angulosa1 Williamson 1858
Rotaliina
 Nonionacea - Nonionidae
Melonis pompilioides1, Nonion commune1
 Rotaliina - Bolivinidae
Bolivina beyrichi1, Bolivina crenulata1, Bolivina grabenensis1, Bolivina korynoides1, Bolivina subalpina1, Bolivina trunensis1, Bolivina versatilis1, Bolivina fastigia1
Bolivina fastigia1 Gianotti 1953
Gaudryinopsis
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Gaudryinopsis austriacus1
 Globigerinaceae - Globigerinidae
Globigerinella cf. obesa1, Globigerina dubia1, Globigerina gnaucki1, Globigerina lentiana1, Globigerina officinalis1, Globigerina ottnangiensis1, Globigerina steiningeri1, Globigerina sp.1, Globigerina ouachitaensis1, Globigerina anguliofficinalis1, Globigerina cf. falconensis1, Globigerina praebulloides1, Globoturborotalita connecta1, Globoturborotalita woodi1, Tenuitella brevispira1, Tenuitella clemenciae1, Tenuitella minutissima1
Globigerina sp.1 d'Orbigny 1826
Globigerina ouachitaensis1 Howe and Wallace 1932
Eoeponidella
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Eoeponidella ampliportata1
Amphimorphina
  -
Amphimorphina haueriana1
Parrelloides
  -
Parrelloides sp.1
Stomatorbina
  -
? Stomatorbina sp.1
Textulariina
 Astrorhizacea - Bathysiphonidae
Bathysiphon filiformis1
 Ammodiscoidea - Ammodiscidae
Ammodiscus tenuissimus1
 Textulariina -
Semivulvulina sp.1
Semivulvulina sp.1 d'Orbigny 1846
Escornebovina
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Escornebovina cuvillieri1, Escornebovina orthorapha1, Escornebovina trochiformis1, Escornebovina sp.1, ? Escornebovina sp.1
Virgulopsis
  -
Virgulopsis tuberculatus1
Hemirobulina
  -
Hemirobulina sp.1
Lagenina
 Nodosariacea - Polymorphinidae
Globulina gibba1
 Nodosariacea - Nodosariidae
Lagena catenulata1, Lagena filicosta1, Lagena haidingeri1, Lagena striata1, Grigelis pyrula1, Lenticulina inornata1, Lenticulina sp.1, Planularia moravica1, Laevidentalina inornata1, Laevidentalina intermedia1, Laevidentalina reussi1, Marginulina subregularis1, Marginulina sp.1
Lagena striata1 Williamson 1848
Lenticulina sp.1 Lamarck 1804
Marginulina sp.1 d'Orbigny 1826
 Nodosariacea - Ellipsolagenidae
Fissurina buchneri1, Fissurina corrosa1, Fissurina marginata1
Biapertorbis
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Biapertorbis alteconicus1, Biapertorbis biaperturatus1
Pseudoparrella
  -
Pseudoparrella exigua1, Pseudoparrella sp.1
Siphonodosaria
  -
Siphonodosaria scripta1, Siphonodosaria adolphina1, Siphonodosaria cf. consobrina1
Plectofrondicularia
  -
Plectofrondicularia sp.1
Maxillopoda
 Lepadiformes - Lepadidae
Lepas sattmanni n. sp.2
Lepas sattmanni n. sp.2 Harzhauser and Schloegl 2012 barnacle
Bivalvia
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
Perna aquitanica1
 Lucinida - Lucinidae
Megaxinus bellardianus1
 Nuculida - Nuculidae
Nucula sp.1
Nucula sp.1 Lamarck 1799 nut clam
Gastropoda
 Thecosomata - Limacinidae
Limacina sp.1
Limacina sp.1 Bosc 1817 snail
 Thecosomata - Cavoliniidae
Clio sp.1
Clio sp.1 Linnaeus 1767 snail
 Naticoidea - Naticidae
Euspira helicina1
Euspira helicina1 Brocchi 1814 moon snail
Cephalopoda
 Nautilida - Aturiidae
Aturia sp.1
Aturia sp.1 Bronn 1838 nautiloid
Gnathostomata
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Chondrichthyes indet.1
Chondrichthyes indet.1 Huxley 1880 cartilaginous fish
Actinopteri
 Carangiformes - Carangidae
Carangidae indet.1
Carangidae indet.1 Rafinesque 1815
 Syngnathiformes - Syngnathidae
Syngnathidae indet.1
 Scombriformes - Scombridae
Scombridae indet.1
Scombridae indet.1 Rafinesque 1815
 Perciformes - Serranidae
Serranidae indet.1
Serranidae indet.1 Swainson 1839 perch-like fish
 Tetraodontiformes - Molidae
Austromola angerhoferi
Austromola angerhoferi Gregorova et al. 2009
 Acanthomorphata - Caproidae
Caproidae indet.1
 Gadiformes - Merlucciidae
Merlucciidae indet.1
 Clupeiformes - Clupeoidei
Clupeidae indet.1
Clupeidae indet.1 Bleeker 1859 hering
Aves
 Gaviiformes -
Petralca austriaca1
Petralca austriaca1 Mlikovsky 1987 loon
Mammalia
 Cetacea -
Odontoceti indet.
Odontoceti indet. Flower 1867 toothed whale
"dolphin", appears to be a eurhinodelpinid from the photograph
Echinoidea
 Spatangoida - Schizasteridae
Linthia summesbergeri1
Linthia summesbergeri1 heart urchin
Phaeophyceae
 Laminariales - Cystoseiraceae
Cystoseirites altoaustriacus1
Foraminferea
 Miliolida - Hauerinidae
Cycloforina ludwigi1, Cycloforina sp.1, Sigmoilinita sp.1
Cycloforina sp.1 Luczkowska 1972
Sigmoilinita sp.1 Gherke 1938
1Grunert et al. 2010; 2Harzhauser and Schloegl 2012