Where: Austria (48.5° N, 15.8° E: paleocoordinates 47.7° N, 15.2° E)
• coordinate stated in text
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Fels Formation, Burdigalian (20.4 - 16.0 Ma)
• STRATIGRAPHIC RELATIONS: From the Fels Fm, which conformably overlies the St. Marein-Freischling Fm (Aquitanian), and is conformably overlain by the Zellerndorf Fm (Burdigalian). THICKNESS: Unknown, but presumably from bed or group of beds within formation. AGE: Eggenburgian local stage = Burdigalian. STRATIGRAPHIC POSITION: From unknown position within formation.
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: coastal; unlithified, fine-grained sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: bulk, surface (in situ),
• COLLECTOR: Not stated in text, but possibly multiple collectors and dates. REPOSITORY: Not specifically stated, but likely reposited at the Inst. of Pal., University of Vienna, the Krahuletz Museum in Eggenburg, the Hörbarth Museum in Horn, and the Natural History Museum of Vienna.
Primary reference: O. Mandic and F. F. Steininger. 2003. Computer-based mollusc stratigraphy - a case study from the Eggenburgian (Lower Miocene) type region (NE Austria). Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 197:263-291 [A. Hendy/A. Hendy]more details
Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis
PaleoDB collection 77402: authorized by Austin Hendy, entered by Austin Hendy on 10.01.2008
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Bivalvia | |
Nuculana (Nuculana) guembeli pointed nut clam | |
"Nucula (Nucula) laevigata" = Leionucula laevigata
"Nucula (Nucula) laevigata" = Leionucula laevigata Sowerby 1818 nut clam | |
Septifer saccoi mussel | |
Glycymeris (Glycymeris) cor Lamarck 1805 clam | |
Arcopsis lactea clam | |
Chlamys bruei scallop
Chlamys incomparabilis scallop | |
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"Limatula subauriculata" = Lima subauriculata
"Limatula subauriculata" = Lima subauriculata Montagu 1808 file clam SUBSPECIES: Limatula subauriculata ? inframocaenica
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Ostrea sacyi oyster | |
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Lucinoma barrandei, "Lucinoma borealis" = Lucinoma (Lucinoma) borealis, Gibbolucina transversa, Divalinga divaricata, Megaxinus bellardiana
Lucinoma barrandei clam
"Lucinoma borealis" = Lucinoma (Lucinoma) borealis Linnaeus 1767 clam | |
Thracia (Cyathodonta) pubescens Pulteney 1799 clam | |
Cyrtodaria neuvillei clam
"Panopea menardi" = Panopea (Panopea) menardi Deshayes 1829 clam
Hiatella arctica Linnaeus 1767 clam | |
Anisodonta biali clam | |
Cerastoderma edule, Laevicardium sandbergeri, Discors spondyloides, Cardium rittergulderi, Rudicardium grande
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"Angulus (Peronidia) nysti" = Tellina (Peronidia), Arcopagia subelegans
"Angulus (Peronidia) nysti" = Tellina (Peronidia) tellin clam SUBSPECIES: Angulus (Peronidia) nysti pseudofalax
Arcopagia subelegans tellin clam | |
Venus aquitanica, "Venus multilamella" = Venus (Ventricoloidea) multilamella, Pitar (Chionella) lilacinoides
Venus aquitanica venus clam
"Venus multilamella" = Venus (Ventricoloidea) multilamella Lamarck 1818 venus clam
Pitar (Chionella) lilacinoides venus clam | |
Arctica girondica clam | |
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Spisula (Spisula) subtruncata da Costa 1778 clam SUBSPECIES: Spisula (Spisula) subtruncata triangula
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"Chama gryphina" = Pseudochama (Pseudochama) gryphina
"Chama gryphina" = Pseudochama (Pseudochama) gryphina Lamarck 1819 jewel box | |
Pholas desmoulinsi clam | |
Gastropoda | |
Cylichna (Cylichna) cylindracea Pennant 1777 snail | |
Triphora (Triphora) papaveracea, "Triphora (Triphora) perversa" = Triphora perversa
"Triphora (Triphora) perversa" = Triphora perversa Linnaeus 1758 snail | |
"Cancellaria (Trigonostoma) umbilicaris" = Trigonostoma
"Cancellaria (Trigonostoma) umbilicaris" = Trigonostoma snail SUBSPECIES: Cancellaria (Trigonostoma) umbilicaris pluricostata
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Drepanocheilus (Arrhoges) speciosus snail SUBSPECIES: Drepanocheilus (Arrhoges) speciosus serus & megapolitana
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Burtinella cf. subnummulus worm shell | |
Alvania (Alvania) venus snail | |
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Sandbergeria perspusilla snail | |
"Protoma (Protoma) cathedralis" = Protoma cathedralis, Turritella (Haustator) vermicularis
"Protoma (Protoma) cathedralis" = Protoma cathedralis Brongniart 1856 turret shell SUBSPECIES: Protoma (Protoma) cathedralis quadricincta
Turritella (Haustator) vermicularis Brocchi 1814 turret shell SUBSPECIES: Turritella (Haustator) vermicularis lineolatocincta
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Bittium (Bittium) benoisti cerith snail | |
Calyptraea (Calyptraea) chinensis Linnaeus 1758 slipper shell
Calyptraea (Calyptraea) depressa Lamarck 1822 slipper shell | |
Diloma (Paroxystele) amedei, Gibbula (Colliculus) cf. biangulata, Calliostoma (Ampullotrochus) laureatum
Gibbula (Colliculus) cf. biangulata top snail SUBSPECIES: Gibbula (Colliculus) cf. biangulata porella
Calliostoma (Ampullotrochus) laureatum top snail | |
Tricolia dollfusi snail | |
Emarginula (Emarginula) reticulata Sowerby 1813 snail | |
Haliotis (Haliotis) sp. Linnaeus 1758 abalone | |
"Ringicula (Ringiculella) auriculata" = Ringicula minor
"Ringicula (Ringiculella) auriculata" = Ringicula minor Grateloup 1838 snail SUBSPECIES: Ringicula (Ringiculella) auriculata paulucciae
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Scaphopoda | |
"Dentalium (Antalis) kickxi" = Antalis
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