Rohoznik-Konopiska clay pit (Miocene of Slovakia)

Where: Slovakia (48.4° N, 17.2° E: paleocoordinates 47.9° N, 16.8° E)

• coordinate stated in text

When: Studienka Formation, Serravallian (13.8 - 11.6 Ma)

• Late Badenian, Central Paratethys regional stage, early Serravalian

Environment/lithology: basinal (siliceous); gray, blue, calcareous claystone

• bluish, dark gray, sometimes calcareous clay

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: O. Lambert, J. Schlogl, and M. Kovac. 2008. Middle Miocene toothed whale with Platanista-like teeth from the Vienna Basin (Western Carpathians, Slovakia). Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Palæontologie, Abhandlungen 250(2):157-166 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/P. Wagner]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 89152: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 07.05.2009

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Taxonomic list

unclassified
  -
Gnathostomata
  -
Mammalia
 Cetacea - Platanistidae
Pomatodelphininae indet. Barnes 2002 toothed whale
Actinopteri
 Anguilliformes - Congridae
"Congridarum pantanellii" = Hildebrandia pantanellii
"Congridarum pantanellii" = Hildebrandia pantanellii Bassoli 1906 conger eel
 Gadiformes - Gadidae
 Clupeiformes - Clupeoidei
Clupea aff. testis Koken 1891 herring
Scaphopoda
 Dentaliida - Dentaliidae
"Dentalium badense" = Fissidentalium badense
"Dentalium badense" = Fissidentalium badense Hörnes 1856 tusk shell
Gastropoda
 Trochoidea - Turbinidae
"Turbo rugosus" = Bolma rugosus, Turbo tuberculatus
"Turbo rugosus" = Bolma rugosus Linnaeus 1767 snail
 Neogastropoda - Nassariidae
 Neogastropoda - Conidae
Conus dujardini Deshayes 1845 cone shell
Bivalvia
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
Pecten aduncus Eichwald 1830 scallop
 Ostreida - Ostreidae
Ostrea edulis Linnaeus 1758 oyster
 Pholadida - Corbulidae
"Corbula gibba" = Corbula (Varicorbula) gibba
"Corbula gibba" = Corbula (Varicorbula) gibba Oliva 1792 clam
 Hiatellida - Hiatellidae
"Glycimeris pilosus" = Glycymeris, "Panope menardi" = Panopea
"Glycimeris pilosus" = Glycymeris clam
"Panope menardi" = Panopea clam
 Carditida - Carditidae
Deuteropoda
  -
Ostracoda indet. Latreille 1802 ostracod
Foraminifera
 Foraminiferida -
"Foraminiferida indet." = Foraminifera
"Foraminiferida indet." = Foraminifera Eichwald 1830 foram
 Rotaliina - Bolivinidae
Tubothalamea
 Miliolida - Hauerinidae
Foraminifera
  - Spiroplectamminidae
 Buliminoidea - Buliminidae
Bulimina pyrula d'Orbigny 1846
Bulimina elongata d'Orbigny 1846