Muthmannsdorf Abandoned Quarry (Cretaceous of Austria)

Where: Lower Austria, Austria (47.8° N, 16.1° E: paleocoordinates 35.7° N, 16.0° E)

When: Pachydiscus epiplectus ammonoid zone, Piesting Formation (Upper Gosau Group), Early/Lower Maastrichtian (70.6 - 66.0 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lithified, conglomeratic limestone

• The age of fossiliferous strata of the Piesting Formation that crop out at Muthmannsdorf is constrained by the presence of the ammonites Pseudokossmaticeras brandti (Redtenbacher, 1873) (late Campanian), which is found just below the ghost shrimp level and Pachydiscus epiplectus (Redtenbacher, 1873) (early Maastrichtian) which co-occurs with the callianassid body fossils.

Size class: microfossils

Preservation: cast, mold/impression, original calcite

Collection methods: quarrying,

Primary reference: M. Hyžný and H. Summesberger. 2019. A new species of Mesostylus (Decapoda, Axiidea, Callianassidae) - A peep into the private life of a Late Cretaceous burrowing shrimp. Cretaceous Research 101:108-123 [M. Clapham/J. Fearon/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 226428: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by J Fearon on 07.07.2022

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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unclassified
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Volutodesmidae indet.
Gastropoda
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Gastropoda indet.
Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795 snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Naticidae
Gyrodes sp., Lunatia sp.
Gyrodes sp. Conrad 1860 moon snail
Lunatia sp. Gray 1847 moon snail
 Sorbeoconcha - Aporrhaidae
Arrhoges sp.
 Neogastropoda - Volutidae
"Volutocorbis sp." = Athleta (Volutocorbis)
"Volutocorbis sp." = Athleta (Volutocorbis) Dall 1890 volute
 Cerithioidea - Turritellidae
Turritella sp., Turritella alternans
Turritella sp. Lamarck 1799 turret shell
Turritella alternans Roemer 1841 turret shell
 Neritoidea - Neritidae
Otostoma sp.
Otostoma sp. d'Archaic 1859 snail
Bivalvia
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Bivalvia indet.
Bivalvia indet. Linnaeus 1758 clam
 Arcida - Glycymerididae
"Glycymeris (Glycymerita) marrotianus" = Glycymerita
"Glycymeris (Glycymerita) marrotianus" = Glycymerita clam
 Arcida - Arcidae
Barbatia inaequidentata
 Ostreida - Pinnidae
Pinna cretacea
Pinna cretacea Schlotheim 1813 oyster
 Ostreida - Gryphaeidae
Pycnodonte (Phrygaea) vesicularis
 Pectinida - Neitheoidae
"Neithea coquandi" = Neithea (Neithea) coquandi
"Neithea coquandi" = Neithea (Neithea) coquandi Peron 1877 scallop
 Pectinida - Pectinoidae
"Pecten" sparsinodosus
 Myalinida - Inoceramidae
"Endocostea impressa" = Inoceramus (Endocostea)
"Endocostea impressa" = Inoceramus (Endocostea) clam
 Mytilida - Mytilidae
Inoperna flagellifera
Inoperna flagellifera Forbes 1846 mussel
 Trigoniida - Trigoniidae
"Trigonia" sp.
"Trigonia" sp. Bruguière 1789 clam
 Hiatellida - Hiatellidae
"Panopaea rustica" = Panopea
"Panopaea rustica" = Panopea clam
 Pandorida - Laternulidae
Cercomya producta
 Poromyida - Poromyidae
Poromyidae indet., ? Poromya frequens
Poromyidae indet. Dall 1886 clam
 Pholadomyida - Pholadomyidae
Pholadomya nodulifera
 Cardiida - Cyrenidae
"Cyrena" solitaria
 Cardiida - Veneridae
"Cytherea" polymorpha
Cephalopoda
 Ammonitida - Kossmaticeratidae
Pseudokossmaticeras duereri, Pseudokossmaticeras brandti
Pseudokossmaticeras duereri Redtenbacher 1873 ammonite
Pseudokossmaticeras brandti Redten bacher 1873 ammonite
 Ammonitida - Pachydiscidae
Pachydiscus sp., Pachydiscus epiplectus, Pachydiscus cf. epiplectus
Pachydiscus sp. Zittel 1884 ammonite
Pachydiscus epiplectus Redtenbacher 1873 ammonite
Pachydiscus cf. epiplectus Redtenbacher 1873 ammonite
 Ammonitida - Desmoceratidae
Desmophyllites larteti
Desmophyllites larteti Seunes 1891 ammonite
 Nautilida - Nautilidae
Nautilidae indet.
Nautilidae indet. de Blainville 1825 nautiloid
Malacostraca
 Decapoda - Callianassidae
Mesostylus pervesleri
Mesostylus pervesleri Hyžný and Summesberger 2019 decapod