Kummer Quarry: Middle Miocene, Austria

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Actinopteri - Gadiformes - Gadidae
Palimphemus anceps Kner 1862
Carnevale et al. 2012
Gaidropsarus pilleri n. sp. Carnevale and Harhauzer 2013
Carnevale and Harhauzer 2013
Actinopteri - Batrachoidiformes - Batrachoididae
Zappaichthys harzhauseri n. gen., n. sp. Carnevale and Collette 2014
Carnevale and Collette 2014
Actinopteri - Malacanthidae
Malacanthus carosii n. sp. Carnevale 2016
Carnevale 2016
Actinopteri - Labriformes - Labridae
Wainwrightilabrus n. gen. agassizi (Münster 1846)
Coris sigismundi (Kner 1862)
Symphodus westneati n. sp. Carnevale 2015
see common names

Geography
Country:Austria
Coordinates: 47.8° North, 16.6° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:47.2° North, 16.3° East
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Time
Period:Neogene Epoch:Miocene
10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 5
Key time interval:Middle Miocene
Age range of interval:15.98000 - 11.63000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Leitha
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: sandy "limestone"
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: calcareneite consisting mainly of branching red algae
Environment:shallow subtidal indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Metadata
Also known as:St. Margarethen
Database number:186861
Authorizer:M. Uhen Enterer:M. Uhen, O. Alfaro
Modifier:M. Uhen Research group:vertebrate
Created:2017-07-06 15:07:14 Last modified:2021-04-21 15:07:43
Access level:the public Released:2017-07-06 15:07:14
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
62661. G. Carnevale. 2015. Middle Miocene wrasses (Teleostei, Labridae) from St. Margarethen (Burgenland, Austria). Palaeontolographica, Abt. A: Palaeozoology-Stratigraphy 304(1-6):121-159 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]

Secondary references:

76601 G. Carnevale. 2016. Blanquillos (Teleostei, Malacanthidae) from the Middle Miocene of St. Margarethen in Burgenland, Austria: Palaeoenvironmental implications. Annales de Paléontologie 102:51-57 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]
76511 G. Carnevale and B. B. Collette. 2014. Zappaichthys Harzhauseri, Gen. et Sp. Nov., A New Miocene Toadfish (Teleostei, Batrachoidiformes) From The Paratethys (St. Margarethen In Burgenland, Austria), With Comments On The Fossil Record Of Batrachoidform Fishes. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 34(5):1005-1017 [M. Uhen/O. Alfaro]
76585 G. Carnevale, M. Harhauzer, and O. Schultz. 2012. The Miocene gadid fish Palimphemus anceps Kner, 1862: a reappraisal. Geodiversitas 34(3):625-643 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]
76512 G. Carnevale and M. Harhauzer. 2013. Middle Miocene rockling (Teleostei, Gadidae) from the Paratethys (St. Margarethen in Burgenland, Austria). Bulletin of Geosciences 88(3):609-620 [M. Uhen/O. Alfaro]