Pit west of Rainbach im Innkreis: Burdigalian, Austria
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
|
Chondrichthyes
- Rajiformes
|
|||||||
|
Ostarriraja parva n. gen., n. sp.
Marrama et al. 2018
|
1 specimen | ||||||
| see common names | |||||||
Geography
| Country: | Austria |
| Coordinates: | 48.5° North, 13.5° East (view map) |
| Paleocoordinates: | 48.7° North, 11.9° East |
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Miocene |
| Stage: | Burdigalian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 5 |
| Key time interval: | Burdigalian | Zone: | Ottnangian |
| Age range of interval: | 20.44000 - 15.98000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Stratigraphy comments: Central Paratethys stage Ottnangian, middle Burdigalian, early Miocene (c.18 Ma |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | claystone |
| Environment: | marine indet. |
| Geology comments: considered part of Burdigalian Seaway | |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body,mold/impression |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Articulated whole bodies: | many |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | survey of museum collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Taxonomic list comments:many other fish and sharks from site not reported here | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 197325 | ||
| Authorizer: | P. Holroyd | Enterer: | P. Holroyd | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2018-11-04 17:44:25 | Last modified: | 2018-11-04 17:44:25 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2018-11-04 17:44:25 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 67293. | G. Marrama, O. Schultz, and J. Kriwet. 2018. A new Miocene skate from the Central Paratethys (Upper Austria): the first unambiguous skeletal record for the Rajiformes (Chondrichthyes: Batomorphii). Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 1-24 [P. Holroyd/P. Holroyd] |