Marine and terrestrial vertebrates from the Middle Miocene of Grund (Lower Austria)

Author(s)
Gudrun Daxner-Höck, Petra M. Miklas-Tempfer, Ursula B. Göhlich, Kati Huttunen, Emese Kazár, Doris Nagel, Gertrud E. Roessner, Ortwin Schultz, Reinhard Ziegler
Abstract

The Grand assemblage comprises 45 vertebrate species from marine and terrestrial ecosystems. A whale, sharks, rays, bony fishes, and sea-birds hint at marine conditions, whereas a salamander, a pheasant bird, turtles, snakes and land-mammals indicate various terrestrial paleoenvironments. Biostratigraphically the upper part of MN5 (mammals) and the upper part of the Lower Lagenidae Zone (foraminifers) are indicated. The assemblage of Grund therefore serves as a reference point for the continental/marine correlation in the Central Paratethys.

Organisation(s)
Department of Palaeontology
External organisation(s)
Naturhistorisches Museum Wien (NHM), Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Geological Institute of Hungary, SMNS
Journal
Geologica Carpathica
Volume
55
Pages
191-197
No. of pages
7
ISSN
1335-0552
Publication date
04-2004
Peer reviewed
Yes
Austrian Fields of Science 2012
105118 Palaeontology
Keywords
ASJC Scopus subject areas
Geology
Sustainable Development Goals
SDG 14 - Life Below Water, SDG 15 - Life on Land
Portal url
https://ucrisportal.univie.ac.at/en/publications/9bd23a5b-e05a-4e34-94b1-1bf5cd95907d