ammonites
Pucking (Miocene of Austria)

Where: Austria (48.2° N, 14.2° E: paleocoordinates 48.3° N, 12.1° E)

• coordinate stated in text

When: Ebelsberg Formation, Aquitanian (23.0 - 20.4 Ma)

• zone NN2

Environment/lithology: marine; silty, sandy claystone

• intense upwelling with terrestrial input of nutrients
• laminated sandy and silty clay

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils, microfossils

Preservation: original calcite, original phosphate

Primary reference: R. Gregorova, O. Schultz, M. Harzhauser, A. Kroh, and S. Coric. 2009. A giant early Miocene sunfish from the North Alpine foreland basin (Austria) and its implication for molid phylogeny. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 29(2):359-371 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 99160: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 29.10.2010