Journal article

Publication year: 2019

Pages: 163-173

Journal: Jahrbuch der Geologischen Bundesanstalt (Wien)

Volume number: 159

URL: https://opac.geologie.ac.at/ais312/dokumente/JB1591_163_A_Harzhauser%20et%20al.pdf

Publisher: Verlag der Geologischen Bundesanstalt

Abstract: 

The mollusk fauna of the opalite of the Tschaterberg region close to Kohfidisch in Burgenland (Austria) is re-evaluated. The assemblage is low diverse, comprising only lymnaeids, planorbids and four parautochthonous helicid gastropod species. The ecological requirements of the genera indicate a pure freshwater setting in a short-lived, shallow lake or pond with rich reed vegetation and peat formation. Stratigraphically, a correlation with the upper Pannonian (upper Miocene) is most likely, excluding any chemical influence on opalite formation by Dacian volcanism. Thus, the opalite-lake existed contemporaneously with the famous early Turolian mammal fauna from Kohfidisch, which is correlated with the European Mammal Zone MN 11.

Harvard Citation style: Harzhauser, M., Neubauer, T. and Schmitsberger, O. (2019) The gastropod fauna from the opalite of the late Miocene Lake Tschaterberg (Austria), Jahrbuch der Geologischen Bundesanstalt (Wien), 159, pp. 163-173. https://opac.geologie.ac.at/ais312/dokumente/JB1591_163_A_Harzhauser%20et%20al.pdf

APA Citation style: Harzhauser, M., Neubauer, T., & Schmitsberger, O. (2019). The gastropod fauna from the opalite of the late Miocene Lake Tschaterberg (Austria). Jahrbuch der Geologischen Bundesanstalt (Wien). 159, 163-173. https://opac.geologie.ac.at/ais312/dokumente/JB1591_163_A_Harzhauser%20et%20al.pdf