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By FranzBernhard (edited)
Arc Clam
Kingdom: Animalia
Eon: Phanerozoic
Era: Cenozoic
Period: Neogene
Sub Period: None
Epoch: Miocene
International Age: Langhian
unknown formation
Florianer Schichten
Collector: Franz Bernhard
Date Collected: 09/14/2016
Acquired by: Field Collection
Width: 25 mm
Fuggaberg (villiage west of St. Josef)
St. Josef
Styria
Austria
Anadara diluvii with matrix. Width of the teeth area on the second photo is 15 mm.
Exact locality is Fuggaberg-3, west of St. Josef, in my own documentation. The fauna of this outcrop is by far (> 80 %) dominated by the mud snail Granulolabium bicinctum (Brocchi, 1814), which is a typical inhabitant of intertidal mudflats. A. diluvii is a relatively abundant species in this occurrence and a rather robust shell.
The sediments in the area belong to the "Florianer Schichten", which are part of the western Styrian basin at the eastern margin of the Alps.
The "Florianer Schichten" are about 15 Ma old (Langhian, or "Badenian" in Paratethys stratigraphic terms).
Ref: Messner, F. & Bernhard, F. (2017): Eine aktuelle Fossilfundstelle bei Fuggaberg westlich St. Josef in der Weststeiermark (Florianer Schichten, mittleres Miozän). Der Steirische Mineralog, 32, 5-10.
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