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Biostratigraphy and sedimentology of the Fluviatile Untere Serie (Early and Middle Miocene) in the central part of the North Alpine Foreland Basin: implications for palaeoenvironment and climate

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The Early to Middle Miocene Fluviatile Untere Serie lithostratigraphic unit of the Upper Freshwater Molasse (UFM) in the North Alpine Foreland Basin (NAFB) crops out in a 40 m long section at Untereichen-Altenstadt (central part of the NAFB). This section yields a unique superposition of two vertebrate assemblages belonging to different biostratigraphic units: early part OSM C + D (Karpatian) and OSM E (Early Badenian). Detailed taxonomic analyses reveal different diversity patterns in the two assemblages. Nine small mammal and six ectothermic vertebrate taxa occur in the older level UA 540 m, while 20 small mammal and 23 ectothermic vertebrate taxa are recorded for the younger level UA 565 m. From the latter locality comes a small-sized representative of the biostratigraphically significant Megacricetodon lappi lineage. This evolutionary level has not been documented previously for the eastern part of the NAFB. Bioclimatic analysis combined with lithofacies and architectural element analysis indicates that significant changes in the fluvial sedimentation style, surface-water runoff and tectonics occurred between the Early Karpatian and Early Badenian. A meandering fluvial system (marly unit) is erosively overlain by sandy braided river deposits (sandy unit). Overbank deposits of the marly unit revealed that the older vertebrate fossil assemblage (UA 540 m) is deposited in an animal burrow that was presumably produced by owls. Both reptilian and mammalian taxa are indicative of a relatively open environment and dry, probably semi-arid climate. Conversely, vertebrates from the sandy unit (UA 565 m), which are accumulated in channel fill deposits, suggest closed as well as open habitats with a subtropical humid climate and mean annual rainfall of about 1,000 mm. According to the sequence stratigraphic analysis the marly unit is interpreted as a highstand-system-tract of the TB 2.2 global 3rd order sequence. The new results add support to the hypothesis that the erosional unconformity between both sedimentary units spanning the Karpatian-Badenian transition corresponds to the pre-Riesian hiatus, which has been interpreted as part of the Styrian Tectonic Phase, and was previously identified only in the eastern and northeastern part of the NAFB. The biostratigraphic data further indicate that this hiatus lasted longer in the eastern than in the central part of the basin.

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We are indebted to Gerhard Doppler (Bavarian Geological Survey) for valuable suggestions and fruitful discussion. Wolfgang Neumann (Ziegelwerk Bellenberg) is thanked for granting access to the clay pit Untereichen-Altenstadt, and Bettina Reichenbacher (Munich), Gudrun Daxner-Höck and Johann Hohenegger (both Vienna) for valuable suggestions on an earlier draft of the manuscript. Michael Krings (Munich) is thanked for revision of the English text. Financial support was provided by the DFG (grant nos BO 1550/7-1,2 and 1550/8-1).

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  2. Institute for Geology and Palaeontology, University Stuttgart, Herdweg 51, 70174, Stuttgart, Germany

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  3. Bavarian State Collection for Palaeontology and Geology Munich, Richard-Wagner-Str. 10, 80333, Munich, Germany

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  4. Department for Earth and Environmental Sciences, Section Geophysics, Ludwig-Maximilians-University Munich, Theresienstrasse 41, 80333, Munich, Germany

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Prieto, J., Böhme, M., Maurer, H. et al. Biostratigraphy and sedimentology of the Fluviatile Untere Serie (Early and Middle Miocene) in the central part of the North Alpine Foreland Basin: implications for palaeoenvironment and climate. Int J Earth Sci (Geol Rundsch) 98, 1767–1791 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00531-008-0331-2

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