Erkertshofen 1 (Miocene of Germany)

Where: Bavaria, Germany (48.9° N, 11.2° E: paleocoordinates 49.1° N, 9.7° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

When: MN 4 (16.9 - 16.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: fissure fill; limestone

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Primary reference: J. D. Gardner and M. Böhme. 2008. Review of the Albanerpetontidae (Lissamphibia), with comments on the paleoecological preferences of European Tertiary albanerpetontids. In J. T. Sankey & S. Baszio (ed.), Vertebrate Microfossil Assemblages: Their Role in Paleoecology and Paleobiogeography 178-218 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 159022: authorized by Matthew Carrano, entered by Matthew Carrano on 25.07.2014, edited by Juan Benito Moreno and Philip Mannion

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Taxonomic list

Amphibia
 Temnospondyli - Albanerpetontidae
Albanerpeton inexpectatum Estes and Hoffstetter 1976 tetrapod
Reptilia
 Squamata - Anguidae
Pseudopus laurillardi2 Lartet 1851 legless lizard
Parietal, BSPG 1962 XIX 2715; Frontal, BSPG 1962 XIX 2716; Palatine, BSPG 1962 XIX 2706; Pterygoid, BSPG 1962 XIX 2707; posterior portion of braincase, BSPG 1962 XIX 2709
Mammalia
 Theriamorpha - Talpidae
Myxomygale hutchisoni1 Ziegler 1985 mole