Where: Bayern, Germany (48.3° N, 10.1° E: paleocoordinates 48.6° N, 9.1° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: MN 5 (16.0 - 13.7 Ma)
• MN5"a"; Obere Süßwassermolasse (Upper Freshwater Molasse), upper Lower Miocene-lower Middle Miocene, Lower MN5.
•After Bollinger 1994: MN5"a" (=lower MN5).
•JA: "Fluviatile Untere Serie" entered as local section name
Environment/lithology: fluvial; unlithified, fine-grained, medium, silty, calcareous sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: bulk, sieve,
• Museum: Bayerische Staatssammlung für Paläontologie und historische Geologie, München
Primary reference: E. Boon. 1991. Die Cricetiden und Sciuriden der oberen Süßwasser-Molasse von Bayerisch-Schwaben und ihre stratigraphische Bedeutung (The Cricetida and Sciurida of the Upper Suesswasser-Molasse (lower Middle Miocene) from Bavarian Schwaben and their stratigraphic significance). Die Cricetiden und Sciuriden der oberen Süßwasser-Molasse von Bayerisch-Schwaben und ihre stratigraphische Bedeutung; München, 1991 1-159 [J. Alroy/S. Kuemmell/S. Kuemmell]more details
Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis
PaleoDB collection 44971: authorized by John Alroy, entered by Susanna Kümmell on 24.09.2004
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Mammalia | |
Heteroprox cf. rubricati ruminant | |
Palaeosciurus sutteri, Miopetaurista cf. dehmi, "Blackia parvula" = Blackia miocaenica, Spermophilinus aff. bredai
Palaeosciurus sutteri Ziegler and Fahlbusch 1986 squirrel
Miopetaurista cf. dehmi de Bruijn et al. 1980 squirrel
"Blackia parvula" = Blackia miocaenica Mein 1970 squirrel
Spermophilinus aff. bredai von Meyer 1848 squirrel | |
Anomalomys minor Fejfar 1972 rodent | |
Democricetodon mutilus, "Democricetodon gracilis" = Democricetodon minor gracilis, Eumyarion bifidus, Eumyarion weinfurteri, Megacricetodon bavaricus
Democricetodon mutilus Fahlbusch 1964 mouse
"Democricetodon gracilis" = Democricetodon minor gracilis Fahlbusch 1964 mouse
Eumyarion bifidus Fahlbusch 1964 mouse
Eumyarion weinfurteri Schaub and Zapfe 1953 mouse
Megacricetodon bavaricus Fahlbusch 1964 mouse |