Bellenberg 2 (Miocene of Germany)

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

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Artiodactyla - Lagomerycidae
 Rodentia - Sciuridae
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
 Rodentia - Anomalomyidae
Anomalomys minor Fejfar 1972 rodent
 Rodentia - Cricetidae
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