Where: Bayern, Germany (48.3° N, 10.3° E: paleocoordinates 48.6° N, 8.9° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: MN 5 (16.0 - 13.7 Ma)
• MN5"c"; Obere Süßwassermolasse (Upper Freshwater Molasse), Middle Miocene, MN6. After Bollinger 1994: MN5"c" (=upper MN5).
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; unlithified 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 44976: authorized by John Alroy, entered by Susanna Kümmell on 24.09.2004
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
| Mammalia | |
"Democricetodon gracilis" = Democricetodon minor gracilis, Democricetodon mutilus, Megacricetodon sp.2, Megacricetodon minor, Megacricetodon lappi, Cricetodon meini1, ? Eumyarion bifidus1
"Democricetodon gracilis" = Democricetodon minor gracilis Fahlbusch 1964 mouse
Democricetodon mutilus Fahlbusch 1964 mouse
Megacricetodon minor Lartet 1851 mouse
Megacricetodon lappi Mein 1958 mouse | |
Heteroxerus cf. rubricati, Miopetaurista cf. dehmi, Blackia sp., Palaeosciurus sutteri, Spermophilinus aff. bredai
Heteroxerus cf. rubricati squirrel
Miopetaurista cf. dehmi de Bruijn et al. 1980 squirrel
Palaeosciurus sutteri Ziegler and Fahlbusch 1986 squirrel
Spermophilinus aff. bredai von Meyer 1848 squirrel | |