Unterneul 1a (Miocene of Germany)

Where: Bayern, Germany (48.4° N, 11.1° E: paleocoordinates 48.7° N, 9.7° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Langhian (16.0 - 13.8 Ma)

• MN5"c"; mittlere Serie der Oberen Süßwasser-Molasse (middle series of Upper Freshwater Molasse); Below "Brockhorizont", a layer generated by the Ries-impact. After Heissig 1989: MN 6. After Bollinger 1994 MN5"c" (=upper MN5).

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: fluvial-lacustrine; unlithified marl

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: bulk, sieve,

• Most fossils are stored in Bayerische Staatssammlung

Primary reference: K. Heissig. 1989. Neue Ergebnisse zur Stratigraphie der mittleren Serie der Oberen Süßwassermolasse Bayerns (New results on the stratigraphy of the middle series of upper Freshwater Molasse, Bavaria). Geologica Bavarica 94:239-257 [J. Alroy/S. Kuemmell/S. Kuemmell]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 45597: authorized by John Alroy, entered by Susanna Kümmell on 17.11.2004

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Carnivora - Mustelidae
Mustelidae indet. Fischer 1817 mustelid carnivore
 Placentalia -
Pecora indet. ruminant
div. sp.
 Theriamorpha - Erinaceidae
Galerix sp. Pomel 1848 hedgehog
 Theriamorpha - Soricidae
Soricidae indet. Fischer 1814 shrew
 Theriamorpha - Talpidae
Proscapanus sansaniensis Lartet 1851 mole
 Lagomorpha - Ochotonidae
Lagopsis verus Hensel 1856 pika
 Rodentia - Eomyidae
Keramidomys carpathicus Schaub and Zapfe 1953 rodent
 Rodentia - Sciuridae
Miopetaurista sp. Kretzoi 1962 squirrel
Spermophilinus bredai von Meyer 1848 squirrel
 Rodentia - Cricetidae
"Democricetodon gracilis" = Democricetodon minor gracilis Fahlbusch 1964 mouse
Democricetodon mutilus Fahlbusch 1964 mouse
Cricetodon meini Freudenthal 1963 mouse
Megacricetodon minor Lartet 1851 mouse
Megacricetodon lappi Mein 1958 mouse
? Eumyarion bifidus Fahlbusch 1964 mouse
Eumyarion weinfurteri Schaub and Zapfe 1953 mouse
 Rodentia - Gliridae
Miodyromys aegercii Baudelot 1972 dormouse
Paraglirulus werenfelsi Engesser 1972 dormouse
Reptilia
 Crocodylia -
Diplocynodon sp. Pomel 1847 crocodilian
 Squamata - Anguidae
Ophisaurus sp. Daudin 1803 glass lizard
 Testudines - Testudinidae
Testudo sp. Linnaeus 1758 turtle
 Testudines - Trionychidae
Trionyx sp. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire 1809 softshell turtle
Amphibia
  -
Amphibia indet. Linnaeus 1758 tetrapod
Pisces
  -
"Pisces indet." = Osteichthyes
"Pisces indet." = Osteichthyes Huxley 1880 bony fish