Where: Bayern, Germany (48.7° N, 12.0° E: paleocoordinates 49.0° N, 10.6° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Langhian (16.0 - 13.8 Ma)
• mittlere Serie der Oberen Süßwasser-Molasse (middle series of Upper Freshwater Molasse); Above the "Brockhorizont" (generated by the Ries-impact)
•the Ries ejecta are 14.88 +/- 0.11 Ma old (Aziz et al. 2007), implying a Langhian age
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: "floodplain"; unlithified marl and unlithified conglomerate
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: bulk, sieve,
• Most fossils are stored in the 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 45612: authorized by John Alroy, entered by Susanna Kümmell on 17.11.2004, edited by Matthew Carrano
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Amphibia | |
Albanerpeton inexpectatum Estes and Hoffstetter 1976 tetrapod | |
Reptilia | |
Lacerta sp. Linnaeus 1758 squamates | |
Ophisaurus sp. Daudin 1803 glass lizard | |
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Gekkonidae indet. Gray 1825 gecko | |
Testudo sp. Linnaeus 1758 turtle | |
Mammalia | |
Chiroptera indet. Blumenbach 1779 bat | |
Anchitherium aurelianense Cuvier 1825 anchitheriine horse | |
Rhinocerotidae indet. Gray 1821 rhinoceros | |
Micromeryx cf. flourensianus Lartet 1851 musk deer | |
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Lagomeryx pumilio ruminant
Lagomeryx parvulum ruminant | |
"Talpini indet." = Talpidae, Proscapanus sansaniensis
"Talpini indet." = Talpidae Fischer de Waldheim 1817 mole
Proscapanus sansaniensis Lartet 1851 mole | |
Dinosorex sansaniensis Lartet 1851 shrew
Soricinae indet. Fischer von Waldheim 1817 red-toothed shrew | |
Galerix sp. Pomel 1848 hedgehog
Lanthanotherium sansaniense hedgehog | |
Plesiodimylus sp. Gaillard 1897 placental | |
Prolagus oeningensis König 1825 pika | |
"Democricetodon gracilis" = Democricetodon minor gracilis, Democricetodon mutilus, Megacricetodon aff. minor, Eumyarion weinfurteri, Eumyarion bifidus
"Democricetodon gracilis" = Democricetodon minor gracilis Fahlbusch 1964 mouse
Democricetodon mutilus Fahlbusch 1964 mouse
Megacricetodon aff. minor Lartet 1851 mouse
Eumyarion weinfurteri Schaub and Zapfe 1953 mouse
Eumyarion bifidus Fahlbusch 1964 mouse | |
Anomalomys minor Fejfar 1972 rodent | |
Miodyromys aegercii, Paraglirulus werenfelsi, Bransatoglis astaracensis, Eomuscardinus sansaniensis, Microdyromys miocaenicus
Miodyromys aegercii Baudelot 1972 dormouse
Paraglirulus werenfelsi Engesser 1972 dormouse
Bransatoglis astaracensis Baudelot 1970 dormouse
Eomuscardinus sansaniensis Lartet 1851 dormouse
Microdyromys miocaenicus dormouse | |
Heteroxerus sp. Stehlin and Schaub 1951 squirrel
Miopetaurista sp. Kretzoi 1962 squirrel
Blackia miocaenica Mein 1970 squirrel
Spermophilinus bredai von Meyer 1848 squirrel | |
Keramidomys capathicus rodent | |
Amphiperatherium frequens von Meyer 1846 marsupial | |
Gastropoda | |
Limax sp. Linnaeus 1758 slug | |
Cepaea sp. Held 1838 slug | |
Planorbarius sp. Dumeril 1806 snail | |
Brotia sp. Adams 1866 snail | |
Cochlostoma sp. Jan 1830 snail | |
Pomatias sp. Stimpson 1860 periwinkle | |
Bithynia sp. Leach 1818 snail |