Längenbach (Miocene of Germany)

Where: Baden-Württemberg, Germany (47.9° N, 9.1° E: paleocoordinates 47.4° N, 8.8° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

When: Miocene (23.0 - 5.3 Ma)

• early Late Fresh-water Molasse

Environment/lithology: fluvial-lacustrine and marl

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: bulk, sieve,

Primary reference: V. Fahlbusch. 1964. Die Cricetiden (Mamm.) der Oberen Süßwasser-Molasse Bayerns (Cricetids of the Upper Freshwater Molasse of Bavaria). Bayerische Akademie der Wissenschaften; mathematisch-naturwissenschaftliche Klasse; Abhandlungen, neue Folge 118:1-136 [J. Alroy/S. Kuemmell/S. Kuemmell]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 48513: authorized by John Alroy, entered by Susanna Kümmell on 21.03.2005

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Rodentia - Cricetidae
"Democricetodon gregarius" = Megacricetodon gregarius
"Democricetodon gregarius" = Megacricetodon gregarius Schaub 1925 mouse
n. ssp. bavaricus, 1 tooth