Ringingen-Frontal 1 (Miocene of Germany)
Where: Germany (48.3° N, 9.8° E: paleocoordinates 48.5° N, 8.0° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
When: Early/Lower Miocene (23.0 - 16.0 Ma)
Environment/lithology: marine; sandstone
Primary reference: V. J. Sach and E. P. J. Heizmann. 2001. Stratigraphy and mammal faunas of the Brackwassermolasse in the surroundings of Ulm (Southwest Germany). Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde Serie B (Geologie und Paläontologie) 310:1-95 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 70332: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 21.03.2007
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia | |
Ochotonidae indet. Thomas 1897 pika | |
Rodentia indet. Bowdich 1821 rodent
Artiodactyla indet. even-toed ungulate | |
Aves | |
cf. Megapaloelodus goliath swimming flamingo | |
Amphibia | |
Mioproteus caucasicus Estes and Darevsky 1978 mudpuppy
Andrias scheuchzeri Tschudi 1837 giant salamander | |
Actinopteri | |
Pagrus cinctus perch-like fish
Sparus umbonatus perch-like fish | |
Cyprinidae indet. Rafinesque 1815 carp-like fish | |
Chondrichthyes | |
Carcharias actussimus sand shark | |
Dasyatis sp. Rafinesque 1810 whiptail stingray
Dasyatis rugosa Probst 1877 whiptail stingray | |
Gastropoda | |
cf. Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795 snail | |
Viviparus suevicus Wenz 1919 snail |