Grimmelfingen (Miocene of Germany)

Where: Germany (48.4° N, 9.9° E: paleocoordinates 48.6° N, 8.4° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: MN 4 (16.9 - 16.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine

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 70363: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 21.03.2007

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Crocodylia -
Diplocynodon sp. Pomel 1847 crocodilian
 Testudines - Trionychidae
Trionyx sp. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire 1809 softshell turtle
 Testudines - Geoemydidae
Ocadia sp. Gray 1870 turtle
 Testudines - Testudinidae
Testudo sp. Linnaeus 1758 turtle
Mammalia
 Carnivora - Amphicyonidae
cf. Cynelos helbingi Dehm 1950 bear-dog
 Artiodactyla - Cervidae
Cervidae indet. Gray 1821 deer
 Artiodactyla - Suidae