PBDB Collection

Möhren 13 (Oligocene of Germany)

Where: Bayern, Germany (48.9° N, 10.9° E: paleocoordinates 48.4° N, 7.3° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: MP 22 (33.9 - 28.4 Ma)

Environment/lithology: fissure fill; lithology not reported

• "fissure fillings"

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Collected by K. Heissig; reposited in the BSP

Primary reference: R. Ziegler. 2009. Plesiosoricids from early Oligocene fissure fillings in South Germany, with remarks on plesiosoricid phylogeny. Acta Palaeontologica Polonica 54(3):365-371 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 91491: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 29.09.2009, edited by Philip Mannion and Patricia Holroyd

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Taxonomic list

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Amphibia
Salientia - Ranidae	Rana sp.⁴ Rana sp.⁴ Linnaeus 1758 frog
Salientia - Palaeobatrachidae	Palaeobatrachus sp.⁴ Palaeobatrachus sp.⁴ Tschudi 1839 frog
Mammalia
Creodonta - Hyaenodontidae	Hyaenodon leptorhynchus³ Hyaenodon leptorhynchus³ Laizer and Parieu 1838 creodont
Carnivora - Nimravidae	Nimravus intermedius³, Eusmilus villebramarensis² Nimravus intermedius³ Filhol 1872 false sabre-tooth Eusmilus villebramarensis² Peigné and Brunet 2001 false sabre-tooth
Theriamorpha - Talpidae	Talpidae "indet. sp. 1"⁹, Talpidae "indet. sp. 2"⁹, "Geotrypus minor" = Tegulariscaptor minor⁹, "Myxomygale vauclusensis" = Percymygale vauclusensis⁹, "Myxomygale aff. minor" = Percymygale minor⁹ Talpidae "indet. sp. 1"⁹ Fischer de Waldheim 1817 mole BSP 1972 XI 6140-6141 Talpidae "indet. sp. 2"⁹ Fischer de Waldheim 1817 mole BSP 1972 XI 6378 "Geotrypus minor" = Tegulariscaptor minor⁹ Ziegler 2012 mole BSP 1972 XI 6142-6377 "Myxomygale vauclusensis" = Percymygale vauclusensis⁹ Crochet 1995 mole BSP 1972 XI 5954, 6012-6062, 6064-6066, 6068-6070, 6072, 6074, 6076-6096, 6099-6108, 6110-6121 "Myxomygale aff. minor" = Percymygale minor⁹ Ziegler 1990 mole BSP 1972 XI 6010, 6063, 6067, 6071, 6073, 6075, 6097-6098, 6109, 6122-6139, 6379
Theriamorpha - Nyctitheriidae	Nyctitheriidae indet.⁸, Cryptotopos communis⁸, Euronyctia franconica n. sp.⁸ Nyctitheriidae indet.⁸ Simpson 1928 placental BSP 1972 XI 5824 Cryptotopos communis⁸ Ziegler 2007 placental BSP 1972 XI 5818, 5819, 5821, 5829, 5832-5890 Euronyctia franconica n. sp.⁸ Ziegler 2007 placental BSP 1972 XI 5820 - type
Theriamorpha - Plesiosoricidae	Butselia biveri Butselia biveri Quinet and Misonne 1965 placental
Rodentia - Theridomyidae	Blainvillimys helmeri⁶ Blainvillimys helmeri⁶ Vianey-Liaud 1972 rodent
Rodentia - Aplodontidae	"Plesispermophilus atavus" = Lophallomys atavus⁵, Ephemeromys hospes n. gen. n. sp.⁷, Plesispermophilus angustidens³ "Plesispermophilus atavus" = Lophallomys atavus⁵ Schmidt-Kittler and Vianey-Liaud 1979 mountain beaver Ephemeromys hospes n. gen. n. sp.⁷ Wang and Heissig 1984 mountain beaver BSP 1972 XI 211 - holotype Plesispermophilus angustidens³ Filhol 1882 mountain beaver
Rodentia - Eomyidae	Eomys sp.¹, Eomys antiquus¹ Eomys sp.¹ Schlosser 1884 rodent Eomys antiquus¹ Aymard 1853 rodent

¹Maridet et al. 2010; ²Peigné and Brunet 2001; ³Peigné et al. 2014; ⁴Sanchiz et al. 1994; ⁵Schmidt-Kittler and Vianey-Liaud 1979; ⁶Vianey-Liaud and Schmid 2009; ⁷Wang and Heissig 1984; ⁸Ziegler 2007; ⁹Ziegler 2012