Heggbach, "Knauerschicht": Burdigalian - Langhian, Germany

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia
Aves indet. Linnaeus 1758
Diplocynodon sp. Pomel 1847
Reptilia - Testudines - Testudinidae
Testudo sp. Linnaeus 1758
    = Testudo antiqua Bronn 1831
Karl 2013
Testudo kalksburgensis Toula 1896
Karl 2013
Geochelone sp. Fitzinger 1835
    = Cheirogaster vitodurana Biedermann 1862
Karl 2013
recombined as Titanochelon vitodurana
Reptilia - Testudines - Geoemydidae
Ocadia sp. Gray 1870
    = Mauremys pygolopha Peters 1868
Karl 2013
Ptychogaster kinkelini Reinach 1900
Karl 2013
Reptilia - Testudines - Chelydridae
Chelydropsis murchisoni (Bell 1836)
Karl 2013
Reptilia - Testudines - Trionychidae
    = Trionyx triunguis Forksal 1775
Karl 2013
Reptilia - Anguidae
Ophisaurus sp. Daudin 1803
Mammalia - Proboscidea - Gomphotheriidae
Gomphotherium angustidens Burmeister 1837
Mammalia - Carnivora - Amphicyonidae
Amphicyonidae indet. Haeckel 1886
Amphicyon major De Blainville 1841
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Equidae
Anchitherium aurelianense Cuvier 1825
ssp. aurelianense
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Prosantorhinus germanicus Wang 1929
Plesiaceratherium fahlbuschi Heissig 1972
Mammalia - Suidae
Hyotherium soemmeringi von Meyer 1834
Mammalia - Tragulidae
Dorcatherium naui Kaup 1833
Mammalia - Cervidae
Cervidae indet. Gray 1821
Procervulus dichotomus Gervais 1849
Mammalia - Lagomerycidae
Lagomeryx ruetimeyeri Thenius 1949
Mammalia - Palaeomerycidae
Palaeomeryx kaupi von Meyer 1834
Mammalia - Rodentia - Castoridae
Steneofiber depereti Mayet 1908
Mammalia - Lagomorpha - Ochotonidae
Prolagus oeningensis (König 1825)
see common names

Geography
Country:Germany State/province:Baden-Wurttemberg
Coordinates: 48.1° North, 9.9° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:48.4° North, 8.3° East
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Altitude:545 meters
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Neogene Epoch:Miocene
10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 5
Key time interval:Burdigalian - Langhian
Age range of interval:20.44000 - 13.82000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Upper Freshwater Molasse
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Stratigraphy comments: Early Middle Miocene; mammal unit MN 5
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lithified conglomeratic sandstone
Lithology description: Irregular, lenticular layer of reworked rock fragments
Environment:terrestrial indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:mold/impression,adpression
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:field collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Database number:106003
Authorizer:M. Clapham, E. Vlachos Enterer:M. Clapham, E. Vlachos
Modifier:G. Varnham Research group:vertebrate
Created:2011-02-28 16:29:29 Last modified:2022-02-11 10:05:02
Access level:the public Released:2011-02-28 16:29:29
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

35360. G. Bechly and V. J. Sach. 2002. An interesting new fossil dragonfly (Anisoptera: Libellulidae: “Brachydiplacini”) from the Miocene of Germany, with a discussion on the phylogeny of Tetrathemistinae and a fossil list for the locality Heggbach. Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde Serie B (Geologie und Paläontologie) 325:1-11 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]

Secondary references:

67646 H.-V. Karl. 2013. Die fossilen Schildkröten aus der Molasse von Oberschwaben mit taxonomischen Notizen zu „Promalacoclemmys Reinach, 1900“ und Testudo antiqua Bronn, 1831 (Testudines: Cryptodira). Mainzer naturwiss. Archiv 50:121-146 [E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos]