Betlinshausen: MN 5, Germany
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
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Neocometes similis
Fahlbusch 1966
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Cricetidae
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Eumyarion sp.
Thaler 1966
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| latior-bifidus-complex | ||||||||||
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= ? Eumyarion bifidus
Fahlbusch 1964
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Democricetodon mutilus
(Fahlbusch 1964)
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Democricetodon gracilis
(Fahlbusch 1964)
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| original and current combination Democricetodon minor gracilis | ||||||||||
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Megacricetodon germanicus
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Megacricetodon minor
Lartet 1851
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Sciuridae
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Spermophilinus aff. bredai
(von Meyer 1848)
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Heteroxerus cf. rubricati
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Palaeosciurus sutteri
Ziegler and Fahlbusch 1986
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Miopetaurista cf. dehmi
de Bruijn et al. 1980
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Geography
| Country: | Germany | State/province: | Bayern |
| Coordinates: | 48.4° North, 10.1° East (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 48.6° North, 8.7° East | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map | ||
| Altitude: | 515 meters | ||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Miocene |
| Stage: | Langhian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 5 |
| Key time interval: | MN 5 | ||
| Age range of interval: | 15.98000 - 13.82000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Stratigraphy comments: MN5"b"; Obere Süßwassermolasse (Upper Freshwater Molasse), upper Lower Miocene-lower Middle Miocene, Upper MN5, a little bit younger than Edelstetten and Bubenhausen. After Bollinger 1994: MN5"b" (=middle MN5). JA: "Fluviatile Untere Serie" entered as local section name |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | fine,medium unlithified silty,calcareous sandstone |
| Environment: | fluvial indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Disassociated major elements: | some |
| Disassociated minor elements: | many |
| Temporal resolution: | time-averaged |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | bulk,sieve,field collection |
| Minimum sieve size: | 0.500 |
| Reason for describing collection: | biostratigraphic analysis |
| Collection method comments: Museum: Bayerische Staatssammlung für Paläontologie und historische Geologie, München | |
Metadata
| Database number: | 44974 | ||
| Authorizer: | J. Alroy | Enterer: | S. Kuemmell |
| Modifier: | J. Alroy | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2004-09-24 02:35:22 | Last modified: | 2007-03-02 22:39:07 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2004-09-24 02:35:22 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 11707. | E. Boon. 1991. Die Cricetiden und Sciuriden der oberen Süßwasser-Molasse von Bayerisch-Schwaben und ihre stratigraphische Bedeutung (The Cricetida and Sciurida of the Upper Suesswasser-Molasse (lower Middle Miocene) from Bavarian Schwaben and their stratigraphic significance). Die Cricetiden und Sciuriden der oberen Süßwasser-Molasse von Bayerisch-Schwaben und ihre stratigraphische Bedeutung; München, 1991 1-159 [J. Alroy/S. Kuemmell/S. Kuemmell] |
Secondary references:
| 11712 | 5% 6560 | T.h. Bollinger. 1994. Die Obere Süßwassermolasse in Bayern und der Ostschweiz: bio- und lithostratigraphische Korrelationen (Upper Freshwater molasse in Bavaria and Eastern Switzerland: bio- and lithostratigraphic correlations). Mitteilungen der Bayerischen Staatssammlung für Paläontologie und Historische Geologie 34:109-144 [J. Alroy/S. Kuemmell/S. Kuemmell] |