Ebershausen: MN 5, Germany

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia - Rodentia - Cricetidae
Democricetodon gracilis (Fahlbusch 1964)
original and current combination Democricetodon minor gracilis
Democricetodon mutilus (Fahlbusch 1964)
Megacricetodon sp. (Fahlbusch 1964)
Heißig 1989
Megacricetodon minor Lartet 1851
Megacricetodon lappi Mein 1958
Cricetodon aff. meini Freudenthal 1963
    = Cricetodon meini Freudenthal 1963
Bollinger 1994
Eumyarion sp. Thaler 1966
latior-bifidus-complex
    = ? Eumyarion bifidus Fahlbusch 1964
Bollinger 1994
Mammalia - Rodentia - Sciuridae
Heteroxerus cf. rubricati
Miopetaurista cf. dehmi de Bruijn et al. 1980
Blackia sp. Mein 1970
n. sp.
Palaeosciurus sutteri Ziegler and Fahlbusch 1986
Spermophilinus aff. bredai (von Meyer 1848)
see common names

Geography
Country:Germany State/province:Bayern
Coordinates: 48.3° North, 10.3° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:48.6° North, 8.9° East
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Altitude:535 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"c"; Obere Süßwassermolasse (Upper Freshwater Molasse), Middle Miocene, MN6. After Bollinger 1994: MN5"c" (=upper MN5).
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: unlithified sandstone
Environment:terrestrial indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Disassociated minor elements:all
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:44976
Authorizer:J. Alroy Enterer:S. Kuemmell
Modifier:J. Alroy Research group:vertebrate
Created:2004-09-24 02:52:57 Last modified:2007-03-02 22:41:25
Access level:the public Released:2004-09-24 02:52:57
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:

117125% 6560T.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]
13262 K. Heißig. 1989. The faunal succession of the Bavarian Molasse reconsidered - correlation of the MN5 and MN6 faunas. Lindsay, E. H., Fahlbusch, V. & Mein, P.: European Neogene Mammal Chronology. Nato ASI-series, Plenum Press; New York 181-192 [J. Alroy/S. Kuemmell/S. Kuemmell]