Laimering 2: MN 6, Germany

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Amphibia
Amphibia indet. Linnaeus 1758
Reptilia - Varanidae
Varanus sp. Merrem 1820
Reptilia - Anguidae
Ophisaurus sp. Daudin 1803
Reptilia - Testudines - Testudinidae
Testudo sp. Linnaeus 1758
Mammalia - Moschidae
Micromeryx cf. flourensianus Lartet 1851
Mammalia - Cervidae
Euprox sp. Stehlin 1928
Euprox/Heteroprox sp.
Mammalia - Talpidae
Proscapanus sansaniensis Lartet 1851
Mammalia - Erinaceidae
Galerix sp. Pomel 1848
Lanthanotherium sansaniense
original and current combination Lantanotherium
Mammalia - Lagomorpha - Ochotonidae
Lagopsis verus Hensel 1856
Prolagus oeningensis (König 1825)
Mammalia - Rodentia - Cricetidae
Democricetodon gracilis (Fahlbusch 1964)
original and current combination Democricetodon minor gracilis
Democricetodon mutilus (Fahlbusch 1964)
Megacricetodon aff. similis Fahlbusch 1964
    = Megacricetodon minor Lartet 1851
Bollinger 1994
Cricetodon aff. aureus Mein and Freudenthal 1971
Bollinger 1994
Cricetodon cf. jotae Mein and Freudenthal 1971
Eumyarion weinfurteri Schaub and Zapfe 1953
    = Eumyarion medius Lartet 1851
Bollinger 1994
Mammalia - Rodentia - Gliridae
Paraglirulus werenfelsi Engesser 1972
Microdyromys miocaenicus
Mammalia - Rodentia - Sciuridae
Heteroxerus sp. Stehlin and Schaub 1951
Miopetaurista sp. Kretzoi 1962
Spermophilinus bredai (von Meyer 1848)
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Helicidae
Cepaea sp. Held 1838
see common names

Geography
Country:Germany State/province:Bayern
Coordinates: 48.4° North, 11.1° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:48.7° North, 9.9° East
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Altitude:500 meters
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Neogene Epoch:Miocene
Stage:Serravallian 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 5
Key time interval:MN 6
Age range of interval:13.82000 - 12.80000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: MN6; Oberen Süßwasser-Molasse (Upper Freshwater Molasse); Above the "Brockhorizont" (generated by the Ries-impact)
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:pebbly unlithified sandy marl
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: Blew-greyish marl with calcareous concretions, course sand and fine pebbles
Environment:fluvial-lacustrine indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:bulk,sieve,field collection
Reason for describing collection:paleoecologic analysis
Collection method comments: Most fossils are stored in the Bayerische Staatssammlung
Metadata
Database number:45614
Authorizer:J. Alroy Enterer:S. Kuemmell
Modifier:J. Alroy Research group:vertebrate
Created:2004-11-17 06:22:20 Last modified:2007-03-02 22:42:10
Access level:the public Released:2004-11-17 06:22:20
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
11994. K. Heissig. 1989. Neue Ergebnisse zur Stratigraphie der mittleren Serie der Oberen Süßwassermolasse Bayerns (New results on the stratigraphy of the middle series of upper Freshwater Molasse, Bavaria). Geologica Bavarica 94:239-257 [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]