Budenheim and Heßler quarries: MN 2, Germany
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Testudines
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Ocadia hessleriana n. sp.
Reinach 1900
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Hervet 2004 | |||||||||
| synonym of Promalacoclemmys protogaea | ||||||||||
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Promalacoclemmys boulengeri n. sp.
Reinach 1900
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Hervet 2004 | |||||||||
| synonym of Promalacoclemmys protogaea | ||||||||||
| SMF R110, 4791, 4802a | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Testudines
- Geoemydidae
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Ptychogasteridae indet.
De Stefano 1903
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Hervet 2004 | |||||||||
| spelled with current rank as Ptychogastrini | ||||||||||
| SMF-R111, previously identified by Reinach 1900 as Ocadia hessleriana | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
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Palaeoblanus tobieni
Schleich 1988
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Böhme 1999 | |||||||||
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Reptilia
- Viperidae
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Provipera boettgeri n. gen., n. sp.
Kinkelin 1892
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Kinkelin 1892 | 1 element | ||||||||
| nomen dubium belonging to Viperidae | ||||||||||
| type: a single venom fang from the Heßler (SMF R 4186) | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
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Amphiperatherium frequens
(von Meyer 1846)
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Ziegler 1990 | |||||||||
| A. frequens frequens from Budenheim | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
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Herpestides compactus n. sp.
Morlo 1996
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Morlo 1996 | |||||||||
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Herpestides antiquus
de Blainville 1842
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Morlo 1996 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Palaeogalidae
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Palaeogale minuta
(Gervais 1848)
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Morlo 1996 | |||||||||
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Palaeogale praehyaenoides n. sp.
Morlo 1996
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Morlo 1996 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
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Stenogale julieni
Filhol 1879
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Morlo 1996 | |||||||||
| recombined as Viretictis julieni | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Felidae
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Proailurus lemanensis
Filhol 1879
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Morlo 1996 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Mustelidae
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Franconictis humilidens
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Morlo 1996 | |||||||||
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Franconictis vireti
(Dehm 1950)
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Morlo 1996 | |||||||||
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Martes species n. sp.
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Morlo 1996 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Ailuridae
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Amphictis schlosseri
Heizmann and Morlo 1994
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Morlo 1996 | |||||||||
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Amphictis borbonica
Viret 1929
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Morlo 1996 | |||||||||
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Amphictis prolongata n. sp.
Morlo 1996
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Morlo 1996 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Procyonidae
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Angustictis mayri
(Dehm 1950)
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Morlo 1996 | |||||||||
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Stromeriella depressa
Morlo 1996
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Morlo 1996 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
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Potamotherium valletoni
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Morlo 1996 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Dimylidae
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Dimylus paradoxus
von Meyer 1846
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Ziegler 1990 | |||||||||
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Chainodus cf. sp.
Ziegler 1990
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Ziegler 1990 | |||||||||
| ?Chainodus sp. from the Heßler | ||||||||||
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Chainodus sulcatus
(Stephan-Hartl 1972)
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Ziegler 1990 | |||||||||
| from Budenheim | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Talpidae
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Mygalea magna n. sp.
Ziegler 1990
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Paratalpa brachychir
(v. Meyer 1846)
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Hugueneya aff. primitiva
(Hutchison 1974)
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| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Germany | State/province: | R.-P. and Hesse |
| Coordinates: | 50.0° North, 8.2° East (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 50.1° North, 6.1° East | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | unpublished field data | ||
| Geographic resolution: | local area |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Miocene |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 5 | ||
| Key time interval: | MN 2 | ||
| Age range of interval: | 22.40000 - 20.00000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Stratigraphy comments: The fossils most likely come from beds referred to as Wiesbaden Formation (formerly "Hydrobienschichten", Lower Miocene) in modern lithostratigraphic nomenclature of the Mainz Basin. |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | "limestone" | ||
| Environment: | peritidal | Tectonic setting: | rift |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils,mesofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Museum repositories: | SMF |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Hessler, Biebrich, Mosbach-Biebrich | ||
| Database number: | 69606 | ||
| Authorizer: | L. van den Hoek Ostende, D. Nicholson, M. Uhen, T. Cleary, J. Mueller | Enterer: | J. Richter, T. Liebrecht, T. Cleary, M. Uhen, D. Nicholson |
| Modifier: | T. Liebrecht | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2007-02-28 05:46:05 | Last modified: | 2015-03-18 03:55:49 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2007-02-28 05:46:05 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 23352. | R. Ziegler. 1990. Talpidae (Insectivora, Mammalia) aus dem Oberoligozän und Untermiozän Süddeutschlands. Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde. Serie B (Geologie und Paläontologie) 167:1-81 [L. van den Hoek Ostende/J. Richter/T. Liebrecht] |
Secondary references:
| 67837 | M. Böhme. 1999. Doppelschleichen (Sauria, Amphisbaenia) aus dem Untermiozän von Stubersheim 3 (Süddeutschland). Mitteilungen der Bayerischen Staatssammlung für Paläontologie und historischen Geologie 39:85-90 [T. Cleary/T. Cleary] | |
| 58591 | S. Hervet. 2004. Systématique du groupe "Palaeochelys sensu lato – Mauremys" (Chelonii, Testudinoidea) du Tertiaire d'Europe occidentale: principaux résultats [Systematic of the "Palaeochelys sensu lato – Mauremys" group (Chelonii, Testudinoidea) from the Tertiary of Western Europe: principal results. Annales de Paléontologie 90(1):13-78 [D. Nicholson/D. Nicholson/D. Nicholson] | |
| 43642 | F. Kinkelin. 1892. Ein fossiler Giftzahn. Zoologischer Anzeiger XV:93-94 [J. Mueller/T. Liebrecht/T. Liebrecht] | |
| 34747 | M. Morlo. 1996. Carnivoren aus dem Unter-Miozän des Mainzer Beckens. Senckenbergiana Lethaea 76(1/2):193-249 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/T. Liebrecht] | |
| 23404 | R. Ziegler. 1990. Didelphidae, Erinaceidae, Metacodontidae und Dimylidae (Mammalia) aus dem Oberoligozän und Untermiozän Süddeutschlands. Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde. Serie B (Geologie und Paläontologie) 158:1-99 [L. van den Hoek Ostende/J. Richter/T. Liebrecht] |