Oberleichtersbach: MP 30, Germany
collected 1999

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia - Lagomorpha - Ochotonidae
Amphilagus antiquus
Mammalia - Rodentia - Zapodidae
Plesiosminthus winistoerferi Engesser 1987
Mammalia - Rodentia - Cricetidae
Adelomyarion vireti Hugueney 1969
Pseudocricetodon thaleri Hugueney 1969
Eucricetodon collatus (Schaub 1925)
Cricetodon collatum
Eucricetodon longidens Hugueney 1969
Melissiodon cf. quercyi Schaub 1920
Rhizospalax poirrieri
Mammalia - Rodentia - Gliridae
Peridyromys cf. murinus Pomel 1853
Glirudinus glirulus Dehm 1935
Bransatoglis fugax Hugueney 1967
Microdyromys monspeliensis Aguilar 1977
Mammalia - Rodentia - Sciuridae
Blackia miocaenica Mein 1970
Heteroxerus lavocati
Heteroxerus paulhiacensis
Palaeosciurus goti Vianey-Liaud 1974
Mammalia - Rodentia - Eomyidae
Pseudotheridomys werneri n. sp.
Rhodanomys transiens Hugueney 1969
Rhodanomys aff. hugueneyae Engesser 1987
Eomyodon volkerti
Eomyodon mayoi Engesser 1990
Mammalia - Rodentia - Castoridae
Steneofiber dehmi
Mammalia - Rodentia - Theridomyidae
Archaeomys laurillardi
Mammalia - Erinaceidae
Galericinae indet. Pomel 1848
Mammalia - Dimylidae
Dimyloides hecki n. sp.
Mammalia - Plesiosoricidae
Plesiosorex martinii n. sp.
Mammalia - Talpidae
Paratalpa micheli Lavocat 1951
Asthenoscapter ziegleri n. sp.
Myxomygale cf. antiqua Filhol 1890
Myxomygale minor Ziegler 1990
recombined as Percymygale minor
Geotrypus informal sp. 1 Pomel 1848
Geotrypus informal sp. 2 Pomel 1848
Mammalia - Soricidae
Oligosorex cf. thauensis
Ulmensia cf. antecedens Ziegler 1998
Heterosoricinae indet. Viret and Zapfe 1951
Quercysorex cf. ulmensis Ziegler 1998
Dinosorex pusillus n. sp.
Mammalia
Amphiperatherium exile Gervais 1848
Reptilia - Testudines - Trionychidae
Böhme 2008
rarest turtle
Reptilia - Testudines - Emydidae
Emydidae indet. Rafinesque 1815
Böhme 2008
Reptilia - Testudines
Palaeochelys mlynarskii Hervet and de Broin 2000
Böhme 2008
recombined as Palaeomauremys mlynarskii
Reptilia - Testudines - Testudinidae
aff. Geochelone sp. Fitzinger 1835
Böhme 2008
Testudo sp. Linnaeus 1758
Böhme 2008
Reptilia - Testudines - Chelydridae
Chelydropsis cf. decheni (Meyer 1852)
Böhme 2008
most abundant turtle
Reptilia
Eoanilius oligocenicus Szyndlar 1994
Böhme 2008 1 element
a single vertebra (SMF R 5012)
Reptilia - Viperidae
? Viperidae indet. Oppel 1811
Böhme 2008 2 elements
2 badly preserved vertebrae
Reptilia - Colubridae
Colubrinae indet. Oppel 1811
Böhme 2008 6 elements
6 vertebrae
Texasophis hecki n. sp. Böhme 2008
Böhme 2008 10 elements
holotype: a single trunk vertebra (SMF R 5014), paratypes: 8 further vertebrae (SMF R 5015-5022)
Reptilia - Amphisbaenidae
Amphisbaenidae indet. Gray 1865
Böhme 2008 1 element
a single vertebra (SMF R 4998)
Reptilia
Merkurosaurus sp. Klembara 2008
Böhme 2008
fragments of dentigerous bone + osteoderms
Reptilia - Anguidae
Ophisaurus sp. Daudin 1803
Böhme 2008
cranial and postcranial remains as well as osteoderms
cf. Anguis sp. Linnaeus 1758
Böhme 2008
vertebrae and osteoderms only
Reptilia - Lacertidae
aff. Pseudeumeces sp. Hoffstetter 1944
Böhme 2008 1 element
a single molariform tooth (SMF R 5008)
Lacerta informal sp. 1 Linnaeus 1758
Böhme 2008
Lacerta informal sp. 2 Linnaeus 1758
Böhme 2008
Lacerta informal sp. 3 Linnaeus 1758
Böhme 2008
Lacerta informal sp. 4 Linnaeus 1758
Böhme 2008
Miolacerta sp. Roček 1984
Böhme 2008 1 element
a single tiny dentary (SMF R 5001)
Reptilia
Lazarussuchus sp. Hecht 1992
Böhme 2008 25 elements
"sp. nov." represented by about 25 bones
Diplocynodon sp. Pomel 1847
Böhme 2008 28 elements
28 isolated teeth
Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Albanerpetontidae
Albanerpeton sp. Estes and Hoffstetter 1976
Gardner and Böhme 2008
Albanerpeton inexpectatum Estes and Hoffstetter 1976
Böhme 2008 5 elements
3 dentaries and 2 vertebrae
Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Urodela
Salamandridae indet. Gray 1825
Böhme 2008 2 elements
2 vertebrae, "? aff. Brachycormus noachicus Goldfuss 1831"
Triturus sp. Rafinesque 1815
Böhme 2008 1 element
a single vertebra
Triturus roehrsi Herre 1955
Böhme 2008 41 elements
40 trunk vertebrae + several postcrania
Chioglossa cf. meini Estes and Hoffstetter 1976
Böhme 2008 8 elements
8 vertebrae
aff. Chelotriton sp. Pomel 1853
Böhme 2008 4 individuals
skull bones and postcrania
Andrias scheuchzeri Tschudi 1837
Böhme 2008 45 elements
1 left maxilla, 1 right dentary, 43 isolated teeth
Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Pelobatidae
Eopelobates sp. Parker 1929
Böhme 2008 1 individual
Pelobates sp. Wagler 1830
Böhme 2008 1 individual
Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Discoglossidae
Discoglossus sp. Otth 1837
Böhme 2008 49 individuals
"cf. D. troscheli (Meyer 1852)"
Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Palaeobatrachidae
Palaeobatrachus informal sp. 1 Tschudi 1839
Böhme 2008
"aff. P. robustus"
Palaeobatrachus informal sp. 2 Tschudi 1839
Böhme 2008
"aff. Albionbatrachus wightensis"
Palaeobatrachus informal sp. 3 Tschudi 1839
Böhme 2008
"aff. P. laubei vel diluvianus"; Walter Heck collection, Oberleichtersbach
Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Ranidae
Rana sp. Linnaeus 1758
Böhme 2008 10 individuals
representatives of the R. ridibunda group
Actinopteri - Cypriniformes - Cyprinidae
Tarsichthys macrurus (Agassiz 1839)
Böhme 2008
Palaeorutilus informal sp. 1 Gaudant 1988
Böhme 2008
Palaeorutilus informal sp. 2 Gaudant 1988
Böhme 2008
Gobioninae informal sp. A Bleeker 1863
Böhme 2008
Gobioninae informal sp. B Bleeker 1863
Böhme 2008
Gobioninae informal sp. C Bleeker 1863
Böhme 2008
"large", "cf. Varhostichthys eurystomus (Troschel 1861)"
Actinopteri - Cypriniformes - Cobitidae
Cobitis primigenius n. sp. Böhme 2008
Böhme 2008 6 elements
holotype: left lateroethmoid (SMF P 9735), paratypes: 5 further lateroethmoids (SMF P 9748-9752)
see common names

Geography
Country:Germany State/province:Bavaria County:Bad Kissingen
Coordinates: 50.3° North, 9.8° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:50.1° North, 6.9° East
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Paleogene Epoch:Oligocene
Stage:Chattian 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 4
Key time interval:MP 30
Age range of interval:27.82000 - 23.03000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: unlithified "siliciclastic"
Includes fossils?Y
Environment:sinkhole Tectonic setting:non-subsiding area
Geology comments: "The geology of the locality indicates that the sediments belong to a doline filling, developed due to karstification of the Middle Triassic anhydrites of the Middle Muschelkalk." (Böhme, 2008).
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils,mesofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes:some macrofossils
Collection methods:sieve,survey of museum collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Museum repositories:SMF
Collection dates:1999
Collection method comments: The fossil locality was discovered by a private collector in 1998 and one year later larger amounts of sediment for screenwashing have been recovered.
Metadata
Database number:84364
Authorizer:L. van den Hoek Ostende, M. Carrano, J. Mueller Enterer:L. van den Hoek Ostende, M. Carrano, T. Liebrecht
Modifier:M. Carrano Research group:vertebrate
Created:2008-10-12 12:15:09 Last modified:2021-07-14 11:24:27
Access level:the public Released:2008-10-12 12:15:09
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
28268. B. Engesser and G. Storch. 2008. Latest Oligocene Didelphimorpha, Lipotyphla, Rodentia and Lagomorpha (Mammalia) from Oberleichtersbach, Rhön Mountains, Germany. Courier Forschungsinstitut Senckenberg 260:185-251 [L. van den Hoek Ostende/L. van den Hoek Ostende/T. Liebrecht]

Secondary references:

46985 M. Böhme. 2008. Ectothermic vertebrates (Teleostei, Allocaudata, Urodela, Anura, Testudines, Choristodera, Crocodylia, Squamata) from the Upper Oligocene of Oberleichtersbach (Northern Bavaria, Germany). Courier Forschungsinstitut Senckenberg 260:161-183 [J. Mueller/T. Liebrecht/T. Liebrecht]
52039 J. D. Gardner and M. Böhme. 2008. Review of the Albanerpetontidae (Lissamphibia), with comments on the paleoecological preferences of European Tertiary albanerpetontids. In J. T. Sankey & S. Baszio (ed.), Vertebrate Microfossil Assemblages: Their Role in Paleoecology and Paleobiogeography 178-218 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
77386 J. D. Gardner, A. Villa, S. Colombero, M. Venczel, and M. Delfino. 2021. A Messinian (latest Miocene) occurrence for Albanerpeton Estes & Hoffstetter, 1976 (Lissamphibia: Albanerpetontidae) at Moncucco Torinese, Piedmont Basin, northwestern Italy, and a review of the European Cenozoic record for albanerpetontids. Geodiversitas 43(14):391-404 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]