Gallenbach 2b (Miocene of Germany)

Where: Bayern, Germany (48.4° N, 11.1° E: paleocoordinates 48.7° N, 9.9° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: MN 6 (13.7 - 12.8 Ma)

• MN6; mittlere Serie der Oberen Süßwasser-Molasse (middle series of Upper Freshwater Molasse);Bollinger 1994: "MN6 not certain, can be called 'primitive MN6'"

•Above the "Brockhorizont", a layer generated by the Ries-impact

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: fluvial-lacustrine; marl

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: bulk, sieve,

• Most fossils are stored in the Bayerische Staatssammlung

Primary reference: 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]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 45603: authorized by John Alroy, entered by Susanna Kümmell on 17.11.2004

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

unclassified
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Gastropoda
 Architaenioglossa - Diplommatinidae
Cochlostoma sp. Jan 1830 snail
 Stylommatophora - Testacellidae
Testacella sp. Draparnaud 1801 slug
 Stylommatophora - Limacidae
Limax sp. Linnaeus 1758 slug
 Stylommatophora - Helicidae
Cepaea sp. Held 1838 slug
Bivalvia
 Unionida - Unionidae
Unio sp. Philipsson 1788 freshwater mussel
Amphibia
  -
Amphibia indet. Linnaeus 1758 tetrapod
Mammalia
 Rodentia - Gliridae
Miodyromys sp. Kretzoi 1943 dormouse
Glirudinus aff. undosus Mayr 1979 dormouse
Eomuscardinus cf. sansaniensis Lartet 1851 dormouse
 Rodentia - Sciuridae
Spermophilinus bredai von Meyer 1848 squirrel
Albanensia sp. Daxner-Höck and Mein 1975 squirrel
Heteroxerus sp. Stehlin and Schaub 1951 squirrel
 Rodentia - Eomyidae
Keramidomys sp. Hartenberger 1966 rodent
 Rodentia - Cricetidae
Democricetodon cf. mutilus Fahlbusch 1964 mouse
"Democricetodon gracilis" = Democricetodon minor gracilis Fahlbusch 1964 mouse
Megacricetodon minor Lartet 1851 mouse
Cricetodon cf. jotae Mein and Freudenthal 1971 mouse
Cricetodon aff. meini Freudenthal 1963 mouse
Eumyarion medius Lartet 1851 mouse
? Eumyarion bifidus Fahlbusch 1964 mouse
 Lagomorpha - Ochotonidae
Lagopsis verus Hensel 1856 pika
Prolagus oeningensis König 1825 pika
 Theriamorpha - Erinaceidae
Galerix sp. Pomel 1848 hedgehog
 Theriamorpha - Soricidae
Dinosorex cf. sansaniensis Lartet 1851 shrew
cf. Sorex dehmi long-tailed shrew
 Theriamorpha - Talpidae
Talpinae indet. Fisher von Waldheim 1817 mole
Proscapanus sansaniensis Lartet 1851 mole
 Artiodactyla - Suidae
Hyotherium sp. von Meyer 1834 pig
 Artiodactyla - Moschidae
Micromeryx cf. flourensianus Lartet 1851 musk deer
 Artiodactyla - Palaeomerycidae
Palaeomeryx sp. von Meyer 1834 ruminant
 Artiodactyla - Lagomerycidae
Lagomeryx parvulus Roger 1898 ruminant
 Carnivora - Mustelidae
Mustelidae indet. Fischer 1817 mustelid carnivore
 Theriamorpha - Herpetotheriidae
Amphiperatherium frequens von Meyer 1846 marsupial
Reptilia
 Testudines - Testudinidae
Testudo sp. Linnaeus 1758 turtle
 Squamata -
 Squamata - Anguidae
Ophisaurus sp. Daudin 1803 glass lizard
Aves
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Aves indet. Linnaeus 1758 bird
Pisces
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"Pisces indet." = Osteichthyes
"Pisces indet." = Osteichthyes Huxley 1880 bony fish