Heimersheim (Oligocene of Germany)

Where: Germany (50.5° N, 7.2° E: paleocoordinates 50.0° N, 3.5° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: MP 24 mammal zone, Rupelian (33.9 - 28.1 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Primary reference: D. Kälin. 2013. A new Oligocene (MP 24) mammal fauna (Dürrenberg, Canton Jura, NW Switzerland) from the eastern slope of the ‘‘Rauracian depression’’. Swiss Journal of Geosciences 106:207-218 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 183361: authorized by Philip Mannion, entered by Philip Mannion on 14.12.2016

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Taxonomic list

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Mammalia
 Rodentia - Cricetidae
Paracricetodon cf. cadurcense1, Pseudocricetodon moguntiacus n. sp., Pseudocricetodon philippi
Pseudocricetodon moguntiacus n. sp. Bahlo 1975 mouse
Pseudocricetodon philippi Hugueney 1971 mouse
 Rodentia - Theridomyidae
Toeniodus hexalophodus, Theridomys sp.1
Toeniodus hexalophodus Bahlo 1975 rodent
Theridomys sp.1 Jourdan 1837 rodent
 Rodentia - Gliridae
"Gliravus tenuis n. sp." = Butseloglis tenuis3, Gliravus aff. majori1, "Bransatoglis planus n. sp." = Oligodyromys planus2, cf. Microdyromys praemurinus2
"Gliravus tenuis n. sp." = Butseloglis tenuis3 Bahlo 1975 dormouse
HLMD/Hhm 409 - type
Gliravus aff. majori1 Stehlin and Schaub 1951 dormouse
"Bransatoglis planus n. sp." = Oligodyromys planus2 Bahlo 1975 dormouse
HLMD/Hhm.404 - type
cf. Microdyromys praemurinus2 Freudenberg 1941 dormouse
 Rodentia - Sciuridae
Sciurus sp.1
Sciurus sp.1 Linnaeus 1758 squirrel
1Vianey-Liaud 1969; 2Vianey-Liaud 2003; 3Vianey-Liaud and Schmid 2009