Where: Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany (48.1° N, 9.9° E)
• Paleocoordinates: 44.7° N, 12.2° E (Wright 2013)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Upper Freshwater Molasse Formation, Orleanian (20.0 - 16.0 Ma)
• Early Middle Miocene; mammal unit MN 5
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithified, argillaceous marl
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: mold/impression, adpression
Primary reference: G. Bechly and V. J. Sach. 2002. An interesting new fossil dragonfly (Anisoptera: Libellulidae: “Brachydiplacini”) from the Miocene of Germany, with a discussion on the phylogeny of Tetrathemistinae and a fossil list for the locality Heggbach. Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde Serie B (Geologie und Paläontologie) 325:1-11 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 106002: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 28.02.2011
Creative Commons license: CC0 (CC0)
Taxonomic list
Insecta | |
Parabrachydiplax miocenica n. gen. n. sp.
Parabrachydiplax miocenica n. gen. n. sp. Bechly and Sach 2002 common skimmer | |
Coleoptera indet. Linnaeus 1758 beetle | |
Gastropoda | |
"Brotia escheri" = Tinnyea lauraea
"Brotia escheri" = Tinnyea lauraea Matheron 1843 snail | |
Lymnaea dilatata Noulet 1854 snail | |
"Coretus cf. cornu" = Planorbarius cornu
"Coretus cf. cornu" = Planorbarius cornu Brongniart 1810 snail | |
"Cepaea silvana" = Palaeotachea silvana
"Cepaea silvana" = Palaeotachea silvana Klein 1853 slug | |
Bivalvia | |
Unio sp. Philipsson 1788 freshwater mussel | |
Osteichthyes | |
"Teleosti indet." = Teleostei
"Teleosti indet." = Teleostei Müller 1846 ray-finned fish | |
Liliopsida | |
Angiospermae | |
Sapindus falcifolius soapnut | |
Populus sp. Linnaeus 1753 poplar
Populus mutabilis Heer 1856 poplar
Populus balsamoides Göppert 1855 poplar | |
Berchemia sp. Necker and de Candolle 1825 buckthorn | |
Ulmus braunii Heer 1856 elm
Zelkova ungeri Kovats 1865 zelkova | |
Alnus julianaeformis alder
Alnus kefersteinii Göppert 1837 alder | |
Daphnogene polymorpha laurel |