Untereichen-Altenstadt 540m (Miocene of Germany)

Also known as UA 540m

Where: Bavaria, Germany (48.2° N, 10.1° E: paleocoordinates 48.4° N, 8.4° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: Untere Fluviatile Serie Member (Upper Freshwater Molasse Formation), Burdigalian (20.4 - 16.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: levee; paleosol/pedogenic, fine-grained, sandy siltstone and marl

• Levee/floodplain fines.
• At 538.5 m, the third point-bar sequence contains fine-grained sandy deposits of a 2.0 m thick meander belt channel and deposits of an adjacent bioturbated overbank facies consisting of fine-sands, silts, clays and marls containing the fossil site UA 540 m at base.

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Primary reference: J. Prieto, M. Böhme, H. Maurer, K. Heissig, and H. A. Abdul Aziz. 2009. Biostratigraphy and sedimentology of the Fluviatile Untere Serie (Early and Middle Miocene) in the central part of the North Alpine Foreland Basin: implications for palaeoenvironment and climate. International Journal of Earth Sciences 98:1767-1791 [T. Cleary/T. Cleary]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 205184: authorized by Terri Cleary, entered by Terri Cleary on 08.10.2019

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

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Mammalia
 Tribosphenida - Erinaceidae
Galerix cf. exilis
Galerix cf. exilis de Blainville 1839 hedgehog
4 isolated teeth: 1 P4/, 1 fragmentary lower molar, 1 M2/, 1 fragmentary upper molar
 Soricomorpha - Soricidae
Dinosorex cf. zapfei
Dinosorex cf. zapfei Engesser 1975 shrew
1 fragmentary lower incisive.
 Soricomorpha - Talpidae
Proscapanus sansaniensis
Proscapanus sansaniensis Lartet 1851 mole
five isolated teeth: two fragmentary lower molars, 1 m/2, 2 M2/, 1 fragmentary humerus.
 Lagomorpha - Ochotonidae
Lagopsis verus, Prolagus oeningensis
Lagopsis verus Hensel 1856 pika
15 p/3.
Prolagus oeningensis König 1825 pika
17 p/3
 Rodentia - Cricetidae
Democricetodon mutilus, Megacricetodon aff. bavaricus
Democricetodon mutilus Fahlbusch 1964 rodent
4 isolated teeth: 1 m/ 1, 2 M2/, 1 M3/.
Megacricetodon aff. bavaricus Fahlbusch 1964 rodent
48 isolated teeth and 1 fragmentary mandible: 14 m/1, 15 m/2, 5 m/3, 5 M1/, 5 M2/, 5 M3/.
 Rodentia - Gliridae
Miodyromys aff. aegercii
Miodyromys aff. aegercii Baudelot 1972 dormouse
3 isolated teeth: 1 p/4, 1 m/1, 1 m/2.
 Rodentia - Sciuridae
Heteroxerus aff. rubricati
Heteroxerus aff. rubricati squirrel
1 isolated tooth: 1 m/3.
Reptilia
 Squamata - Lacertidae
Lacerta "sp. 1"
Lacerta "sp. 1" Linnaeus 1758 squamates
1 jaw fragment
 Squamata - Anguidae
cf. Ophisaurus sp.
cf. Ophisaurus sp. Daudin 1803 glass lizard
2 jaw fragments, osteoderms
 Squamata -
Scincomorpha indet.
Scincomorpha indet. squamates
1 jaw fragment
 Squamata - Scincidae
Scincidae indet.
Scincidae indet. Gray 1825 skink
1 jaw fragment
 Squamata - Viperidae
? Viperidae indet.
? Viperidae indet. Oppel 1811 viper
13 vertebra
Amphibia
 Salientia - Discoglossidae
cf. Latonia sp.
cf. Latonia sp. von Meyer 1843 painted frog
1 urostyl