PBDB Collection

Sandelzhausen, Layer B2 (Miocene of Germany)

Where: Germany (48.6° N, 11.8° E)

• Paleocoordinates: 45.8° N, 13.7° E (Wright 2013)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Ober Süßwassermolasse Formation, MN 5 (16.0 - 13.8 Ma)

• The fossils from Sandelzhausen derive from a member of the OSM called Nördlicher Vollschotter, composed primarily of marl and gravel (Moser et al. 2009a). The age of these fossiliferous deposits was established by stratigraphic, biostratigraphic, and magnetostratigraphic correlations: the Early/Middle Miocene Burdigalian/Langhian boundary, early middle MN5 European Mammal Neogene zone (~16.47-16.27 Ma; Moser et al. 2009a).

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lacustrine; marl

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: original aragonite

Reposited in the BSP

Collection methods: quarrying

Primary reference: R. B. Salvador. 2015. The fossil pulmonate snails of Sandelzhausen (Early/Middle Miocene, Germany): Ellobiidae, Pupilloidea, and Clausilioidea. Paläontologische Zeitschrift 89:37-50 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 231111: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 04.08.2023

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Taxonomic list

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Gastropoda
Heterostropha - Lymnaeidae	Lymnaea dilatata², Galba dupuyiana² Lymnaea dilatata² Noulet 1854 snail Galba dupuyiana² Noulet 1845 snail
Heterostropha - Planorbidae	Planorbarius cornu², Gyraulus albertanus² Planorbarius cornu² Brongniart 1810 snail Gyraulus albertanus² Clessin 1877 snail
Stylommatophora - Elonidae	"Tropidomphalus cf. incrassatus" = Pseudochloritis incrassata¹ "Tropidomphalus cf. incrassatus" = Pseudochloritis incrassata¹ Klein 1853 slug
Stylommatophora - Helicidae	Helicidae indet.¹, Cepaea cf. sylvestrina¹, Cepaea cf. eversa¹ Helicidae indet.¹ Rafinesque 1815 slug Cepaea cf. sylvestrina¹ Schlotheim 1820 slug Cepaea cf. eversa¹ Deshayes 1851 slug
Stylommatophora - Zonitidae	Archaeozonites sp.² Archaeozonites sp.² Sandberger 1873 true glass snail
Stylommatophora - Vertiginidae	Vertigo callosa Vertigo callosa Reuss 1849 slug
Stylommatophora - Gastrocoptidae	Gastrocopta nouletiana Gastrocopta nouletiana Dupuy 1850 slug
Stylommatophora - Chondrinidae	Granaria sp., Granaria cf. grossecostata Granaria sp. Held 1837 slug Napaeus? sp. (in part) in Gall (1972); Granaria sp. 2 and ?Chondrinidae/?Enidae in Moser et al. (2009) Granaria cf. grossecostata Gottschick and Wenz 1919 slug Napaeus? sp. (in part) in Gall (1972); Granaria sp. 1 in Moser et al. (2009)
Stylommatophora - Filholiidae	Triptychia sp. Triptychia sp. Sandberger 1876 slug
Stylommatophora - Clausiliidae	Pseudidyla moersingensis Pseudidyla moersingensis Boettger 1877 slug Clausiliidae indet 1 and 2 in Moser et al. (2009)

¹Salvador 2013; ²Salvador and Rasser 2014