Sandelzhausen, Layer B1 (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. 2013. The fossil pulmonate snails of Sandelzhausen (Early/Middle Miocene, Germany): Succineidae, Testacelloidea and Helicoidea. Zootaxa 3721:157-171 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 231115: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 04.08.2023

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Taxonomic list

Gastropoda
 Heterostropha - Lymnaeidae
Lymnaea dilatata Noulet 1854 snail
 Heterostropha - Planorbidae
Planorbarius cornu Brongniart 1810 snail
 Stylommatophora - Elonidae
"Tropidomphalus cf. incrassatus" = Pseudochloritis incrassata
"Tropidomphalus cf. incrassatus" = Pseudochloritis incrassata Klein 1853 slug
 Stylommatophora - Helicidae
Helicidae indet. Rafinesque 1815 slug
Cepaea cf. sylvestrina Schlotheim 1820 slug
Cepaea cf. eversa Deshayes 1851 slug
 Stylommatophora - Spiraxidae
Palaeoglandina sp. Wenz 1914 slug
Palaeoglandina gracilis porrecta in Gall (1972)