Where: Bayern, Germany (48.3° N, 10.3° E)
• Paleocoordinates: 45.5° N, 12.3° E (Wright 2013)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: MN 5 (16.0 - 13.7 Ma)
• MN5"c"; Obere Süßwassermolasse (Upper Freshwater Molasse), Middle Miocene, MN6. After Bollinger 1994: MN5"c" (=upper MN5).
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; unlithified sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: bulk, sieve,
• Museum: Bayerische Staatssammlung für Paläontologie und historische Geologie, München
Primary reference: E. Boon. 1991. Die Cricetiden und Sciuriden der oberen Süßwasser-Molasse von Bayerisch-Schwaben und ihre stratigraphische Bedeutung (The Cricetida and Sciurida of the Upper Suesswasser-Molasse (lower Middle Miocene) from Bavarian Schwaben and their stratigraphic significance). Die Cricetiden und Sciuriden der oberen Süßwasser-Molasse von Bayerisch-Schwaben und ihre stratigraphische Bedeutung; München, 1991 1-159 [J. Alroy/S. Kuemmell/S. Kuemmell]more details
Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis
PaleoDB collection 44976: authorized by John Alroy, entered by Susanna Kümmell on 24.09.2004
Creative Commons license: CC0 (CC0)
Taxonomic list
| Mammalia | |
Palaeosciurus sutteri, Spermophilinus aff. bredai, Miopetaurista cf. dehmi, Blackia sp., Heteroxerus cf. rubricati
Palaeosciurus sutteri Ziegler and Fahlbusch 1986 squirrel
Spermophilinus aff. bredai von Meyer 1848 squirrel
Miopetaurista cf. dehmi de Bruijn et al. 1980 squirrel
Heteroxerus cf. rubricati squirrel | |
? Eumyarion bifidus1, Cricetodon meini1, Megacricetodon sp.2, Megacricetodon minor, Megacricetodon lappi, "Democricetodon gracilis" = Democricetodon minor gracilis, Democricetodon mutilus
Megacricetodon minor Lartet 1851 rodent
Megacricetodon lappi Mein 1958 rodent
"Democricetodon gracilis" = Democricetodon minor gracilis Fahlbusch 1964 rodent
Democricetodon mutilus Fahlbusch 1964 rodent | |