Where: Bayern, Germany (48.7° N, 12.0° E: paleocoordinates 49.0° N, 10.6° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Langhian (16.0 - 13.8 Ma)
• mittlere Serie der Oberen Süßwasser-Molasse (middle series of Upper Freshwater Molasse); Above the "Brockhorizont" (generated by the Ries-impact). The Channal fill is located about 6 m above the collection Gisseltshausen 1a in the same outcrop.
•the Ries ejecta are 14.88 +/- 0.11 Ma old (Aziz et al. 2007), implying a Langhian age
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: "floodplain"; unlithified, sandy marl
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: bulk, sieve,
• Most fossils are stored in the Bayerische Staatssammlung
Primary reference: K. Heissig. 1989. Neue Ergebnisse zur Stratigraphie der mittleren Serie der Oberen Süßwassermolasse Bayerns (New results on the stratigraphy of the middle series of upper Freshwater Molasse, Bavaria). Geologica Bavarica 94:239-257 [J. Alroy/S. Kuemmell/S. Kuemmell]more details
Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis
PaleoDB collection 45613: authorized by John Alroy, entered by Susanna Kümmell on 17.11.2004, edited by Matthew Carrano
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Mammalia | |
Lanthanotherium sansaniense hedgehog
Galerix sp. Pomel 1848 hedgehog | |
Dinosorex sansaniensis Lartet 1851 shrew | |
"Talpini indet." = Talpidae, Proscapanus sansaniensis
"Talpini indet." = Talpidae Fischer de Waldheim 1817 mole
Proscapanus sansaniensis Lartet 1851 mole | |
Hyotherium sp. von Meyer 1834 pig | |
Eotragus sansaniensis Lartet 1851 antelope | |
Micromeryx cf. flourensianus Lartet 1851 musk deer | |
Lagomeryx pumilio ruminant
Lagomeryx parvulus Roger 1898 ruminant | |
Rhinocerotidae indet. Gray 1821 rhinoceros | |
Mustelidae indet. Fischer 1817 mustelid carnivore | |
Prolagus sp. Pomel 1853 pika | |
Democricetodon mutilus, "Democricetodon gracilis" = Democricetodon minor gracilis, Eumyarion weinfurteri, Eumyarion bifidus, Megacricetodon germanicus, Megacricetodon aff. minor
Democricetodon mutilus Fahlbusch 1964 rodent
"Democricetodon gracilis" = Democricetodon minor gracilis Fahlbusch 1964 rodent
Eumyarion weinfurteri Schaub and Zapfe 1953 rodent
Eumyarion bifidus Fahlbusch 1964 rodent
Megacricetodon germanicus rodent
Megacricetodon aff. minor Lartet 1851 rodent | |
Keramidomys carpathicus Schaub and Zapfe 1953 rodent | |
Microdyromys miocaenicus, Miodyromys aegercii, Miodyromys hamadryas, Eomuscardinus sansaniensis, Bransatoglis astaracensis, Paraglirulus werenfelsi
Microdyromys miocaenicus dormouse
Miodyromys aegercii Baudelot 1972 dormouse
Miodyromys hamadryas Forsyth Major 1899 dormouse
Eomuscardinus sansaniensis Lartet 1851 dormouse
Bransatoglis astaracensis Baudelot 1970 dormouse
Paraglirulus werenfelsi Engesser 1972 dormouse | |
Miopetaurista sp. Kretzoi 1962 squirrel
Albanensia sp. Daxner-Höck and Mein 1975 squirrel
Heteroxerus sp. Stehlin and Schaub 1951 squirrel
Spermophilinus bredai von Meyer 1848 squirrel | |
Gomphotherium angustidens Burmeister 1837 gomphothere | |
Reptilia | |
Lacerta sp. Linnaeus 1758 squamates | |
Ophisaurus sp. Daudin 1803 glass lizard | |
Gekkonidae indet. Gray 1825 gecko | |
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Testudo sp. Linnaeus 1758 turtle | |
Amphibia | |
Salamandridae indet. Gray 1825 newt | |
Albanerpeton inexpectatum Estes and Hoffstetter 1976 tetrapod | |
Gastropoda | |
Radix sp. Montfort 1810 snail | |
Cepaea sp. Held 1838 slug | |
Bithynia sp. Leach 1818 snail |