Where: Bayern, Germany (48.4° N, 11.1° E: paleocoordinates 48.7° N, 9.9° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: MN 6 (13.7 - 12.8 Ma)
• MN6; Oberen Süßwasser-Molasse (Upper Freshwater Molasse); Above the "Brockhorizont" (generated by the Ries-impact)
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: fluvial-lacustrine; unlithified, pebbly, 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 45614: authorized by John Alroy, entered by Susanna Kümmell on 17.11.2004
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Mammalia | |
Lanthanotherium sansaniense hedgehog
Galerix sp. Pomel 1848 hedgehog | |
Proscapanus sansaniensis Lartet 1851 mole | |
Micromeryx cf. flourensianus Lartet 1851 musk deer | |
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Lagopsis verus Hensel 1856 pika
Prolagus oeningensis König 1825 pika | |
Democricetodon mutilus, "Democricetodon gracilis" = Democricetodon minor gracilis, Eumyarion medius, Megacricetodon minor, Cricetodon cf. jotae, Cricetodon aff. aureus
Democricetodon mutilus Fahlbusch 1964 rodent
"Democricetodon gracilis" = Democricetodon minor gracilis Fahlbusch 1964 rodent
Eumyarion medius Lartet 1851 rodent
Megacricetodon minor Lartet 1851 rodent
Cricetodon cf. jotae Mein and Freudenthal 1971 rodent
Cricetodon aff. aureus Mein and Freudenthal 1971 rodent | |
Microdyromys miocaenicus dormouse
Paraglirulus werenfelsi Engesser 1972 dormouse | |
Miopetaurista sp. Kretzoi 1962 squirrel
Heteroxerus sp. Stehlin and Schaub 1951 squirrel
Spermophilinus bredai von Meyer 1848 squirrel | |
Reptilia | |
Varanus sp. Merrem 1820 monitor lizard | |
Ophisaurus sp. Daudin 1803 glass lizard | |
Testudo sp. Linnaeus 1758 turtle | |
Amphibia | |
Amphibia indet. Linnaeus 1758 tetrapod | |
Gastropoda | |
Cepaea sp. Held 1838 slug |