PBDB Collection

Herrlingen 9 (Oligocene of Germany)

Where: Baden-Württemberg, Germany (48.4° N, 9.9° E: paleocoordinates 48.3° N, 7.1° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: MP 29 (28.4 - 23.0 Ma)

• "Late Oligocene, MP 29"

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: fissure fill; unlithified, gray, green claystone

• greenish grey, clayey ("grünlichgrauer Spaltenlehm"), fossiliferous infill of karstic fissure in Upper Jurassic limestones of the Swabian Jura (Schwäbische Alb) (Ziegler, 1994, Stuttg. Beitr. Naturk. B 196)

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Collected in 1991; reposited in the SMF, SMNS

Collection methods: bulk, quarrying, sieve,

• The fissure was discovered in February 1991 by M. Rummel of Erlangen. The screenwashed and censused material subsequently has been bought by the SMNS (Ziegler, 1994).

Primary reference: G. Mayr. 2001. The earliest fossil record of a modern-type piciform bird from the late Oligocene of Germany. Journal of Ornithology 142(1):2-6 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 74679: authorized by John Alroy, entered by John Alroy on 23.08.2007, edited by Lars van den Hoek Ostende and Terri Cleary

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Taxonomic list

• "The few other avian remains which have been found at this locality belong mostly to the Passeriformes" (Mayr, 2001)

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Reptilia
Squamata -	Squamata "indet 2"¹, Gekkota indet.¹, Amphisbaenia "indet 1"¹ Squamata "indet 2"¹ squamates SMNS 800040j, left dentary. is from Herrlingen 11. Gekkota indet.¹ Cuvier 1817 squamates SMNS 800040a-c, three fragments of left dentaries; SMNS 800040d and f, two maxillae fragments; SMNS 80042, isolated vertebra Amphisbaenia "indet 1"¹ Gray 1844 worm lizard SMNS 800040i, right dentary. is from Herrlingen 11.
Squamata - Blanidae	Blanidae indet.¹ Blanidae indet.¹ Kearney 2003 worm lizard SMNS 800040h, left dentary
Squamata - Iguanidae	Iguanidae indet.¹ Iguanidae indet.¹ Oppel 1811 squamates SMNS 58233c and 800040g, maxillae
Squamata - Anguidae	Anguidae indet.¹, Ophisauromimus coderetensis¹ Anguidae indet.¹ Gray 1825 squamates SMNS 80039, osteoderms; SMNS 80038a, 22 dorsal vertebrae; SMNS 80038b, 10 caudal vertebrae Ophisauromimus coderetensis¹ Augé 2005 squamates SMNS 58231b, right maxilla; SMNS 58231a, right dentary
Squamata - Lacertidae	cf. Plesiolacerta sp.¹, Pseudeumeces cf. cadurcensis¹, Mediolacerta cf. roceki¹, Dracaenosaurus sp.¹, Dracaenosaurus croizeti¹ cf. Plesiolacerta sp.¹ Hoffstetter 1942 squamates SMNS 58233b, left dentary Pseudeumeces cf. cadurcensis¹ Filhol 1877 squamates SMNS 58232a, right dentary; SMNS 58232b, left maxilla Mediolacerta cf. roceki¹ Augé 2005 squamates SMNS 58233a, right dentary Dracaenosaurus sp.¹ Pomel 1846 squamates SMNS 58230h, left dentary Dracaenosaurus croizeti¹ Gervais 1848 squamates SMNS 58230a-d, four right dentary fragments; SMNS 58230e and f, two left dentary fragments; SMNS 58230g, right maxilla
Squamata -	? Scincomorpha "indet 1"¹ ? Scincomorpha "indet 1"¹ squamates SMNS 58233d, dentary. Recognised in-paper as "Scincomorphan" indeterminate, an informal descriptive assignment that cannot be reflected here, and so here it is marked as ? Scincomorpha so some record of it exists in the database. is found in Herrlingen 11.
Aves
Piciformes -	Pici indet. Pici indet. Linnaeus 1758 bird
Mammalia
Tribosphenida - Herpetotheriidae	Peratherium aff. antiquum², Amphiperatherium exile² Peratherium aff. antiquum² Blaineville 1840 marsupial Amphiperatherium exile² Gervais 1848 marsupial
Soricomorpha - Soricidae	Crocidosorex aff. thauensis², Ulmensia antecedens n. sp.², Quercysorex aff. ulmensis² Crocidosorex aff. thauensis² shrew Ulmensia antecedens n. sp.² Ziegler 1998 shrew Quercysorex aff. ulmensis² Ziegler 1998 shrew
Soricomorpha - Talpidae	Talpidae indet.², Desmanella sp.², Paratalpa aff. micheli² Talpidae indet.² Fischer de Waldheim 1817 mole 2 species Desmanella sp.² Engesser 1972 mole Paratalpa aff. micheli² Lavocat 1951 mole
Tribosphenida - Erinaceidae	Amphechinus robustus², Amphechinus arvernensis², "Echinosoricinae indet." = Galericinae² Amphechinus robustus² hedgehog Amphechinus arvernensis² Blainville 1839 hedgehog "Echinosoricinae indet." = Galericinae² Pomel 1848 hedgehog
Tribosphenida - Erinaceoidae	Dimylidae indet.², Exoedaenodus aff. schaubi² Dimylidae indet.² Schlosser 1887 placental Exoedaenodus aff. schaubi² Hürzeler 1944 placental

¹Cernansky et al. 2016; ²Ziegler 1998