Where: Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany (48.1° N, 9.9° E)
• Paleocoordinates: 44.9° N, 12.1° E (Wright 2013)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Upper Freshwater Molasse Formation, Burdigalian to Burdigalian (20.4 - 13.8 Ma)
• Early Middle Miocene; mammal unit MN 5
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithified, conglomeratic sandstone
Size class: macrofossils
Preservation: mold/impression, adpression
Primary reference: G. Bechly and V. J. Sach. 2002. An interesting new fossil dragonfly (Anisoptera: Libellulidae: “Brachydiplacini”) from the Miocene of Germany, with a discussion on the phylogeny of Tetrathemistinae and a fossil list for the locality Heggbach. Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde Serie B (Geologie und Paläontologie) 325:1-11 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 106003: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 28.02.2011, edited by Evangelos Vlachos
Creative Commons license: CC0 (CC0)
Taxonomic list
Mammalia | |
Anchitherium aurelianense aurelianense anchitheriine horse | |
Reptilia | |
Trionyx triunguis Forksal 1775 African softshell turtle | |
"Cheirogaster vitodurana" = Titanochelon vitodurana Biedermann 1862 turtle
Testudo antiqua Bronn 1831 turtle
Testudo kalksburgensis Toula 1896 turtle | |
Ptychogaster kinkelini Reinach 1900 turtle
Mauremys pygolopha Peters 1868 pond turtle | |
Chelydropsis murchisoni Bell 1836 turtle | |
Ophisaurus sp. Daudin 1803 glass lizard | |
Aves | |
Aves indet. Linnaeus 1758 bird | |
Reptilia | |
Diplocynodon sp. Pomel 1847 crocodilian | |
Mammalia | |
Prolagus oeningensis König 1825 pika | |
Steneofiber depereti Mayet 1908 beaver | |
Hyotherium soemmeringi von Meyer 1834 pig | |
Palaeomeryx kaupi von Meyer 1834 ruminant
Procervulus dichotomus Gervais 1849 ruminant | |
Cervidae indet. Gray 1821 deer | |
Lagomeryx ruetimeyeri Thenius 1949 ruminant | |
Dorcatherium naui Kaup 1833 chevrotain | |
Prosantorhinus germanicus Wang 1929 rhinoceros
Plesiaceratherium fahlbuschi Heissig 1972 rhinoceros | |
Amphicyonidae indet. Haeckel 1886 bear-dog
Amphicyon major De Blainville 1841 bear-dog | |
Gomphotherium angustidens Burmeister 1837 gomphothere |