Heggbach, "Knauerschicht" (Miocene to of Germany)

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

• Irregular, lenticular layer of reworked rock fragments

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

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
Reptilia
 Testudines - Trionychidae
Trionyx triunguis Forksal 1775 African softshell turtle
 Testudines - Testudinidae
"Cheirogaster vitodurana" = Titanochelon vitodurana Biedermann 1862 turtle
Testudo antiqua Bronn 1831 turtle
Testudo kalksburgensis Toula 1896 turtle
 Testudines - Geoemydidae
Ptychogaster kinkelini Reinach 1900 turtle
Mauremys pygolopha Peters 1868 pond turtle
 Testudines - Chelydridae
Chelydropsis murchisoni Bell 1836 turtle
 Squamata - Anguidae
Ophisaurus sp. Daudin 1803 glass lizard
Aves
  -
Aves indet. Linnaeus 1758 bird
Reptilia
 Crocodylia -
Diplocynodon sp. Pomel 1847 crocodilian
Mammalia
 Lagomorpha - Ochotonidae
Prolagus oeningensis König 1825 pika
 Rodentia - Castoridae
Steneofiber depereti Mayet 1908 beaver
 Artiodactyla - Suidae
Hyotherium soemmeringi von Meyer 1834 pig
 Artiodactyla - Palaeomerycidae
Palaeomeryx kaupi von Meyer 1834 ruminant
Procervulus dichotomus Gervais 1849 ruminant
 Artiodactyla - Cervidae
Cervidae indet. Gray 1821 deer
 Artiodactyla - Lagomerycidae
Lagomeryx ruetimeyeri Thenius 1949 ruminant
 Artiodactyla - Tragulidae
Dorcatherium naui Kaup 1833 chevrotain
 Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Prosantorhinus germanicus Wang 1929 rhinoceros
Plesiaceratherium fahlbuschi Heissig 1972 rhinoceros
 Carnivora - Amphicyonidae
Amphicyonidae indet. Haeckel 1886 bear-dog
Amphicyon major De Blainville 1841 bear-dog
 Proboscidea - Gomphotheriidae
Gomphotherium angustidens Burmeister 1837 gomphothere