Petersbuch 39-III (Miocene of Germany)

Where: Bavaria, Germany (49.0° N, 11.2° E: paleocoordinates 49.2° N, 9.8° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: MN 5 (16.0 - 13.7 Ma)

• Petersuch 39 III is correlated with MN 5 (based on Megacricetodon aff. bavaricus, Democricetodon gracilis, D. mutilus, and Keramidomys thaleri; Rummel, unpublished.(From Klembara et al. 2010)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: fissure fill; poorly lithified limestone

• Infill of system of carstic fissures in Upper Jurassic limestones (Weißjura δ, Kimmeridgian) of the southern Franconian Alb: several N-S trending fissures interconnected by a large NW-SE trendig fissure; fissures are about 1 m wide at the bottom of the quarry and become narrower upwards (Heissig, 1978).

Size class: macrofossils

Reposited in the BSP

Primary reference: J. Klembara, M. Böhme, and M. Rummel. 2010. Revision of the anguine lizard Pseudopus laurillardi (Squamata, Anguidae) from the Miocene of Europe, with comments on paleoecology. Journal of Paleontology 84(2):159-196 [R. Butler/J. Moreno]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 174118: authorized by Richard Butler, entered by Juan Benito Moreno on 29.10.2015

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Taxonomic list

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Reptilia
 Squamata - Anguidae
Pseudopus laurillardi
Pseudopus laurillardi Lartet 1851 legless lizard
Parietal, NMA-2007-68/ 2035, 2007-70/2035, 2007-71/2035; Maxilla, NMA- 2007-72/2035, 2007-73/2035; Dentary, NMA-2007-74/ 2035, NMA-2007-92/2035