Where: Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany (48.1° N, 10.0° E: paleocoordinates 48.4° N, 8.6° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: Upper Freshwater Molasse Formation (Molasse Group), MN 5 (16.0 - 13.7 Ma)
• Middle Miocene, mammal zone MN 5, latest Orleanien (Sach, 2010)
•there are several fossiliferous horizons which occupy a relatively narrow stratigraphic interval of about 4 m (Sach, 2010)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: lacustrine - small; poorly lithified, fine-grained, micaceous, quartzose sandstone
•The depth of the small lake is said to have been about 4 m (Sach, 2010).
•Die Grundmasse der Aufarbeitungslagen besteht aus muskovitreichem Feinsand und kleinen Sandsteinkonkretionen, in die Ton- und Mergelgerölle (Durchschnittsgröße 1-5 Zentimeter, Einzelstücke bis etwa 15 Zentimeter) sowie vereinzelte Fossilreste eingelagert sind. Bei den aufgefundenen Fossilien handelt es sich zumeist um verkieselte Holzreste, Schneckengehäuse, Bruchstücke von Muschelschalen oder um Reste von Wirbeltieren” [The matrix of the fossiliferous beds consists of muscovite-rich fine sand and small sandstone concretions that contain clay and marl pebbles (mean size 1-5 cm, maximum 15 cm) and, sporadicly, fossils. The fossils encountered are mainly silicified wood, gastropod shells, bivalve debris or vertebrate remains] (Sach, 2010).
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils, microfossils
Preservation: original aragonite
Collected by V. Sach in 1987 and later; reposited in the SMNS
Collection methods: surface (in situ), sieve,
• Because the abandoned sand pit is in a natural reserve, collecting mainly was restricted to specimens that were weathering out of the pit wall. Only in 1996 some samples were recovered for screenwashing (Sach, 2010).
Primary reference: V. Sach. 2010. Einmal Miozän und zurück – Zeitreise am Maurerkopf bei Edelbeuren. Oberschwaben Naturnah 2010:41-45 [J. Mueller/T. Liebrecht]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 175727: authorized by Johannes Mueller, entered by Torsten Liebrecht on 06.01.2016, edited by Matthew Clapham
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Angiospermae | |
Celtis sp. Linnaeus 1753 hackberry | |
Chara sp. Linnaeus 1753 stonewort | |
Gastropoda | |
Bithynia sp. Leach 1818 snail | |
Planorbarius cornu Brongniart 1810 snail | |
Lymnaea dilatata Noulet 1854 snail
Lymnaea dilatata Noulet 1854 snail
Galba cf. dupuyiana Noulet 1845 snail | |
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Triptychia sp. Sandberger 1876 slug | |
Clausiliidae indet. Gray 1855 slug | |
Klikia sp. Pilsbry 1895 slug
Pseudochloritis incrassata Klein 1853 slug | |
Palaeotachea renevieri, "Megalotachea silvana" = Palaeotachea silvana
"Megalotachea silvana" = Palaeotachea silvana Klein 1853 slug | |
Opeas minutum Klein 1853 slug | |
Bivalvia | |
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Malacostraca | |
Potamon sp. Savigny 1816 crab | |
Ostracoda | |
Eucypris hagni ostracod | |
Amphibia | |
Latonia gigantea Lartet 1851 frog | |
Mioproteus caucasicus Estes and Darevsky 1978 mudpuppy | |
Mammalia | |
Miodyromys aegercii Baudelot 1972 dormouse
Paraglirulus werenfelsi Engesser 1972 dormouse
Microdyromys miocaenicus dormouse | |
Sciuridae indet. Gray 1821 squirrel | |
Keramidomys thaleri Hugueney and Mein 1968 rodent | |
Democricetodon mutilus, Megacricetodon minor, Megacricetodon lappi, Cricetodon meini, Eumyarion medius
Democricetodon mutilus Fahlbusch 1964 mouse
Megacricetodon minor Lartet 1851 mouse
Megacricetodon lappi Mein 1958 mouse
Cricetodon meini Freudenthal 1963 mouse
Eumyarion medius Lartet 1851 mouse | |
Prolagus oeningensis König 1825 pika | |
Plesiodimylus sp. Gaillard 1897 placental | |
Galerix symeonidisi Doukas 1986 hedgehog | |
Soricidae indet. Fischer 1814 shrew
Miosorex sp. Kretzoi 1959 shrew | |
Talpidae indet. Fischer de Waldheim 1817 mole | |
Rhinocerotidae indet. Gray 1821 rhinoceros | |
Chalicotherium grande de Blainville 1849 chalicothere | |
Hyotherium soemmeringi von Meyer 1834 pig | |
Cainotherium huerzeleri Heizmann 1983 even-toed ungulate | |
Dorcatherium guntianum von Meyer 1846 chevrotain | |
Palaeomeryx sp. von Meyer 1834 ruminant | |
Procervulus dichotomus Gervais 1849 deer | |
Carnivora indet. Bowdich 1821 carnivoran | |
Semigenetta sansaniensis civet | |
Trocharion albanense Forsyth-Major 1903 mustelid carnivore | |
Proputorius sansaniensis Filhol 1891 carnivoran | |
Gomphotherium angustidens Burmeister 1837 gomphothere | |
Reptilia | |
Geochelone sp. Fitzinger 1835 turtle
Testudo sp. Linnaeus 1758 turtle | |
Mauremys sp. Gray 1870 pond turtle
Ptychogaster sp. Pomel 1847 turtle | |
Trionyx sp. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire 1809 softshell turtle | |
Serpentes indet. Linnaeus 1758 snake | |
Vipera sp. Laurenti 1768 pit viper | |
Lacerta sp. Linnaeus 1758 squamates | |
Anguidae indet. Gray 1825 squamates | |
Diplocynodon sp. Pomel 1847 crocodilian | |
Aves | |
Aves indet. bird | |
Actinopteri | |
Teleostei indet. Müller 1846 | |
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Channidae indet. Berg 1940 snakehead | |
Palaeocarassius sp. Obrhelová 1970 carp-like fish
Palaeoleuciscus sp. Obrhelová 1969 carp-like fish |