Petersbuch 28 (Miocene to of Germany)

Where: Bavaria, Germany (49.0° N, 11.2° E: paleocoordinates 49.2° N, 9.5° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

When: MN 3 to MN 3 (20.0 - 16.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: fissure fill; lithology not reported

Size class: mesofossils

Primary reference: J. Klietmann, D. Nagel, M. Rummel and L. W. Hoek Ostende. 2015. A gap in digging: the Talpidae of Petersbuch 28 (Germany, Early Miocene). Paläontologische Zeitschrift 89(3):563-592 [J. Zijlstra/J. Zijlstra/J. Zijlstra]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 176199: authorized by Jelle Zijlstra, entered by Jelle Zijlstra on 31.01.2016, edited by Matthew Carrano

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Taxonomic list

• Only insectivores currently reported.
Amphibia
 Temnospondyli - Albanerpetontidae
Albanerpeton inexpectatum Estes and Hoffstetter 1976 tetrapod
Mammalia
 Soricomorpha - Talpidae
Talpidae indet. Fischer de Waldheim 1817 mole
One maxillary fragment with I1 and I2, one fragment with I2 and C sup., one maxillary fragment with M1 and M2, two m3.
Talpa sp. Linnaeus 1758 mole
Four humeri, two radii, five ulnae.
Desmanella engesseri Ziegler 1985 mole
41 maxillary fragments with teeth, 30 isolated maxillary teeth, 269 mandibulary fragments with teeth (including one nearly complete mandible), 25 isolated mandibulary teeth; 16 humeri, one ulna.
Proscapanus intercedens Ziegler 1985 mole
"This species is primarily represented by eight humeri, which correspond well in size and shape to the drawings and the description by Ziegler (1985). Further material consists of four radii and three ulnae and one M2."
Myxomygale hutchisoni Ziegler 1985 mole
23 maxillary fragments with teeth, 31 isolated maxillary teeth, 90 mandibulary fragments with teeth, two mandibulary fragments without teeth, 19 isolated lower teeth; 232 humeri, three ulnae, three tibiae associated with astragalus, three astragali, six calcanei.