PBDB Collection

Sandelzhausen, Layer D1 (Miocene of Germany)

Where: Germany (48.6° N, 11.8° E: paleocoordinates 48.9° N, 10.4° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Ober Süßwassermolasse Formation, MN 5 (16.0 - 13.7 Ma)

• The fossils from Sandelzhausen derive from a member of the OSM called Nördlicher Vollschotter, composed primarily of marl and gravel (Moser et al. 2009a). The age of these fossiliferous deposits was established by stratigraphic, biostratigraphic, and magnetostratigraphic correlations: the Early/Middle Miocene Burdigalian/Langhian boundary, early middle MN5 European Mammal Neogene zone (~16.47-16.27 Ma; Moser et al. 2009a).

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lacustrine; marl

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: original aragonite

Reposited in the BSP

Collection methods: quarrying

Primary reference: R. B. Salvador. 2015. The fossil pulmonate snails of Sandelzhausen (Early/Middle Miocene, Germany): Ellobiidae, Pupilloidea, and Clausilioidea. Paläontologische Zeitschrift 89:37-50 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 231112: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 04.08.2023

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Taxonomic list

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Gastropoda
Pulmonata - Discidae	Discus pleuradrus² Discus pleuradrus² Bourguignat 1881 disk snail
Stylommatophora - Spiraxidae	Palaeoglandina sp.¹ Palaeoglandina sp.¹ Wenz 1914 slug Palaeoglandina gracilis porrecta in Gall (1972)
Stylommatophora - Clausiliidae	Pseudidyla moersingensis Pseudidyla moersingensis Boettger 1877 slug Clausiliidae indet 1 and 2 in Moser et al. (2009)
Stylommatophora - Valloniidae	Vallonia lepida Vallonia lepida Reuss 1849 slug Probably from D1; Vallonia subpulchella in Gall (1972)
Stylommatophora - Vertiginidae	Vertigo callosa Vertigo callosa Reuss 1849 slug
Stylommatophora - Gastrocoptidae	Gastrocopta nouletiana, Gastrocopta acuminata Gastrocopta nouletiana Dupuy 1850 slug Gastrocopta acuminata Klein 1846 slug
Stylommatophora - Helicodontidae	Helicodontidae indet.¹ Helicodontidae indet.¹ Kobelt 1904 slug
Stylommatophora - Helicidae	Helicidae indet.¹, Cepaea cf. eversa¹, Cepaea cf. sylvestrina¹ Helicidae indet.¹ Rafinesque 1815 slug Cepaea cf. eversa¹ Deshayes 1851 slug Cepaea cf. sylvestrina¹ Schlotheim 1820 slug
Stylommatophora - Hygromiidae	Leucochroopsis kleinii¹, Urticicola perchtae n. sp.¹ Leucochroopsis kleinii¹ Klein 1847 slug Urticicola perchtae n. sp.¹ Salvador 2013 slug
Stylommatophora - Elonidae	"Tropidomphalus cf. incrassatus" = Pseudochloritis incrassata¹, "Klikia cf. coarctata" = Apula coarctata¹ "Tropidomphalus cf. incrassatus" = Pseudochloritis incrassata¹ Klein 1853 slug "Klikia cf. coarctata" = Apula coarctata¹ Klein 1853 slug Klikia (Klikia) giengensis in Gall (1972); Soosia (Prosoosia) cf. godarti in Moser et al. (2009)
Heterostropha - Lymnaeidae	Lymnaea dilatata², Galba dupuyiana², Radix socialis² Lymnaea dilatata² Noulet 1854 snail Galba dupuyiana² Noulet 1845 snail Radix socialis² Zieten 1830 snail
Heterostropha - Planorbidae	Segmentina lartetii², Gyraulus albertanus², "Gyraulus dealbatus" = Gyraulus applanatus², Planorbarius cornu², Hippeutis sp.² Segmentina lartetii² Noulet 1854 snail Gyraulus albertanus² Clessin 1877 snail "Gyraulus dealbatus" = Gyraulus applanatus² Thomae 1845 snail Planorbarius cornu² Brongniart 1810 snail Hippeutis sp.² Charpentier 1837 snail

¹Salvador 2013; ²Salvador and Rasser 2014