Where: Bayern, Germany (48.3° N, 10.2° E: paleocoordinates 48.6° N, 8.8° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: MN 5 (16.0 - 13.7 Ma)

• MN5"b"; Obere Süßwassermolasse (Upper Freshwater Molasse), upper Lower Miocene-lower Middle Miocene, MN5, a little bit younger than Bellenberg 1 + 2.

•After Bollinger 1994: MN5"b" (=middle MN5).

Environment/lithology: fluvial-lacustrine; unlithified, fine-grained, medium, silty, calcareous sandstone and unlithified, argillaceous marl

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: bulk, sieve,

• Museum: Bayerische Staatssammlung für Paläontologie und historische Geologie, München

Primary reference: E. Boon. 1991. Die Cricetiden und Sciuriden der oberen Süßwasser-Molasse von Bayerisch-Schwaben und ihre stratigraphische Bedeutung (The Cricetida and Sciurida of the Upper Suesswasser-Molasse (lower Middle Miocene) from Bavarian Schwaben and their stratigraphic significance). Die Cricetiden und Sciuriden der oberen Süßwasser-Molasse von Bayerisch-Schwaben und ihre stratigraphische Bedeutung; München, 1991 1-159 [J. Alroy/S. Kuemmell/S. Kuemmell]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 44972: authorized by John Alroy, entered by Susanna Kümmell on 24.09.2004

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