Where: Bayern, Germany (48.4° N, 10.1° E: paleocoordinates 48.6° N, 8.7° 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, Upper MN5, a little bit younger than Edelstetten and Bubenhausen.
•After Bollinger 1994: MN5"b" (=middle MN5).
•JA: "Fluviatile Untere Serie" entered as local section name
Environment/lithology: fluvial; unlithified, fine-grained, medium, silty, calcareous sandstone
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 44974: authorized by John Alroy, entered by Susanna Kümmell on 24.09.2004
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Mammalia | |
Neocometes similis Fahlbusch 1966 mouse | |
? Eumyarion bifidus, Democricetodon mutilus, "Democricetodon gracilis" = Democricetodon minor gracilis, Megacricetodon germanicus, Megacricetodon minor
Democricetodon mutilus Fahlbusch 1964 mouse
"Democricetodon gracilis" = Democricetodon minor gracilis Fahlbusch 1964 mouse
Megacricetodon minor Lartet 1851 mouse | |
Spermophilinus aff. bredai, Heteroxerus cf. rubricati, Palaeosciurus sutteri, Miopetaurista cf. dehmi
Spermophilinus aff. bredai von Meyer 1848 squirrel
Heteroxerus cf. rubricati squirrel
Palaeosciurus sutteri Ziegler and Fahlbusch 1986 squirrel
Miopetaurista cf. dehmi de Bruijn et al. 1980 squirrel |