Gallenbach 2c (Miocene of Germany)

Where: Bayern, Germany (48.4° N, 11.1° E: paleocoordinates 48.7° N, 9.7° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Langhian (16.0 - 13.8 Ma)

• mittlere Serie der Oberen Süßwasser-Molasse (middle series of Upper Freshwater Molasse);Above the "Brockhorizont", a layer generated by the Ries-impact; Gallenbach 2c is 1-2 m above the collection Gallenbach 2b

•the Ries ejecta are 14.88 +/- 0.11 Ma old (Aziz et al. 2007), implying a Langhian age

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: fluvial-lacustrine; marl and unlithified conglomerate

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: bulk, sieve,

• Most fossils are stored in the Bayerische Staatssammlung

Primary reference: K. Heissig. 1989. Neue Ergebnisse zur Stratigraphie der mittleren Serie der Oberen Süßwassermolasse Bayerns (New results on the stratigraphy of the middle series of upper Freshwater Molasse, Bavaria). Geologica Bavarica 94:239-257 [J. Alroy/S. Kuemmell/S. Kuemmell]more details

Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis

PaleoDB collection 45604: authorized by John Alroy, entered by Susanna Kümmell on 17.11.2004

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Gastropoda
 Stylommatophora - Filholiidae
Triptychia sp. Sandberger 1876 slug
 Stylommatophora - Helicidae
Cepaea sp. Held 1838 slug
 Heterostropha - Lymnaeidae
Radix sp. Montfort 1810 snail
 Heterostropha - Planorbidae
Planorbarius sp. Dumeril 1806 snail
Mammalia
 Rodentia - Castoridae
 Rodentia - Sciuridae
Heteroxerus sp. Stehlin and Schaub 1951 squirrel
 Rodentia - Cricetidae
Eumyarion weinfurteri Schaub and Zapfe 1953 mouse
Cricetodon cf. jotae Mein and Freudenthal 1971 mouse
Megacricetodon minor Lartet 1851 mouse
"Democricetodon gracilis" = Democricetodon minor gracilis Fahlbusch 1964 mouse
 Rodentia - Gliridae
Miodyromys aegercii Baudelot 1972 dormouse
Paraglirulus werenfelsi Engesser 1972 dormouse
 Lagomorpha - Ochotonidae
Prolagus oeningensis König 1825 pika
 Soricomorpha - Soricidae
Dinosorex sansaniensis Lartet 1851 shrew
 Soricomorpha - Talpidae
Talpidae indet. Fischer de Waldheim 1817 mole
 Tribosphenida - Erinaceoidae
Plesiodimylus cf. chantrei Gaillard 1899 placental
 Tribosphenida - Erinaceidae
Galerix sp. Pomel 1848 hedgehog
 Artiodactyla -
 Artiodactyla - Suidae
Hyotherium cf. soemmeringi von Meyer 1834 pig
 Proboscidea - Gomphotheriidae
Gomphotherium angustidens Burmeister 1837 gomphothere
Reptilia
 Testudines - Testudinidae
Testudo sp. Linnaeus 1758 turtle
 Testudines - Trionychidae
Trionyx sp. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire 1809 softshell turtle
 Squamata - Anguidae
Ophisaurus sp. Daudin 1803 glass lizard
Amphibia
  -
Amphibia indet. Linnaeus 1758 tetrapod
div. sp.
Pisces
  -
"Pisces indet." = Osteichthyes
"Pisces indet." = Osteichthyes Huxley 1880 bony fish