Where: Bayern, Germany (48.4° N, 11.1° E: paleocoordinates 48.7° N, 9.8° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Miocene (23.0 - 5.3 Ma)
• mittlere Serie der Oberen Süßwasser-Molasse (middle series of Upper Freshwater Molasse); this layer follows the upper part of the Doppelmergel (collection Gallenbach 3a)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: fluvial-lacustrine; 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 45606: authorized by John Alroy, entered by Susanna Kümmell on 17.11.2004
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Mammalia | |
Chalicotherium sp. Kaup 1833 chalicothere | |
Reptilia | |
Testudo sp. Linnaeus 1758 turtle | |
Bivalvia | |
Unio sp. Philipsson 1788 freshwater mussel |