Gallenbach 3b (Miocene of Germany)

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
 Perissodactyla - Chalicotheriidae
Chalicotherium sp. Kaup 1833 chalicothere
Reptilia
 Testudines - Testudinidae
Testudo sp. Linnaeus 1758 turtle
Bivalvia
 Unionida - Unionidae
Unio sp. Philipsson 1788 freshwater mussel