Haslach (Miocene of Germany)

Where: Bayern, Germany (48.4° N, 10.0° E: paleocoordinates 48.5° N, 7.8° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

When: Aquitanian (23.0 - 20.4 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: R. Dehm. 1938. Heteromyoxus n. g. and Dyromys Thomas, zwei Schlafmäuse im Untermiozän (Aquitanium) von Ulm; (Heteromyoxus n. gen. and Dyromys Thomas from the Lower Miocene (Aquitanian) of Ulm). Zentralblatt für Mineralogie, Abteilung B 9(2):337-343 [J. Alroy/S. Kuemmell/S. Kuemmell]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 52567: authorized by John Alroy, entered by Susanna Kümmell on 11.08.2005, edited by Lars van den Hoek Ostende, Juliette Richter, David Nicholson and Torsten Liebrecht

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Theriamorpha - Herpetotheriidae
Amphiperatherium frequens4 von Meyer 1846 marsupial
A. frequens frequens
 Theriamorpha - Erinaceoidae
Chainodus eggingensis4 Ziegler 1990 placental
includes material previously assigned to Cordylodon haslachensis von Meyer
Cordylodon haslachensis4 von Meyer 1859 placental
 Theriamorpha - Talpidae
Geotrypus montisasini3 Ziegler 1990 mole
Paratalpa meyeri3 Schlosser 1877 mole
Asthenoscapter sp.3 Hutchison 1974 mole
n. sp. : sp. 1
 Lagomorpha - Ochotonidae
 Rodentia - Eomyidae
Pseudotheridomys parvulus n. sp.2 rodent
original description in Schlosser (1884)
Ritteneria sp.2 Schaub 1951 rodent
 Rodentia - Cricetidae
Melissiodon schlosseri n. sp.2 Schaub 1925 mouse
original description in Schaub (1925)
Eucricetodon haslachensis n. sp.2 Schaub 1925 mouse
original description in Schaub (1925)
 Rodentia - Gliridae
Peridyromys obtusangulus n. sp.2 von Meyer 1859 dormouse
original description in Von Meyer (1859), includes the Dryomys murinus from the locality as described by Dehm
"Peridyromys" obtusangulus2 von Meyer 1859 dormouse
reidentified from "Myoxus wetzleri SCHLOSSER, 1884"
Reptilia
 Testudines -
"Emys protogaea n. sp." = Promalacoclemmys protogaea1
"Emys protogaea n. sp." = Promalacoclemmys protogaea1 Meyer 1852 turtle
Syntypes MCZ 9415 and MCZ 9414
 Testudines - Geoemydidae
? Palaeochelys bussenensis1 Meyer 1847 turtle
MCZ 9411 originally described by Meyer 1851 as Palaeochelys haslachensis n. sp., which is a nomen nudum.