Petersbuch 6 (Miocene of Germany)

Where: Bavaria, Germany (49.0° N, 11.2° E: paleocoordinates 49.3° N, 10.1° E)

• coordinate stated in text

When: MN 7 + 8 (12.8 - 11.1 Ma)

Environment/lithology: fissure fill

Primary reference: R. Ziegler. 2005. Erinaceidae and Dimylidae (Lipotyphla) from the Upper Middle Miocene of South Germany. Senckenbergiana lethaea 85(1):131-152 [L. van den Hoek Ostende/L. van den Hoek Ostende]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 67161: authorized by Lars van den Hoek Ostende, entered by Lars van den Hoek Ostende on 11.11.2006

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Taxonomic list

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Mammalia
 Tribosphenida - Erinaceoidae
Plesiodimylus chantrei
Plesiodimylus chantrei Gaillard 1899 placental
 Tribosphenida - Erinaceidae
Erinaceinae indet., "Mioechinus" sp., Parasorex socialis
Erinaceinae indet. Fischer de Waldheim 1817 hedgehog
"Mioechinus" sp. Butler 1948 hedgehog
 Soricomorpha - Talpidae
? Urotrichus dolichochir3, Leptoscaptor bavaricum3, Mygalea antiqua3, Talpa minuta3
? Urotrichus dolichochir3 Gaillard 1899 greater Japanese shrew-mole
Leptoscaptor bavaricum3 Ziegler 2003 mole
vel robustior
Mygalea antiqua3 Pomel 1848 mole
Talpa minuta3 Blainville 1840 mole
 Soricomorpha - Soricidae
Dinosorex aff. pachygnathus2, Paenelimnoecus crouzeli2, Paenesorex bicuspis n. gen. n. sp.2, Petenyia aff. dubia2
Dinosorex aff. pachygnathus2 Engesser 1972 shrew
The spelling pachygnathums is an obvious lapsis lapili
Paenelimnoecus crouzeli2 Baudelot 1972 red-toothed shrew
Paenesorex bicuspis n. gen. n. sp.2 Ziegler 2003 red-toothed shrew
Petenyia aff. dubia2 Bachmayer and Wilson 1970 red-toothed shrew
 Rodentia - Cricetidae
Cricetodon jumaensis1
Cricetodon jumaensis1 Rummel 2001 rodent
1Rummel 2001; 2Ziegler 2003; 3Ziegler 2003