Budenheim and Heßler quarries (Miocene of Germany)

Also known as Hessler, Biebrich, Mosbach-Biebrich

Where: R.-P. and Hesse, Germany (50.0° N, 8.2° E: paleocoordinates 50.1° N, 6.1° E)

• coordinate based on unpublished field data

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: MN 2 (22.4 - 20.0 Ma)

• The fossils most likely come from beds referred to as Wiesbaden Formation (formerly "Hydrobienschichten", Lower Miocene) in modern lithostratigraphic nomenclature of the Mainz Basin.

Environment/lithology: peritidal; limestone

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Reposited in the SMF

Primary reference: R. Ziegler. 1990. Talpidae (Insectivora, Mammalia) aus dem Oberoligozän und Untermiozän Süddeutschlands. Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde. Serie B (Geologie und Paläontologie) 167:1-81 [L. van den Hoek Ostende/J. Richter/T. Liebrecht]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 69606: authorized by Lars van den Hoek Ostende, entered by Juliette Richter on 28.02.2007, edited by Mark Uhen, Torsten Liebrecht, David Nicholson and Terri Cleary

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Theriamorpha - Dimylidae
Dimylus paradoxus5 von Meyer 1846 placental
Chainodus cf. sp.5 Ziegler 1990 placental
?Chainodus sp. from the Heßler
Chainodus sulcatus5 Stephan-Hartl 1972 placental
from Budenheim
 Theriamorpha - Talpidae
Hugueneya aff. primitiva Hutchison 1974 mole
Mygalea magna n. sp. Ziegler 1990 mole
Paratalpa brachychir v. Meyer 1846 mole
 Carnivora - Palaeogalidae
Palaeogale praehyaenoides n. sp.4 Morlo 1996 carnivoran
Palaeogale minuta4 Gervais 1848 carnivoran
 Carnivora -
"Stenogale julieni" = Viretictis julieni4
"Stenogale julieni" = Viretictis julieni4 Filhol 1879 carnivoran
 Carnivora - Felidae
Proailurus lemanensis4 Filhol 1879 cat
 Carnivora -
Herpestides compactus n. sp.4 Morlo 1996 carnivoran
Herpestides antiquus4 de Blainville 1842 carnivoran
 Carnivora - Ailuridae
Amphictis borbonica4 Viret 1929 red panda
Amphictis prolongata n. sp.4 Morlo 1996 red panda
Amphictis schlosseri4 Heizmann and Morlo 1994 red panda
 Carnivora - Procyonidae
Stromeriella depressa4 Morlo 1996 procyonid carnivore
Angustictis mayri4 Dehm 1950 procyonid carnivore
 Carnivora - Mustelidae
Martes species n. sp.4 marten
Franconictis humilidens4 mustelid carnivore
Franconictis vireti4 Dehm 1950 mustelid carnivore
 Carnivora -
 Theriamorpha - Herpetotheriidae
Amphiperatherium frequens5 von Meyer 1846 marsupial
A. frequens frequens from Budenheim
Reptilia
 Testudines - Geoemydidae
"Ptychogasteridae indet." = Ptychogastrini2
"Ptychogasteridae indet." = Ptychogastrini2 De Stefano 1903 turtle
SMF-R111, previously identified by Reinach 1900 as Ocadia hessleriana
 Testudines -
"Promalacoclemmys boulengeri n. sp." = Promalacoclemmys protogaea2, "Ocadia hessleriana n. sp." = Promalacoclemmys protogaea2
"Promalacoclemmys boulengeri n. sp." = Promalacoclemmys protogaea2 Meyer 1852 turtle
SMF R110, 4791, 4802a
"Ocadia hessleriana n. sp." = Promalacoclemmys protogaea2 Meyer 1852 turtle
 Squamata - Viperidae
Provipera boettgeri n. gen. n. sp.3
Provipera boettgeri n. gen. n. sp.3 Kinkelin 1892 viper
type: a single venom fang from the Heßler (SMF R 4186)
 Squamata - Trogonophidae
Palaeoblanus tobieni1 Schleich 1988 worm lizard