Erkertshofen 2 (Miocene of Germany)

Where: Bavaria, Germany (48.9° N, 11.2° E: paleocoordinates 49.1° N, 9.7° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

When: MN 4 (16.9 - 16.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial

Primary reference: R. Ziegler. 1990. Didelphidae, Erinaceidae, Metacodontidae und Dimylidae (Mammalia) aus dem Oberoligozän und Untermiozän Süddeutschlands. Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde. Serie B (Geologie und Paläontologie) 158:1-99 [L. van den Hoek Ostende/J. Richter/T. Liebrecht]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 69775: authorized by Lars van den Hoek Ostende, entered by Juliette Richter on 07.03.2007, edited by Lars van den Hoek Ostende and Philip Mannion

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Taxonomic list

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Mammalia
 Theriamorpha - Talpidae
Myxomygale hutchisoni1
Myxomygale hutchisoni1 Ziegler 1985 mole
 Theriamorpha - Soricidae
Dinosorex aff. zapfei2, Heterosorex neumayrianus2, Lartetium dehmi2, Lartetium petersbuchense2, Soricella discrepans2, Miosorex pusilliformis2, Florinia stehlini2, Paenelimnoecus micromorphus2
Dinosorex aff. zapfei2 Engesser 1975 shrew
Heterosorex neumayrianus2 shrew
ssp. aff. subsequens
Lartetium petersbuchense2 Ziegler 1989 shrew
Soricella discrepans2 Doben-Florin 1964 shrew
Miosorex pusilliformis2 Doben-Florin 1964 shrew
Florinia stehlini2 Doben-Florin 1964 shrew
Paenelimnoecus micromorphus2 Dobin-Florin 1964 red-toothed shrew
 Theriamorpha - Erinaceidae
Amphechinus sp., Galerix aurelianensis n. sp.
Amphechinus sp. Aymard 1850 hedgehog
Amphechinus sp. 1 and sp. 2
Galerix aurelianensis n. sp. Ziegler 1990 hedgehog
1Hugueney and Maridet 2017; 2Ziegler 1989