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