Baggersee Freudenegg 1 (Miocene of Germany)
Where: Germany (48.3° N, 10.0° E: paleocoordinates 48.5° N, 8.2° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Early/Lower Miocene (23.0 - 16.0 Ma)
Environment/lithology: marine
Primary reference: V. J. Sach and E. P. J. Heizmann. 2001. Stratigraphy and mammal faunas of the Brackwassermolasse in the surroundings of Ulm (Southwest Germany). Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde Serie B (Geologie und Paläontologie) 310:1-95 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details
Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis
PaleoDB collection 70360: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 21.03.2007
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Taxonomic list
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Actinopteri | |
Reptilia | |
Crocodylia indet. crocodilian | |
Mammalia | |
Rhinocerotidae indet. Gray 1821 rhinoceros
cf. Plesiaceratherium sp. Young 1937 rhinoceros | |
Anchitherium aurelianense Cuvier 1825 anchitheriine horse | |
Odontoceti indet. Flower 1867 toothed whale | |
Squalodontidae indet. Brandt 1873 toothed whale | |
Delphinidae indet. Gray 1821 dolphin | |
Physeteridae indet. Gray 1821 sperm whale | |
Suidae indet. Gray 1821 pig | |
Carnivora indet. Bowdich 1821 carnivoran | |
Chondrichthyes | |
"Procarcharodon megalodon" = Otodus megalodon
"Procarcharodon megalodon" = Otodus megalodon Agassiz 1835 megalodon no evidence of this species and because of early Miocene age, occurrence dubious
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Carcharias cf. acutissimus Agassiz 1843 sand shark | |
Myliobatis sp. Cuvier 1816 eagle ray |