Baggersee Freudenegg 2 (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 70361: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 21.03.2007

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Taxonomic list

Chondrichthyes
 Lamniformes - Carchariidae
Mammalia
 Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Rhinocerotidae indet. Gray 1821 rhinoceros
 Perissodactyla - Equidae
Anchitherium aurelianense Cuvier 1825 anchitheriine horse
 Artiodactyla - Suidae
Hyotherium cf. soemmeringi von Meyer 1834 pig
 Artiodactyla - Palaeomerycidae
Palaeomeryx sp. von Meyer 1834 ruminant
 Artiodactyla - Cervidae
Cervidae indet. Gray 1821 deer
 Creodonta - Hyainailouridae
Hyainailouros sulzeri Biedermann 1863 creodont
 Sirenia - Dugongidae
Metaxytherium sp. de Christol 1840 dugong
 Proboscidea - Gomphotheriidae
Gomphotherium cf. angustidens Burmeister 1837 gomphothere
Reptilia
 Testudines - Testudinidae
Testudo sp. Linnaeus 1758 turtle
Actinopteri
 Teleostei -