Baggersee Freudenegg 3 (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 70362: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 21.03.2007

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Rodentia - Castoridae
Steneofiber cf. depereti Mayet 1908 beaver
 Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Rhinocerotidae indet. Gray 1821 rhinoceros
Brachypotherium brachypus Lartet 1848 rhinoceros
 Artiodactyla - Suidae
Hyotherium cf. soemmeringi von Meyer 1834 pig
 Artiodactyla - Tragulidae
Dorcatherium cf. vindobonense von Meyer 1846 chevrotain
 Artiodactyla - Palaeomerycidae
Palaeomeryx cf. kaupi von Meyer 1834 ruminant
 Artiodactyla - Cervidae
Cervidae indet. Gray 1821 deer
 Carnivora - Amphicyonidae
Amphicyonidae indet. Haeckel 1886 bear-dog
 Proboscidea - Deinotheriidae
"Deinotherium bavaricum" = Prodeinotherium bavaricum
"Deinotherium bavaricum" = Prodeinotherium bavaricum von Meyer 1831 deinothere
 Proboscidea - Gomphotheriidae
Reptilia
 Testudines - Testudinidae
Geochelone sp. Fitzinger 1835 turtle
Testudo sp. Linnaeus 1758 turtle
 Testudines - Trionychidae
Trionyx sp. Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire 1809 softshell turtle
 Crocodylia -
Diplocynodon sp. Pomel 1847 crocodilian