Griesbeckerzell 1a: Langhian, Germany
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia
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Diplocynodon styriacus
(Hofmann 1887)
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synonym of Diplocynodon ungeri | ||||||||||
Reptilia
- Testudines
- Testudinidae
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Geochelone sp.
Fitzinger 1835
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Testudo sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Reptilia
- Testudines
- Geoemydidae
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Mauremys sp.
Gray 1870
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Reptilia
- Testudines
- Trionychidae
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Trionyx sp.
Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire 1809
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Reptilia
- Anguidae
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Pseudopus laurillardi
(Lartet 1851)
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Maxilla, BSPG 1997 XIII 467–468, 470, 472–473, 475–476; Dentary, BSPG 1997 XIII 477, 479–482, 486 | ||||||||||
Ophisaurus sp.
Daudin 1803
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Ophisaurus feifari
Klembara 1979
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Klembara and Rummel 2018 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
BSPG 1997 XVI 466, parietal | ||||||||||
Reptilia
- Cordylidae
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? Cordylidae indet.
Gray 1837
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dental and frontal bone | ||||||||||
Reptilia
- Scincidae
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Scincidae indet.
Gray 1825
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Reptilia
- Colubridae
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Colubridae indet.
Oppel 1811
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26 elements | |||||||||
26 vertebrae (BSPG 1997 XIII 616-641) | ||||||||||
Natrix sp.
Laurenti 1768
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30 elements | |||||||||
30 vertebrae (BSPG 1997 XIII 570-599) | ||||||||||
Natricinae indet.
Bonaparte 1838
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16 elements | |||||||||
16 vertebrae (BSPG 1997 XIII 600-615) | ||||||||||
Colubrinae indet.
Oppel 1811
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14 elements | |||||||||
14 vertebrae (BSPG 1997 XIII 555-568) | ||||||||||
Texasophis cf. meini
Rage and Holman 1984
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1 element | |||||||||
1 vertebra (BSPG 1997 XIII 554) | ||||||||||
"Coluber" sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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3 elements | |||||||||
3 vertebrae (BSPG 1997 XIII 551-553) | ||||||||||
"Coluber" cf. caspioides
Szyndlar and Schleich 1993
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21 elements | |||||||||
21 vertebrae (BSPG 1997 XIII 519-539) | ||||||||||
Coluber hungaricus
(Bolkay 1913)
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10 elements | |||||||||
10 vertebrae (BSPG 1997 XIII 541-550) | ||||||||||
Reptilia
- Boidae
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Boidae indet.
Gray 1825
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5 elements | |||||||||
5 vertebrae (BSPG 1997 XIII 514-518); "The gracile cranial margin of the zygosphene in one trunk vertebra may suggest affinities with Bavarioboa." | ||||||||||
Python sp.
Daudin 1803
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6 elements | |||||||||
6 vertebrae (BSPG 1997 XIII 507-512) | ||||||||||
cf. Bavarioboa sp.
Szyndlar and Schleich 1993
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5 elements | |||||||||
5 vertebrae (BSPG 1997 XIII 502-506) | ||||||||||
Bavarioboa aff. hermi
Szyndlar and Schleich 1993
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3 elements | |||||||||
3 vertebrae (BSPG 1997 XIII 499-501) | ||||||||||
Reptilia
- Elapidae
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Elapidae indet.
Boié 1827
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3 elements | |||||||||
3 vertebrae (BSPG 1997 XIII 643-645) | ||||||||||
Micrurus cf. gallicus
Rage and Holman 1984
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1 element | |||||||||
1 vertebra (BSPG 1997 XIII 642) | ||||||||||
Reptilia
- Crotalidae
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Vipera informal sp. (“Oriental vipers” group)
Laurenti 1768
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3 elements | |||||||||
10 vertebrae (BSPG 1997 XIII 649-658) | ||||||||||
Vipera informal sp. (“European vipers” group: “Vipera aspis complex”)
Laurenti 1768
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1 element | |||||||||
1 vertebra (BSPG 1997 XIII 659) | ||||||||||
Reptilia
- Lacertidae
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Edlartetia sansaniensis
Augé and Rage 2000
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Lacerta sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Amphibia
- Temnospondyli
- Urodela
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Salamandra sansaniensis
Lartet 1851
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Mioproteus caucasicus
Estes and Darevsky 1978
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Chelotriton sp.
Pomel 1853
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Amphibia
- Temnospondyli
- Pelobatidae
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Eopelobates sp.
Parker 1929
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Pelobates sp.
Wagler 1830
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Amphibia
- Temnospondyli
- Bufonidae
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Bufo cf. viridis
Laurenti 1768
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Amphibia
- Temnospondyli
- Ranidae
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Pelophylax sp.
Fitzinger 1843
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Amphibia
- Temnospondyli
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Latonia gigantea
Lartet 1851
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Actinopteri
- Moronidae
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Morone sp.
Mitchill 1814
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Actinopteri
- Anabantiformes
- Channidae
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Channa spp.
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Actinopteri
- Cypriniformes
- Cyprinidae
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Barbus informal sp. B
Cuvier and Cloquet 1816
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Palaeoleuciscus informal sp. A
Obrhelová 1969
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see common names |
Geography
Country: | Germany | State/province: | Bavaria | County: | Aichach-Friedberg |
Coordinates: | 48.4° North, 11.0° East (view map) | ||||
Paleocoordinates: | 48.7° North, 9.7° East | ||||
Basis of coordinate: | stated in text | ||||
Altitude: | 490 meters |
Time
Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Miocene |
Stage: | Langhian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 5 |
Key time interval: | Langhian | Mammal zone: | OSM F |
Age range of interval: | 15.97000 - 13.82000 m.y. ago | ||
Age estimate: | 14.88 ± 0.11 Ma (paleomagnetic) |
Stratigraphy
Geological group: | Molasse | Formation: | Upper Freshwater Molasse | Member: | Fluviatile Untere Serie |
Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
Stratigraphy comments: Brock horizon of the Fluviatile Untere Serie, Middle part of the Upper Freshwater Molasse (OSM), Early Badenian (Langhian).
"Fossil localities of the Brock horizon lacking fossils of the large-sized lineage of Megacricetodon Fahlbusch, 1964 are placed at the beginning of [the regional] unit OSM F (Heissig 1989, 1997; Böhme et al. 2001; Abdul Aziz et al. 2008). [...] According to the new palaeomagnetic and radiometric dating of the Ries impact event (Abdul Aziz et al. 2008), Griesbeckerzell 1a probably is approximately 14.77 Ma (14.88 ± 0.11 Ma for the Ries impact and chron C5ADr for sediments containing the Brock horizon) in age [...]" (Ivanov & Böhme, 2011). |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | poorly lithified calcareous breccia | ||
Secondary lithology: | poorly lithified sandstone | ||
Includes fossils? | Y | ||
Lithology description: The Brock horizon is a "limestone boulder horizon, originating from the Ries meteoritic impact" (Ivanov & Böhme, 2011). The fossils are, however, said to come from "channel-fill sands" (ibidem), apparently associated with the limestone boulders. | |||
Environment: | fine channel fill | Tectonic setting: | foreland basin |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils,mesofossils |
Preservation of anatomical detail: | poor |
Fragmentation: | frequent |
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods: | survey of museum collection |
Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Museum repositories: | BSP |
Taxonomic list comments:"Interesting is the presence of a dental and a frontal bone of a possible cordylid lizard. This thermophilous family is quite common in the late Early Miocene (Roček 1984; Böhme 2002, 2010), but was not previously reported from Middle Miocene deposits of Europe." (Ivanov & Böhme, 2011)
Also, there may be mammal taxa present in the Griesbeckerzell fauna. |
Metadata
Database number: | 134954 | ||
Authorizer: | J. Mueller, T. Cleary | Enterer: | T. Liebrecht, T. Cleary |
Modifier: | G. Varnham | Research group: | vertebrate |
Created: | 2012-10-19 09:00:58 | Last modified: | 2022-02-11 10:02:43 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2012-10-19 09:00:58 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
43315. | M. Ivanov and M. Böhme. 2011. Snakes from Griesbeckerzell (Langhian, Early Badenian), North Alpine Foreland Basin (Germany), with comments on the evolution of snake faunas in Central Europe during the Miocene Climatic Optimum. Geodiversitas 33(3):411-449 [J. Mueller/T. Liebrecht] |
Secondary references:
56791 | J. Klembara, M. Böhme, and M. Rummel. 2010. Revision of the anguine lizard Pseudopus laurillardi (Squamata, Anguidae) from the Miocene of Europe, with comments on paleoecology. Journal of Paleontology 84(2):159-196 [R. Butler/J. Moreno] | |
69175 | J. Klembara and M. Rummel. 2018. New material of Ophisaurus, Anguis and Pseudopus (Squamata, Anguidae, Anguinae) from the Miocene of the Czech Republic and Germany and systematic revision and palaeobiogeography of the Cenozoic Anguinae. Geological Magazine 155(1):20-44 [T. Cleary/T. Cleary] |