Gallenbach 2b: MN 6, Germany

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Dicroceros cf. elegans
Pisces
Pisces indet. Linnaeus 1758
synonym of Osteichthyes
Mammalia - Lagomorpha - Ochotonidae
Lagopsis verus Hensel 1856
Prolagus oeningensis (König 1825)
Mammalia - Rodentia - Cricetidae
Eumyarion bifidus (Fahlbusch 1964)
    = ? Eumyarion bifidus Fahlbusch 1964
Bollinger 1994
Eumyarion weinfurteri Schaub and Zapfe 1953
    = Eumyarion medius Lartet 1851
Bollinger 1994
Democricetodon cf. mutilus (Fahlbusch 1964)
Democricetodon gracilis (Fahlbusch 1964)
original and current combination Democricetodon minor gracilis
Cricetodon cf. jotae Mein and Freudenthal 1971
Cricetodon aff. meini Freudenthal 1963
Bollinger 1994
Megacricetodon minor Lartet 1851
Mammalia - Rodentia - Gliridae
Eomuscardinus cf. sansaniensis Lartet 1851
Glirudinus aff. undosus Mayr 1979
Miodyromys sp. Kretzoi 1943
Microdyromys miocaenicus
Mammalia - Rodentia - Sciuridae
Spermophilinus bredai (von Meyer 1848)
Heteroxerus sp. Stehlin and Schaub 1951
Mammalia - Rodentia - Eomyidae
Keramidomys sp. Hartenberger 1966
Mammalia - Carnivora - Mustelidae
Mustelidae indet. Fischer 1817
Mammalia - Lagomerycidae
Lagomeryx parvulus Roger 1898
Mammalia - Palaeomerycidae
Palaeomeryx sp. von Meyer 1834
Mammalia - Moschidae
Micromeryx cf. flourensianus Lartet 1851
Mammalia - Suidae
Hyotherium sp. von Meyer 1834
Mammalia - Erinaceidae
Galerix sp. Pomel 1848
Lanthanotherium sansaniense
original and current combination Lantanotherium
Mammalia - Talpidae
Talpinae indet. Fisher von Waldheim 1817
Proscapanus sansaniensis Lartet 1851
Mammalia - Soricidae
cf. Sorex dehmi
Dinosorex cf. sansaniensis (Lartet 1851)
Mammalia
Amphiperatherium frequens (von Meyer 1846)
Reptilia - Testudines - Testudinidae
Testudo sp. Linnaeus 1758
Reptilia - Anguidae
Ophisaurus sp. Daudin 1803
Reptilia - Lacertilia
Lacertilia indet. Owen 1842
Reptilia
Aves indet. Linnaeus 1758
Amphibia
Amphibia indet. Linnaeus 1758
Bivalvia - Unionida - Unionidae
Unio sp. Philipsson 1788
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Helicidae
Cepaea sp. Held 1838
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Testacellidae
Testacella sp. Draparnaud 1801
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Limacidae
Limax sp. Linnaeus 1758
Gastropoda - Diplommatinidae
Cochlostoma sp. Jan 1830
see common names

Geography
Country:Germany State/province:Bayern
Coordinates: 48.4° North, 11.1° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:48.7° North, 9.9° East
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Altitude:480 meters
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Neogene Epoch:Miocene
Stage:Serravallian 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 5
Key time interval:MN 6
Age range of interval:13.82000 - 12.80000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Local section:Doppelmergel Local bed:upper part
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: MN6; mittlere Serie der Oberen Süßwasser-Molasse (middle series of Upper Freshwater Molasse);Bollinger 1994: "MN6 not certain, can be called 'primitive MN6'"
Above the "Brockhorizont", a layer generated by the Ries-impact
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: marl
Environment:fluvial-lacustrine indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:bulk,sieve,field collection
Reason for describing collection:paleoecologic analysis
Collection method comments: Most fossils are stored in the Bayerische Staatssammlung
Metadata
Database number:45603
Authorizer:J. Alroy Enterer:S. Kuemmell
Modifier:J. Alroy Research group:vertebrate
Created:2004-11-17 03:44:40 Last modified:2007-03-02 22:42:10
Access level:the public Released:2004-11-17 03:44:40
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
11994. K. Heissig. 1989. Neue Ergebnisse zur Stratigraphie der mittleren Serie der Oberen Süßwassermolasse Bayerns (New results on the stratigraphy of the middle series of upper Freshwater Molasse, Bavaria). Geologica Bavarica 94:239-257 [J. Alroy/S. Kuemmell/S. Kuemmell]

Secondary references:

117125% 6560T.h. Bollinger. 1994. Die Obere Süßwassermolasse in Bayern und der Ostschweiz: bio- und lithostratigraphische Korrelationen (Upper Freshwater molasse in Bavaria and Eastern Switzerland: bio- and lithostratigraphic correlations). Mitteilungen der Bayerischen Staatssammlung für Paläontologie und Historische Geologie 34:109-144 [J. Alroy/S. Kuemmell/S. Kuemmell]