Unterzolling 1a: MN 6, Germany

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Pisces
Pisces indet. Linnaeus 1758
synonym of Osteichthyes
Mammalia - Lagomorpha
Lagomorpha indet. Brandt 1885
Mammalia - Rodentia - Cricetidae
Eumyarion weinfurteri Schaub and Zapfe 1953
Cricetodon cf. jotae Mein and Freudenthal 1971
Megacricetodon minor Lartet 1851
Megacricetodon cf. bavaricus (Fahlbusch 1964)
Mammalia - Rodentia - Gliridae
Paraglirulus werenfelsi Engesser 1972
Miodyromys aegercii Baudelot 1972
Miodyromys hamadryas Forsyth Major 1899
Eliomys reductus Mayr 1979
Mammalia - Rodentia - Sciuridae
cf. Blackia miocaenica Mein 1970
Mammalia - Rodentia - Eomyidae
Keramidomys cf. carpathicus (Schaub and Zapfe 1953)
Mammalia - Carnivora - Amphicyonidae
Amphicyonidae indet. Haeckel 1886
Mammalia - Cervidae
Euprox sp. Stehlin 1928
Euprox/Heteroprox sp.
Mammalia - Suidae
Suidae indet. Gray 1821
Mammalia - Erinaceidae
Galerix sp. Pomel 1848
Mammalia - Talpidae
Proscapanus sansaniensis Lartet 1851
Mammalia - Soricidae
cf. Miosorex sp. Kretzoi 1959
Mammalia - Chiroptera
Chiroptera indet. Blumenbach 1779
Mammalia
Amphiperatherium frequens (von Meyer 1846)
Reptilia - Testudines - Testudinidae
Testudo sp. Linnaeus 1758
Reptilia - Anguidae
Ophisaurus sp. Daudin 1803
see common names

Geography
Country:Germany State/province:Bayern
Coordinates: 48.5° North, 11.8° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:48.7° North, 10.6° East
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Altitude:450 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
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Stratigraphy comments: mittlere Serie der Oberen Süßwasser-Molasse (middle series of Upper Freshwater Molasse); Above the "Brockhorizont" (generated by the Ries-impact)
the Ries ejecta are 14.88 +/- 0.11 Ma old (Aziz et al. 2007), implying a Langhian age
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: unlithified sandstone
Secondary lithology: marl
Includes fossils?Y
Includes fossils?Y
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:biostratigraphic analysis
Collection method comments: Most fossils are stored in the Bayerische Staatssammlung
Metadata
Database number:45610
Authorizer:J. Alroy Enterer:S. Kuemmell
Modifier:J. Alroy Research group:vertebrate
Created:2004-11-17 05:32:21 Last modified:2007-07-16 13:23:03
Access level:the public Released:2004-11-17 05:32:21
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]