Gisseltshausen 1a: Langhian, Germany

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia
Amphiperatherium frequens (von Meyer 1846)
Mammalia - Chiroptera
Chiroptera indet. Blumenbach 1779
Mammalia - Cervidae
Euprox sp. Stehlin 1928
Euprox/Heteroprox sp.
Mammalia - Moschidae
Micromeryx cf. flourensianus Lartet 1851
Mammalia - Lagomerycidae
Lagomeryx pumilio
Lagomeryx parvulum
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Rhinocerotidae indet. Gray 1821
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Equidae
Anchitherium aurelianense Cuvier 1825
Mammalia - Erinaceidae
Galerix sp. Pomel 1848
Lanthanotherium sansaniense
original and current combination Lantanotherium
Mammalia - Dimylidae
Plesiodimylus sp. Gaillard 1897
Mammalia - Soricidae
Soricinae indet. Fischer von Waldheim 1817
Dinosorex sansaniensis (Lartet 1851)
Mammalia - Talpidae
Talpini indet. Fischer de Waldheim 1817
spelled with current rank as Talpidae
Proscapanus sansaniensis Lartet 1851
Mammalia - Lagomorpha - Ochotonidae
Prolagus oeningensis (König 1825)
Mammalia - Rodentia - Eomyidae
Keramidomys capathicus
Mammalia - Rodentia - Sciuridae
Heteroxerus sp. Stehlin and Schaub 1951
Miopetaurista sp. Kretzoi 1962
Blackia miocaenica Mein 1970
Spermophilinus bredai (von Meyer 1848)
Mammalia - Rodentia - Cricetidae
Democricetodon gracilis (Fahlbusch 1964)
original and current combination Democricetodon minor gracilis
Democricetodon mutilus (Fahlbusch 1964)
Megacricetodon aff. minor Lartet 1851
Eumyarion bifidus (Fahlbusch 1964)
Eumyarion weinfurteri Schaub and Zapfe 1953
Mammalia - Rodentia - Anomalomyidae
Anomalomys minor Fejfar 1972
Mammalia - Rodentia - Gliridae
Eomuscardinus sansaniensis Lartet 1851
Microdyromys miocaenicus
Miodyromys aegercii Baudelot 1972
Paraglirulus werenfelsi Engesser 1972
Bransatoglis astaracensis (Baudelot 1970)
Reptilia - Anguidae
Ophisaurus sp. Daudin 1803
Reptilia - Lacertidae
Lacerta sp. Linnaeus 1758
Reptilia - Chamaeleonidae
Chamaeleo sp. Laurenti 1768
Chamaeleo vel Agama sp.
Reptilia - Gekkonidae
Gekkonidae indet. Gray 1825
Reptilia - Testudines - Testudinidae
Testudo sp. Linnaeus 1758
Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Albanerpetontidae
Albanerpeton inexpectatum Estes and Hoffstetter 1976
Gardner and Böhme 2008
Gastropoda - Thiaridae
Brotia sp. Adams 1866
Gastropoda - Pomatiidae
Pomatias sp. Stimpson 1860
Gastropoda - Bithyniidae
Bithynia sp. Leach 1818
Gastropoda - Diplommatinidae
Cochlostoma sp. Jan 1830
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Planorbidae
Planorbarius sp. Dumeril 1806
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Helicidae
Cepaea sp. Held 1838
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Limacidae
Limax sp. Linnaeus 1758
see common names

Geography
Country:Germany State/province:Bayern
Coordinates: 48.7° North, 12.0° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:49.0° North, 10.6° East
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Altitude:445 meters
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Neogene Epoch:Miocene
Stage:Langhian 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 5
Key time interval:Langhian
Age range of interval:15.98000 - 13.82000 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 marl
Secondary lithology: unlithified conglomerate
Includes fossils?Y
Environment:"floodplain"
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:45612
Authorizer:J. Alroy, M. Carrano Enterer:S. Kuemmell, M. Carrano
Modifier:M. Carrano Research group:vertebrate
Created:2004-11-17 05:57:35 Last modified:2021-07-14 11:11:35
Access level:the public Released:2004-11-17 05:57:35
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:

52039 J. D. Gardner and M. Böhme. 2008. Review of the Albanerpetontidae (Lissamphibia), with comments on the paleoecological preferences of European Tertiary albanerpetontids. In J. T. Sankey & S. Baszio (ed.), Vertebrate Microfossil Assemblages: Their Role in Paleoecology and Paleobiogeography 178-218 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]
77386 J. D. Gardner, A. Villa, S. Colombero, M. Venczel, and M. Delfino. 2021. A Messinian (latest Miocene) occurrence for Albanerpeton Estes & Hoffstetter, 1976 (Lissamphibia: Albanerpetontidae) at Moncucco Torinese, Piedmont Basin, northwestern Italy, and a review of the European Cenozoic record for albanerpetontids. Geodiversitas 43(14):391-404 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano]