Langenmoosen: MN 5, Germany

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia - Testudines - Trionychidae
Schleich 1984
Reptilia - Testudines - Testudinidae
Testudo sp. Linnaeus 1758
Schleich 1984
Reptilia - Testudines - Geoemydidae
Clemmydopsis turnauensis (Meyer 1847)
Schleich 1984
Reptilia - Testudines - Chelydridae
Chelydropsis sp. Peters 1868
Schleich 1984
Mammalia - Rodentia - Cricetidae
Cotimus aff. medius
synonym of Leidymys
29 teeth
Democricetodon gregarius (Schaub 1925)
recombined as Megacricetodon gregarius
n.ssp. bavaricus,168 teeth
Megacricetodon bavaricus (Fahlbusch 1964)
Heißig 1989
Democricetodon minor (Lartet 1851)
n.ssp. gracilis, 35 teeth
    = Democricetodon gracilis Fahlbusch 1964
Bollinger 1994
original and current combination Democricetodon minor gracilis
Democricetodon affinis Schaub 1925
n.ssp. mutilus, 86 teeth
    = Democricetodon mutilus Fahlbusch 1964
Bollinger 1994
see common names

Geography
Country:Germany State/province:Bayern
Coordinates: 48.6° North, 11.2° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:48.9° North, 9.8° East
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Altitude:397 meters
Time
Period:Neogene Epoch:Miocene
Stage:Langhian 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 5
Key time interval:MN 5
Age range of interval:15.98000 - 13.82000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphy comments: MN5"a"; Obere Süßwassermolasse (Upper Freshwater Molasse), Lower Tortonian, Upper Helvetian is also possible.
After Bollinger 1994: MN5"a" (=lower MN5).

MN5 is at the Burdigalian/Langhian boundary. "Tortonian" was used in a different context in the eastern Paratethys.
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: marl
Secondary lithology:fine unlithified sandstone
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: The fossils were discovered in a layer of marl 10 cm in thickness, intercalated in fine sand.
Environment:fluvial-lacustrine indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Disassociated minor elements:all
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:bulk,sieve,field collection
Collection size:318 specimens
Rock censused:800 kg
Reason for describing collection:biostratigraphic analysis
Metadata
Database number:48318
Authorizer:J. Alroy, E. Vlachos Enterer:S. Kuemmell, E. Vlachos
Modifier:J. Alroy Research group:vertebrate
Created:2005-03-16 06:29:56 Last modified:2007-03-02 23:07:55
Access level:the public Released:2005-03-16 06:29:56
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
12913. V. Fahlbusch. 1964. Die Cricetiden (Mamm.) der Oberen Süßwasser-Molasse Bayerns (Cricetids of the Upper Freshwater Molasse of Bavaria). Bayerische Akademie der Wissenschaften; mathematisch-naturwissenschaftliche Klasse; Abhandlungen, neue Folge 118:1-136 [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]
13262 K. Heißig. 1989. The faunal succession of the Bavarian Molasse reconsidered - correlation of the MN5 and MN6 faunas. Lindsay, E. H., Fahlbusch, V. & Mein, P.: European Neogene Mammal Chronology. Nato ASI-series, Plenum Press; New York 181-192 [J. Alroy/S. Kuemmell/S. Kuemmell]
66150 H.H. Schleich. 1984. Neogene Testudines of Germany. Their stratigraphical and ecological evaluation. Studia Geologica Salmanticensia (Studia Palaeocheloniologica 1), volumen especial 1:249-267 [E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos]