Wintershof-West: MN 3, Germany

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia - Rodentia - Sciuridae
Miopetaurista dehmi n. sp. de Bruijn et al. 1980
Mammalia - Rodentia - Aplodontidae
Sciurodon descedens n. sp. Dehm 1950
Schmidt-Kittler and Vianey-Liaud 1979
recombined as Ansomys descendens
Mammalia - Carnivora - Mustelidae
Melinae indet. Burmeister 1872
Dehm 1950
Laphyctis ? vorax
Dehm 1950
Laphyctis ? comitans
Dehm 1950
Martes laevidens
Dehm 1950
Plesiogale ? postfelina Dehm 1950
Dehm 1950
Plesictis vireti Dehm 1950
Dehm 1950
recombined as Franconictis vireti
Plesictis aff. pygmaeus
Dehm 1950
Plesictis aff. sicaulensis
Dehm 1950
Plesictis ? humilidens
Dehm 1950
Mammalia - Carnivora - Procyonidae
Plesictis mayri Dehm 1950
Dehm 1950
recombined as Angustictis mayri
Stromeriella franconica Dehm 1950
Dehm 1950
Broiliana nobilis Dehm 1950
Dehm 1950
Mammalia - Carnivora - Mephitidae
Miomephitis pilgrimi Dehm 1950
Dehm 1950
Mammalia - Carnivora - Ailuridae
Amphictis aff. antiquus
Dehm 1950
Mammalia - Carnivora - Ursidae
Ursavus elmensis Stehlin 1917
Dehm 1950
recombined as Ballusia elmensis
Hemicyon spp.
Dehm 1950
Mammalia - Carnivora - Amphicyonidae
Amphicyon schlosseri Dehm 1950
Dehm 1950
recombined as Dehmicyon schlosseri
Amphicyon socialis
Dehm 1950
Amphicyon helbingi
Dehm 1950
Amphicyon acutidens
Dehm 1950
Amphicyon dietrichi
Dehm 1950
Amphicyon aff. crassidens
Dehm 1950
Amphicyon aff. giganteus Schinz 1825
Dehm 1950
aff. Pseudocyon sansaniensis Lartet 1851
Dehm 1950
Mammalia - Carnivora - Felidae
Pseudaelurus transitorius
Dehm 1950
Mammalia - Carnivora - Viverridae
Progenetta praecurrens
Dehm 1950
Semigenetta ? elegans
Dehm 1950
Mammalia - Carnivora - Palaeogalidae
Palaeogale hyaenoides Dehm 1950
Dehm 1950
Palaeogale minuta (Gervais 1848)
Dehm 1950
Mammalia - Pholidota - Patriomanidae
Necromanis parva n. sp. Königswald 1969
Alba et al. 2018
Mammalia - Cainotheriidae
Cainotherium bavaricum n. sp. Berger 1959
Heizmann 1983
Mammalia - Dimylidae
Chainodus intercedens (Müller 1967)
Ziegler 1990
Mammalia - Talpidae
Myxomygale hutchisoni (Ziegler 1985)
Hugueney and Maridet 2017
Mammalia - Soricidae
Miosorex pusilliformes
Ziegler 1989
Florinia stehlini (Doben-Florin 1964)
Ziegler 1989
Soricella discrepans Doben-Florin 1964
Ziegler 1989
Paenelimnoecus micromorphus (Dobin-Florin 1964)
Ziegler 1989
Heterosorex neymayrianus
Ziegler 1989
ssp. subsequens
Mammalia - Chiroptera - Rhinolophidae
Rhinolophus dehmi n. sp. Ziegler 1993
Ziegler 1993
Mammalia - Chiroptera - Megadermatidae
Megaderma franconica n. sp. Ziegler 1993
Ziegler 1993
Mammalia - Chiroptera - Vespertilionidae
Eptesicus aurelianensis n. sp. Ziegler 1993
Ziegler 1993
Reptilia - Chamaeleonidae
Chamaeleo cf. caroliquarti Moody and Roček 1980
Moody and Roček 1980 3 specimens
nomen dubium belonging to Chamaeleo
BSP 1937 II 19601, anterior left dentary; 19602, left dentary; 19603, anterior of left dentary
Reptilia - Phasianidae
Palaeortyx intermedia Ballman 1966
Gohlich 2003
Reptilia - Zygodactylidae
Zygodactylus ignotus n. sp. Ballman 1969
Mayr 2008
includes "species F" of Ballmann 1969
Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Albanerpetontidae
Albanerpeton inexpectatum Estes and Hoffstetter 1976
Gardner and Böhme 2008
see common names

Geography
Country:Germany State/province:Bavaria
Coordinates: 48.9° North, 11.2° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:49.1° North, 9.5° East
Basis of coordinate:unpublished field data
Time
Period:Neogene Epoch:Miocene
Stage:Burdigalian 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 5
Key time interval:MN 3
Age range of interval:20.00000 - 16.90000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphy comments: Reference locality for MN 3
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: not reported
Environment:fissure fill
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:mesofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Museum repositories:BSP
Metadata
Database number:68040
Authorizer:L. van den Hoek Ostende, B. Allen, J. Alroy, P. Mannion, T. Cleary, J. Orcutt, M. Uhen, M. Carrano Enterer:L. van den Hoek Ostende, P. Mannion, J. Richter, J. Alroy, B. Allen, T. Cleary, J. Orcutt, M. Carrano, M. Uhen
Modifier:M. Carrano
Created:2006-12-28 14:23:18 Last modified:2021-07-14 11:15:05
Access level:the public Released:2006-12-28 14:23:18
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

19479. H. de Bruijn, A.J. van der Meulen, and G. Katsikatsos. 1980. The mammals from the Lower Miocene of Aliveri (Island of Evia, Greece). Part 1. The Sciuridae. Proceedings of the Koninklijke Akademie van Wetenschappen, Series B 83(3):241-261 [L. van den Hoek Ostende/L. van den Hoek Ostende]

Secondary references:

16713 D. M. Alba, A. S. Hammond, V. Vinuesa and I. Casanovas-Vilar. 2018. First record of a Miocene pangolin (Pholidota, Manoidea) from the Iberian Peninsula. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 38(1):e1424716 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]
67907 M. Cocude-Michel. 1963. Les Rhynchocéphales et les Sauriens des Calcaires lithographiques (Jurassique supérieur) d’Europe occidentale. Nouvelles Archives du Muséum d’Histoire Naturelle de Lyon 7:1-187 [A. Dunhill/B. Allen]
14572 R. Dehm. 1950. Die Raubtiere aus dem Mittel-Miocan (Burgidalium) von Wintershof-West bei Eichstatt in Bayern. Abhandlungen der Bayerischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Mathematisch-naturwissenshaftliche Klasse, N. F. 58:1-141 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]
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]
40668 U. B. Gohlich. 2003. The avifauna of the Grund Beds (Middle Miocene, Early Badenian, northern Austria). Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien, Serie A 104:237-249 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/T. Liebrecht]
19930 E.P.J. Heizmann. 1983. Die Gattung Cainotherium (Cainotheriidae) im Orleanium und im Astaracium Süddeutschlands. Eclogae Geologicae Helvetiae 76(3):781-825 [L. van den Hoek Ostende/L. van den Hoek Ostende]
61807 M. Hugueney and O. Maridet. 2017. Evolution of Oligo-Miocene talpids (Mammalia, Talpidae) in Europe: focus on the genera Myxomygale and Percymygale n. gen. Historical Biology [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]
28309 G. Mayr. 2008. Phylogenetic affinities of the enigmatic avian taxon Zygodactylus based on new material from the early Oligocene of France. Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 6(3):333-344 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy]
28846 S. Moody and Z. Roček. 1980. Chamaeleo caroliquarti (Chamaeleonidae, Sauria): a new species from the Lower Miocene of Central Europe. Bulletin of the Czech Geological Survey 55(2):85-96 [J. Mueller/T. Liebrecht/M. Uhen]
61489 N. Schmidt-Kittler and M. Vianey-Liaud. 1979. Evolution des Aplodontidae Oligocènes Européens. Palaeovertebrata 9(2):33-82 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]
25685 R. Ziegler. 1989. Heterosoricidae und Soricidae (Insectivora, Mammalia) aus dem Oberoligozän und Untermiozän Süddeutschlands. Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde, Serie B 154:1-73 [L. van den Hoek Ostende/L. van den Hoek Ostende]
23404 R. Ziegler. 1990. Didelphidae, Erinaceidae, Metacodontidae und Dimylidae (Mammalia) aus dem Oberoligozän und Untermiozän Süddeutschlands. Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde. Serie B (Geologie und Paläontologie) 158:1-99 [L. van den Hoek Ostende/J. Richter/T. Liebrecht]
23507 R. Ziegler. 1993. Die Chiroptera (Mammalia) aus dem Untermiozän von Wintershof-West bei Eichstätt (Bayern). Mitteilungen der Bayerischen Staatssammlung für Paläontologie und historische Geologie 33:119-154 [L. van den Hoek Ostende/J. Richter/M. Uhen]