Langenau 2: Burdigalian, Germany
collected by SMNS and Department of Paleontology and Historical Geology of the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität Munich 1977
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Actinopteri
- Anabantiformes
- Channidae
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Channa ellipitca
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Reptilia
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Diplocynodon sp.
Pomel 1847
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Reptilia
- Anguidae
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Ophisaurus sp.
Daudin 1803
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Reptilia
- Testudines
- Testudinidae
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Geochelone sp.
Fitzinger 1835
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Testudo sp.
Linnaeus 1758
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Reptilia
- Testudines
- Geoemydidae
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Mauremys sarmatica
(Purschke 1885)
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Hervet 2004 | |||||||||
| SMNS 85980, 53747, 57050 | ||||||||||
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Ocadia sp.
Gray 1870
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Reptilia
- Testudines
- Trionychidae
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Trionyx sp.
Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire 1809
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Mammalia
- Sirenia
- Sirenia
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Sirenia indet.
Illiger 1811
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Mammalia
- Proboscidea
- Gomphotheriidae
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Gomphotherium sp.
Burmeister 1837
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Mammalia
- Proboscidea
- Deinotheriidae
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Deinotherium bavaricum
von Meyer 1831
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| recombined as Prodeinotherium bavaricum | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Rhinocerotidae
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cf. Plesiaceratherium sp.
Young 1937
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Equidae
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Anchitherium aurelianense
Cuvier 1825
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| subspecies aurelianense | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Artiodactyla
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Artiodactyla indet.
Owen 1848
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Mammalia
- Cervidae
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cf. Procervulus dichotomus
Gervais 1849
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Mammalia
- Lagomerycidae
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cf. Lagomeryx parvulus
Roger 1898
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Mammalia
- Palaeomerycidae
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Palaeomeryx sp.
von Meyer 1834
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Mammalia
- Suidae
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Suidae indet.
Gray 1821
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Bunolistriodon lockharti
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
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Rodentia indet.
Bowdich 1821
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Geography
| Country: | Germany | State/province: | Baden-Württemberg | County: | Alb-Donau |
| Coordinates: | 48.5° North, 10.1° East (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 48.7° North, 8.4° East | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | stated in text | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Miocene |
| Stage: | Burdigalian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 5 |
| Key time interval: | Burdigalian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 20.44000 - 15.98000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Geological group: | Molasse | Formation: | Brackwater Molasse | Member: | Kirchberg beds |
| Stratigraphy comments: MN 4b
lithostratigraphy is according to Böttcher (1987, Stuttg. Beitr. Naturk. B 131) Pippèrr et al. 2007: Biostratigraphical studies based on otoliths and small mammals suggest that the Upper Brackish Molasse is Late Ottnangian in age (e.g. ZIEGLER & FAHLBUSCH 1986; REICHENBACHER et al. 2004). Adding support to this age estimate is the positive correlation of the Upper Brackish Molasse with the sediments in Switzerland and the Rzehakia Beds of the Central Paratethys (SENES 1973; REICHENBACHER et al. 1998). | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | muddy marl | ||
| Includes fossils? | Y | ||
| Environment: | paralic indet. | Tectonic setting: | foreland basin |
| Geology comments: Since Langenau 2 is further south from Langenau 1 no intertonguing of fluvial and brackish deposits occurs. Instead, only the sediments of the standing water body of the "Graupensand Meer" are present. | |||
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils,mesofossils |
| Spatial resolution: | parautochthonous |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | bulk,surface (in situ),survey of museum collection | ||
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis | ||
| Museum repositories: | BSP,SMNS | ||
| Collectors: | SMNS and Department of Paleontology and Historical Geology of the Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität Munich | Collection dates: | 1977 |
| Collection method comments: Fossils were almost exclusively obtained from surface collecting. | |||
| Taxonomic list comments:The locality also yielded many plants and authochthonous invertebrates (e.g. cardiid pelecypods). | |||
Metadata
| Database number: | 70359 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Uhen, D. Nicholson | Enterer: | M. Uhen, D. Nicholson |
| Modifier: | G. Varnham | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2007-03-21 10:21:27 | Last modified: | 2022-01-25 08:57:48 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2007-03-21 10:21:27 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 23602. | V. J. Sach and E. P. J. Heizmann. 2001. Stratigraphy and mammal faunas of the Brackwassermolasse in the surroundings of Ulm (Southwest Germany). Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde Serie B (Geologie und Paläontologie) 310:1-95 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |
Secondary references:
| 58591 | S. Hervet. 2004. Systématique du groupe "Palaeochelys sensu lato – Mauremys" (Chelonii, Testudinoidea) du Tertiaire d'Europe occidentale: principaux résultats [Systematic of the "Palaeochelys sensu lato – Mauremys" group (Chelonii, Testudinoidea) from the Tertiary of Western Europe: principal results. Annales de Paléontologie 90(1):13-78 [D. Nicholson/D. Nicholson/D. Nicholson] |