Ehrenstein 12: MP 22, Germany
collected 1990

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Albanerpetontidae
Albanerpetontidae indet. Fox and Naylor 1982
Gardner and Böhme 2008
Mammalia - Rodentia - Theridomyidae
Suevosciurus dehmi
Ziegler 2007
Suevosciurus ehingensis Dehm 1937
Ziegler 2007
Mammalia - Rodentia - Pseudosciuridae
Pseudosciurus suevicus
Ziegler 2007
Mammalia - Talpidae
Talpidae informal indet. sp. 1 (Fischer de Waldheim 1817)
Ziegler 2012
SMNS 47464
Geotrypus minor n. sp. Ziegler 2012
Ziegler 2012
recombined as Tegulariscaptor minor
SMNS 47462 - type
Myxomygale vauclusensis Crochet 1995
Ziegler 2012
recombined as Percymygale vauclusensis
SMNS 47456
Myxomygale aff. minor Ziegler 1990
Ziegler 2012
recombined as Percymygale minor
SMNS 47457
Mammalia - Nyctitheriidae
Nyctitheriidae indet. Simpson 1928
Ziegler 2007
SMNS 47284
Cryptotopos communis n. sp. Ziegler 2007
Ziegler 2007
SMNS 47281 - type; paratypes: SMNS 47281-47282
Euronyctia recta n. sp. Ziegler 2007
Ziegler 2007
SMNS 47283 - type
Reptilia - Tropidophiidae
cf. Platyspondylia sp. Rage 1974
2 elements
2 trunk vertebrae (SNMS 57723/10, 11)
Reptilia
Eoanilius oligocenicus Szyndlar 1994
28 elements
28 trunk vertebrae (SMNS 57723/14)
Reptilia - Boidae
Bransateryx vireti Hoffstetter and Rage 1972
8 elements
8 trunk vertebrae (SMNS 57723/6)
Boinae indet. Gray 1825
3 elements
"Boinae indet. A", 3 fragmentary mid-trunk vertebrae (SMNS 57723/9, 12)
Reptilia - Colubridae
Texasophis bohemiacus Szyndlar 1987
8 elements
7 trunk vertebrae (SMNS 57723/1-3, 5), 1 caudal (SMNS 57723/4)
see common names

Geography
Country:Germany State/province:Baden-Württemberg County:Alb-Donau-Kreis
Coordinates: 48.4° North, 9.9° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:47.9° North, 6.3° East
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Paleogene Epoch:Oligocene
Stage:Rupelian 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 4
Key time interval:MP 22
Age range of interval:33.90000 - 28.40000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Stratigraphy comments: "same age as Herrlingen 7" (Szyndlar, 1994)
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: not reported
Lithology description: infill of karstic fissure in Upper Jurassic limestones of the Swabian Jura (Schwäbische Alb)
Environment:fissure fill
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils,mesofossils
Temporal resolution:time-averaged
Spatial resolution:parautochthonous
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:bulk,selective quarrying,sieve
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Museum repositories:SMF
Collection dates:1990
Collection method comments: fissure was discovered by M. Hellmund in August 1990
Metadata
Database number:118196
Authorizer:R. Benson, M. Carrano, J. Mueller, P. Mannion Enterer:R. Benson, P. Mannion, T. Liebrecht, M. Carrano
Modifier:M. Carrano Research group:vertebrate
Created:2011-10-08 01:53:25 Last modified:2021-07-14 11:26:36
Access level:the public Released:2011-10-08 01:53:25
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

13113. Z. Szyndlar. 1994. Oligocene snakes of southern Germany. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 14(1):24-37 [J. Head/J. Head/J. Head]

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]
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]
62519 R. Ziegler. 2007. The nyctitheriids (Lipotyphla, Mammalia) from Early Oligocene fissure fillings in South Germany. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie Abhandlungen 246(2):183-203 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]
62503 R. Ziegler. 2012. Moles (Talpidae, Mammalia) from Early Oligocene karstic fissure fillings in South Germany. Geobios 45:501-513 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]