Ehrenstein 12: MP 22, Germany
collected 1990
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Amphibia
- Temnospondyli
- Albanerpetontidae
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Albanerpetontidae indet.
Fox and Naylor 1982
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Gardner and Böhme 2008 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Theridomyidae
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Suevosciurus dehmi
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Ziegler 2007 | |||||||||
Suevosciurus ehingensis
Dehm 1937
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Ziegler 2007 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Pseudosciuridae
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Pseudosciurus suevicus
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Ziegler 2007 | |||||||||
Mammalia
- Talpidae
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Talpidae informal indet. sp. 1
(Fischer de Waldheim 1817)
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Ziegler 2012 | |||||||||
SMNS 47464 | ||||||||||
Geotrypus minor n. sp.
Ziegler 2012
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Ziegler 2012 | |||||||||
recombined as Tegulariscaptor minor | ||||||||||
SMNS 47462 - type | ||||||||||
Myxomygale vauclusensis
Crochet 1995
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Ziegler 2012 | |||||||||
recombined as Percymygale vauclusensis | ||||||||||
SMNS 47456 | ||||||||||
Myxomygale aff. minor
Ziegler 1990
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Ziegler 2012 | |||||||||
recombined as Percymygale minor | ||||||||||
SMNS 47457 | ||||||||||
Mammalia
- Nyctitheriidae
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Nyctitheriidae indet.
Simpson 1928
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Ziegler 2007 | |||||||||
SMNS 47284 | ||||||||||
Cryptotopos communis n. sp.
Ziegler 2007
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Ziegler 2007 | |||||||||
SMNS 47281 - type; paratypes: SMNS 47281-47282 | ||||||||||
Euronyctia recta n. sp.
Ziegler 2007
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Ziegler 2007 | |||||||||
SMNS 47283 - type | ||||||||||
Reptilia
- Tropidophiidae
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cf. Platyspondylia sp.
Rage 1974
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2 elements | |||||||||
2 trunk vertebrae (SNMS 57723/10, 11) | ||||||||||
Reptilia
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Eoanilius oligocenicus
Szyndlar 1994
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28 elements | |||||||||
28 trunk vertebrae (SMNS 57723/14) | ||||||||||
Reptilia
- Boidae
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Bransateryx vireti
Hoffstetter and Rage 1972
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8 elements | |||||||||
8 trunk vertebrae (SMNS 57723/6) | ||||||||||
Boinae indet.
Gray 1825
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3 elements | |||||||||
"Boinae indet. A", 3 fragmentary mid-trunk vertebrae (SMNS 57723/9, 12) | ||||||||||
Reptilia
- Colubridae
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Texasophis bohemiacus
Szyndlar 1987
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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] |