Griesbeckerzell 1b: Langhian, Germany

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Actinopteri - Moronidae
Morone sp. Mitchill 1814
Actinopteri - Anabantiformes - Channidae
Channa spp. Scopoli 1770
Actinopteri - Cypriniformes - Cyprinidae
Reptilia
Reptilia - Chamaeleonidae
Reptilia - Boidae
1 element
1 vertebra (BSPG 1997 XIII 513)
Reptilia - Crotalidae
3 elements
3 vertebrae (BSPG 1997 XIII 646-648); Vipera sp. (“Oriental vipers” group) or Daboia sp.
Reptilia - Colubridae
1 element
1 vertebra (BSPG 1997 XIII 569)
1 element
1 vertebra (BSPG 1997 XIII 540)
Reptilia - Lacertidae
Reptilia - Anguidae
Pseudopus laurillardi (Lartet 1851)
Dentary, BSPG 1997 XIII 484–485, 490
Reptilia - Testudines - Trionychidae
Reptilia - Testudines - Testudinidae
Reptilia - Testudines - Geoemydidae
Mauremys sp. Gray 1870
Mammalia - Rodentia - Cricetidae
Cricetodon aff. meini Freudenthal 1963
jaw fragments
see common names

Geography
Country:Germany State/province:Bavaria County:Aichach-Friedberg
Coordinates: 48.4° North, 11.0° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:45.6° North, 13.0° East (Wright 2013)
Basis of coordinate:stated in text
Altitude:490 meters
Time
Period: Neogene Epoch: Miocene
Stage: Langhian 10 m.y. bin: Cenozoic 5
Key time interval: Langhian Mammal zone:  OSM E
Age range of interval: 15.98 - 13.82 m.y. ago
Age estimate: 15.0 ± 0.1 Ma (paleomagnetic)
Stratigraphy
Geological group:Molasse Formation:Upper Freshwater Molasse Member:Fluviatile Untere Serie
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: Sand horizon of Unterneul sedimentary unit (acc. to Fiest, 1989) of the Fluviatile Untere Serie, Middle part of the Upper Freshwater Molasse (OSM), Early Badenian (Langhian).
"Biostratigraphically the [...] fossil layer belongs to the regional unit OSM E that is characterized by the cricetids Megacricetodon lappi (Mein, 1958) and Cricetodon meini Freudenthal, 1963 (Abdul Aziz et al. 2008, 2010; Prieto et al. 2009), which is also confirmed by the occurrence of jaw fragments of Cricetodon aff. meini in Griesbeckerzell 1b. [...] the sediments of the unit OSM E correlate to chron C5Bn.1r (Abdul Aziz et al. 2008), thus suggesting an age of between 15.0 and 14.9 Ma for Griesbeckerzell 1b [...]" (Ivanov & Böhme, 2011).
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:fine poorly lithified sandstone
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: "fine-grained sands" (Ivanov & Böhme, 2011).
Environment:fine channel fill Tectonic setting:foreland basin
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils,mesofossils
Preservation of anatomical detail:poor
Fragmentation:frequent
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes:some genera
Collection methods:survey of museum collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Museum repositories:BSP
Taxonomic list comments:There may be more mammal taxa present than listed.
Metadata
Database number:135038
Authorizer:J. Mueller Enterer:T. Liebrecht
Modifier:J. Benito Moreno Research group:vertebrate
Created:2012-10-19 23:20:27 Last modified:2025-02-22 15:12:02
Access level:the public Released:2012-10-19 23:20:27
Creative Commons license:CC0
Reference information

Primary reference:
43315. M. Ivanov and M. Böhme. 2011. Snakes from Griesbeckerzell (Langhian, Early Badenian), North Alpine Foreland Basin (Germany), with comments on the evolution of snake faunas in Central Europe during the Miocene Climatic Optimum. Geodiversitas 33(3):411-449 [J. Mueller/T. Liebrecht]

Secondary references:

56791 J. Klembara, M. Böhme, and M. Rummel. 2010. Revision of the anguine lizard Pseudopus laurillardi (Squamata, Anguidae) from the Miocene of Europe, with comments on paleoecology. Journal of Paleontology 84(2):159-196 [R. Butler/J. Moreno]