Untereichen-Altenstadt 540m: Burdigalian, Germany
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Talpidae
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Proscapanus sansaniensis
Lartet 1851
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6 elements | |||||||||
| five isolated teeth: two fragmentary lower molars, 1 m/2, 2 M2/, 1 fragmentary humerus. | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Soricidae
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Dinosorex cf. zapfei
Engesser 1975
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1 element | |||||||||
| 1 fragmentary lower incisive. | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Erinaceidae
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Galerix cf. exilis
de Blainville 1839
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4 elements | |||||||||
| 4 isolated teeth: 1 P4/, 1 fragmentary lower molar, 1 M2/, 1 fragmentary upper molar | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Lagomorpha
- Ochotonidae
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Prolagus oeningensis
(König 1825)
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17 elements | |||||||||
| 17 p/3 | ||||||||||
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Lagopsis verus
Hensel 1856
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15 elements | |||||||||
| 15 p/3. | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Sciuridae
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Heteroxerus aff. rubricati
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1 element | |||||||||
| 1 isolated tooth: 1 m/3. | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Gliridae
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Miodyromys aff. aegercii
Baudelot 1972
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3 elements | |||||||||
| 3 isolated teeth: 1 p/4, 1 m/1, 1 m/2. | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Cricetidae
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Megacricetodon aff. bavaricus
(Fahlbusch 1964)
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48 elements | |||||||||
| 48 isolated teeth and 1 fragmentary mandible: 14 m/1, 15 m/2, 5 m/3, 5 M1/, 5 M2/, 5 M3/. | ||||||||||
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Democricetodon mutilus
(Fahlbusch 1964)
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4 elements | |||||||||
| 4 isolated teeth: 1 m/ 1, 2 M2/, 1 M3/. | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Scincidae
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Scincidae indet.
Gray 1825
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1 element | |||||||||
| 1 jaw fragment | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
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Scincomorpha indet.
Camp 1923
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1 element | |||||||||
| 1 jaw fragment | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Viperidae
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? Viperidae indet.
Oppel 1811
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13 elements | |||||||||
| 13 vertebra | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Lacertidae
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Lacerta informal sp. 1
Linnaeus 1758
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1 element | |||||||||
| 1 jaw fragment | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Anguidae
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cf. Ophisaurus sp.
Daudin 1803
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| 2 jaw fragments, osteoderms | ||||||||||
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Amphibia
- Temnospondyli
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cf. Latonia sp.
von Meyer 1843
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1 element | |||||||||
| 1 urostyl | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Germany | State/province: | Bavaria | County: | Neu-Ulm |
| Coordinates: | 48.2° North, 10.1° East (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 48.4° North, 8.4° East | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map |
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: | North Alpine Foreland Basin | Formation: | Upper Freshwater Molasse | Member: | Untere Fluviatile Serie |
| Local section: | UA | Local bed: | 540 m | ||
| Local order: | bottom to top |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | paleosol/pedogenic,fine sandy siltstone |
| Secondary lithology: | marl |
| Lithology description: At 538.5 m, the third point-bar sequence contains fine-grained sandy deposits of a 2.0 m thick meander belt channel and deposits of an adjacent bioturbated overbank facies consisting of fine-sands, silts, clays and marls containing the fossil site UA 540 m at base. | |
| Environment: | levee |
| Geology comments: Levee/floodplain fines. | |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils,mesofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | biostratigraphic analysis |
Metadata
| Also known as: | UA 540m | ||
| Database number: | 205184 | ||
| Authorizer: | T. Cleary | Enterer: | T. Cleary |
| Created: | 2019-10-08 10:30:08 | Last modified: | 2019-10-08 10:30:08 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2019-10-08 10:30:08 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 70404. | J. Prieto, M. Böhme, H. Maurer, K. Heissig, and H. A. Abdul Aziz. 2009. Biostratigraphy and sedimentology of the Fluviatile Untere Serie (Early and Middle Miocene) in the central part of the North Alpine Foreland Basin: implications for palaeoenvironment and climate. International Journal of Earth Sciences 98:1767-1791 [T. Cleary/T. Cleary] |