Where: Germany (48.4° N, 13.0° E: paleocoordinates 48.6° N, 11.3° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Burdigalian (20.4 - 16.0 Ma)
• middle Ottnangian; late Burdigalian
Environment/lithology: sand shoal; silty, sandy sandstone and marl
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Primary reference: S. Schneider and O. Mandic. 2014. Middle Ottnangian (late Burdigalian) mollusks from the Rott Valley (SE Germany): the ultimate marine fauna of the Western Paratethys. Paläontologische Zeitschrift 88:375-403 [W. Kiessling/M. Krause]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 164945: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Mihaela Krause on 07.01.2015
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda | |
Paroxystele amedei Brogniart 1823 top snail | |
"Calyptraea depressa" = Calyptraea (Calyptraea) depressa
"Calyptraea depressa" = Calyptraea (Calyptraea) depressa Lamarck 1822 slipper shell | |
"Turritella (Haustator) eryna" = Haustator eryna
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Euthriofusus burdigalensis Defrance 1820 snail | |
"Genota ramosa" = Genota valeriae
"Genota ramosa" = Genota valeriae Hoernes and Auinger 1891 snail | |
Turridae indet. Swainson 1840 turrid | |
? Echinophoria sp. Sacco 1890 snail | |
Euspira sp. Agassiz 1837 moon snail
Neverita olla De Serres 1829 moon snail | |
Bivalvia | |
"Anadara diluvii" = Scapharca (Scapharca) diluvii
"Anadara diluvii" = Scapharca (Scapharca) diluvii Lamarck 1805 clam | |
Glycymeris deshayesi clam | |
Anomia ephippium Linnaeus 1758 jingle | |
Pecten herrmannseni scallop
Aequipecten camaretensis scallop | |
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Crassostrea gryphoides, "Ostrea digitalina" = Cubitostrea digitalina
Crassostrea gryphoides Schlotheim 1813 oyster
"Ostrea digitalina" = Cubitostrea digitalina Eichwald 1830 oyster | |
Cordiopsis islandicoides Lamarck 1818 venus clam
Circomphalus haidingeri venus clam | |
Lutraria sp., Spisula brombachensis n. sp.
Lutraria sp. Lamarck 1799 clam | |
Bucardium hians cockle
Europicardium multicostatum Brocchi 1814 cockle | |
Psammotreta papyracea, "Moerella donacina" = Tellina (Moerella), "Arcopagia crassa" = Arcopagia (Arcopagia) crassa
Psammotreta papyracea tellin clam
"Moerella donacina" = Tellina (Moerella) tellin clam
"Arcopagia crassa" = Arcopagia (Arcopagia) crassa Pennant 1777 tellin clam |