Gaimersheim (Oligocene of Germany)

Where: Germany (48.8° N, 11.4° E: paleocoordinates 48.7° N, 8.5° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: MP 28 (28.4 - 23.0 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: fissure fill; lithology not reported

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Primary reference: C. Blondel. 2005. New data on the Cainotheriidae (Mammalia, Artiodactyla) from the early Oligocene of south-western France. Zoological Journal fo the Linnaean Society 144:125-166 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 59886: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 19.04.2006, edited by Terri Cleary and Philip Mannion

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Squamata - Trogonophidae
? Palaeoblanus sp.1 Schleich 1988 worm lizard
BSP 1952 II4106, left dentary
Mammalia
 Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
 Perissodactyla - Tapiridae
Protapirus bavaricus n. sp.6 Oettingen-Spielberg 1952 tapir
 Artiodactyla - Cainotheriidae
Plesiomeryx huerzeleri n. sp. Berger 1959 even-toed ungulate
BSP 1952 II 1149
 Artiodactyla - Gelocidae
Bachitherium lavocati4 Sudre 1986 ruminant
SNSB-BSPG 1952II4800-4953
 Artiodactyla -
Dremotherium cf. guthi4 Jehenne 1987 ruminant
SNSB-BSPG 1952II4855 and 4870
Babameryx engesseri4 Mennecart et al. 2012 ruminant
SNSB-BSPG 1952II4818
 Artiodactyla - Palaeomerycidae
Amphitragulus quercyi4 Filhol 1887 ruminant
SNSB-BSPG 1952II304, 4803, etc.
 Rodentia - Aplodontidae
Plesispermophilus macrodon n. sp.7 Schmidt-Kittler and Vianey-Liaud 1979 mountain beaver
BSP 1952 II-3421 - type
 Rodentia - Eomyidae
Eomyodon pusillus n. sp.3 Fahlbusch 1969 rodent
Eomyodon volkeri3 Engesser 1987 rodent
Eomys major n. sp.3 rodent
Eomys zitteli3 Schlosser 1884 rodent
 Rodentia - Zapodidae
Plesiosminthus bavaricus2 Freudenberg 1941 jumping mouse
SNSB-BSPG 1939 XI 23
 Rodentia - Gliridae
Microdyromys praemurinus n. sp.8 Freudenberg 1941 dormouse
Peridyromys murinus8 Pomel 1853 dormouse