Oggenhausen 2 (Miocene of Germany)

Where: Baden-Württemberg, Germany (48.7° N, 10.2° E: paleocoordinates 48.9° N, 8.8° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: OSM C mammal zone, Upper Freshwater Molasse Formation (Molasse Group), MN 5 (16.0 - 13.7 Ma)

• The fossils come from a 15 to 50 cm thick bed of marl and clay wich is overlain by 2 m of gastropod limestones which, in turn, are overlain by ejecta of the Ries impact. Lithological and biostratigraphical data point to a stratigraphic position within the Upper Freshwater Molasse at the Lower/Middle Miocene boundary (middle part of MN5).

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: fluvial-lacustrine; unlithified marl and unlithified claystone

• gastropod rich marl and clay

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Collected by E. P. J. Heizmann in 1980; reposited in the SMNS

Collection methods: sieve,

• The fossils are from an artificial outcrop (a 10 m deep trench) that existed in 1980 at the construction site of the Ulm-Würzburg autobahn.

Primary reference: R. Böttcher, E. P. J. Heizmann, M. W. Rasser and R. Ziegler. 2009. Biostratigraphy and palaeoecology of a Middle Miocene (Karpathian, MN 5) fauna from the northern margin of the North Alpine Foreland Basin (Oggenhausen 2, SW' Germany). Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie, Abhandlungen 254(1/2):237-260 [J. Mueller/T. Liebrecht]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 48325: authorized by John Alroy, entered by Susanna Kümmell on 16.03.2005, edited by Torsten Liebrecht and Matthew Clapham

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

• Szyndlar & Böhme (1993, Mertensiella 3) list Vipera sp. with reference to Szyndlar & Schleich (1993, Stuttg. Beitr. Naturk. B 192). In the latter paper, however, no Vipera from Oggenhausen is mentioned. Szyndlar & Rage (2002, in Schuett et al. (eds.) Biology of vipers) explicitly state that no vipers are known from Oggenhausen. Böttcher et al. (2009) again list Vipera sp., based on newly prepared material. These findings, however, only comprise venom fangs based on which only identification on family level is possible (see, e.g., Syndlar & Schleich, 1993). Hence this taxon has been entered as Viperidae indet. in the taxonomic list. (TL)
Gastropoda
 Heterostropha - Planorbidae
Gyraulus applanatus Thomae 1845 snail
"frequent"
Planorbarius mantelli Dunker 1848 snail
"very frequent"
 Heterostropha - Lymnaeidae
Lymnaea cf. dilatata Noulet 1854 snail
"very rare"
Galba dupuyiana Noulet 1845 snail
"very frequent"
 Stylommatophora - Truncatellinidae
? Truncatellina sp. Lowe 1852 slug
 Stylommatophora - Chondrinidae
Granaria sp. Held 1837 slug
 Stylommatophora - Gastrocoptidae
Gastrocopta nouletiana Dupuy 1850 slug
"rare"
Gastrocopta acuminata Klein 1846 slug
 Stylommatophora - Elonidae
 Stylommatophora - Hygromiidae
Urticicola perchtae Salvador 2013 slug
"rare"
 Stylommatophora - Helicidae
Palaeotachea renevieri, "Megalotachea silvana" = Palaeotachea silvana
Palaeotachea renevieri Maillard 1892 slug
"Megalotachea silvana" = Palaeotachea silvana Klein 1853 slug
"very rare"
 Pulmonata - Discidae
Discus pleuradrus Bourguignat 1881 disk snail
"rare"
Crustacea
 Crustacea -
Crustacea indet. crustacean
"crab claws", "very frequent"
Amphibia
 Salientia - Bufonidae
Bufo cf. priscus toad
"rare"
 Salientia - Ranidae
Pelophylax sp. Fitzinger 1843 frog
"very rare"
 Salientia - Hylidae
Hyla sp. Laurenti 1768 tree frog
"very rare"
 Salientia - Pelobatidae
Pelobates sp. Wagler 1830 spadefoot toad
"rare"
Eopelobates sp. Parker 1929 spadefoot toad
"rare"
 Salientia - Pelodytidae
Pelodytes sp. Fitzinger 1838 parsley frog
"very rare"
 Salientia -
Latonia ragei Hossini 1993 frog
"frequent"
 Caudata - Urodela
Salamandra sansaniensis Lartet 1851 salamander
"very rare"
Triturus cf. vulgaris Linnaeus 1758 smooth newt
"very frequent"
Triturus cf. marmoratus Latreille 1800 marbled newt
"very frequent"
Chelotriton paradoxus Pomel 1853 newt
"frequent"
Mioproteus caucasicus Estes and Darevsky 1978 mudpuppy
"very frequent"
Mammalia
 Rodentia - Gliridae
Miodyromys vagus Mayr 1979 dormouse
Microdyromys complicatus De Bruijn 1966 dormouse
 Rodentia - Sciuridae
Spermophilinus besanus Cuenca 1988 squirrel
Blackia miocaenica Mein 1970 squirrel
 Rodentia - Eomyidae
Keramidomys thaleri Hugueney and Mein 1968 rodent
 Rodentia - Cricetidae
Democricetodon mutilus Fahlbusch 1964 mouse
Megacricetodon aff. minor Lartet 1851 mouse
Megacricetodon aff. bavaricus Fahlbusch 1964 mouse
Eumyarion spp. Thaler 1966 mouse
"weinfurteri-latior-bifidus"
 Lagomorpha - Ochotonidae
 Theriamorpha - Erinaceidae
 Theriamorpha - Soricidae
Dinosorex cf. zapfei Engesser 1975 shrew
Crocidosoricinae indet. Reumer 1987 shrew
 Theriamorpha - Talpidae
Mygalea jaegeri Seemann 1938 mole
 Chiroptera - Vespertilionidae
cf. Paleptesicus sp. Zapfe 1970 vesper bat
 Artiodactyla - Cainotheriidae
Cainotherium bavaricum Berger 1959 even-toed ungulate
 Carnivora - Felidae
Pseudaelurus quadridentatus de Blainville 1843 cat
 Carnivora - Viverridae
Viverridae indet. Gray 1821 civet
 Theriamorpha - Herpetotheriidae
Amphiperatherium frequens von Meyer 1846 marsupial
Reptilia
 Testudines - Geoemydidae
Mauremys sp. Gray 1870 pond turtle
"very rare"
 Squamata - Viperidae
Viperidae indet. Oppel 1811 viper
"rare"; also, see comments on taxonomic list
 Squamata - Colubridae
cf. Elaphe sp. Wagler 1833 colubrid snake
"rare"
cf. Natrix sp. Laurenti 1768 water snake
"rare"
 Squamata - Lacertidae
Lacerta sp. Linnaeus 1758 squamates
"rare"
 Squamata - Scincidae
? Tropidophorus bavaricus Böhme 2010 skink
"rare"
 Squamata - Anguidae
Ophisaurus sp. Daudin 1803 glass lizard
"frequent"
 Crocodylia -
"Diplocynodon cf. styriacus" = Diplocynodon ungeri
"Diplocynodon cf. styriacus" = Diplocynodon ungeri Prangner 1845 crocodilian
"frequent"
Aves
 Aves -
Aves indet. bird
"rare"
Actinopteri
 Gobiiformes - Gobiidae
Gobius helvetiae goby
"very rare"
 Anabantiformes - Channidae
Channa cf. elliptica von Salis 1967 snakehead
"frequent"
 Cypriniformes - Cyprinidae
Palaeocarassius sp. Obrhelová 1970 carp-like fish
"frequent"
Palaeoleuciscus sp. Obrhelová 1969 carp-like fish
"frequent"