Weisserburg 8 (Oligocene of Germany)

Where: Germany (49.6° N, 11.7° E: paleocoordinates 49.1° N, 8.1° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

When: Early/Lower Oligocene (33.9 - 28.4 Ma)

• middle Lower Oligocene, "middle Latorf"

Environment/lithology: fissure fill; limestone and concretionary, brown, yellow, sandy mixed carbonate-siliciclastic

• 20-80 cm wide fissure
• fill consists of yellow-brown unusually sandy fissure-loam with the maximum size of clasts in the range of fine sand. Chalk concretions of mm size were noted

Preservation: concretion

Primary reference: V. Fahlbusch and N. Schmidt. 1969. Uber ein weiter unteroligozane Spaltenfullung von Weissenburg. Mitteilungen der Bayerischen Staatssamlung fuer Paleontologie und Histoische Geologie 9:209-211 [J. Alroy/E. Leckey/E. Leckey]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 34630: authorized by John Alroy, entered by Erin Leckey on 13.09.2003

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Taxonomic list

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Mammalia
 Theriamorpha - Herpetotheriidae
Peratherium sp.
Peratherium sp. Aymard 1850 marsupial
 Carnivora - Amphicyonidae
Cynodictis sp.
Cynodictis sp. Bravard and Pomel 1850 bear-dog
 Theriamorpha - Talpidae
Talpidae indet.
Talpidae indet. Fischer de Waldheim 1817 mole
 Rodentia - Sciuridae
Sciuridae indet.
Sciuridae indet. Gray 1821 squirrel
 Rodentia - Pseudosciuridae
Pseudosciurus sp.
Pseudosciurus sp. Hensel 1856 rodent
n. sp.
 Rodentia - Theridomyidae
Isoptychus siderolithicus, ? Oltinomys sp., Suevosciurus aff. ebingensis, Suevosciurus fraasi
? Oltinomys sp. Stehlin and Schaub 1951 rodent
Suevosciurus fraasi Major 1873 rodent
 Rodentia - Gliridae
"Gliravus priscus" = Glamys priscus, "Peridyromys micio" = Schizogliravus micio
"Gliravus priscus" = Glamys priscus Stehlin and Schaub 1951 dormouse
"Peridyromys micio" = Schizogliravus micio Misonne 1957 dormouse
Reptilia
 Squamata -
Lacertilia indet.
 Testudinata -
Testudinata indet.
Testudinata indet. Oppel 1811 turtle