Baltringen (Miocene of Germany)

Also known as Oberschwaben, Wurttemberg

Where: Germany (48.1° N, 9.9° E: paleocoordinates 48.3° N, 8.2° E)

When: Burdigalian (20.4 - 16.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

• upper marine molasse

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: original phosphate

Primary reference: G. Pilleri. 1986. The taxonomic status of Schizodelphis elongatus = Miokogia elongatus (Probst, 1886) (Cetacea, Physeteridae). Investigations on Cetacea 18:155-162 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 47425: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 24.02.2005, edited by Evangelos Vlachos

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Testudines - Geoemydidae
Ptychogaster kinkelini7 Reinach 1900 turtle
 Testudines - Carettochelyidae
Allaeochelys parayrei7 Noulet 1867 turtle
 Testudines - Trionychidae
Trionyx triunguis7 Forksal 1775 African softshell turtle
Mammalia
 Sirenia - Sirenia
Sirenia indet.10 sirenian
 Sirenia - Dugongidae
"Hippopotamus medius n. sp." = Metaxytherium medium5
"Hippopotamus medius n. sp." = Metaxytherium medium5 Desmarest 1822 dugong
 Carnivora - Odobenidae
Trichechus molassicus n. sp.3 Bronn 1837 walrus
 Cetacea -
Odontoceti indet.6 Flower 1867 toothed whale
 Cetacea - Squalodelphinidae
Squalodelphis cf. fabianii10 Dal Piaz 1917 toothed whale
 Cetacea - Platanistidae
Pomatodelphis sp.1 Allen 1921 toothed whale
Zarhachis sp.1 Cope 1868 toothed whale
 Cetacea - Squalodontidae
"Delphinus molassicus n. sp." = Squalodon molassicus4, "? Physeter molassicus n. sp." = Squalodon molassicus3, "Arionius servatus n. sp." = Squalodon servatus8, Squalodon meyeri n. sp.2
"Delphinus molassicus n. sp." = Squalodon molassicus4 Bronn 1837 toothed whale
"? Physeter molassicus n. sp." = Squalodon molassicus3 Bronn 1837 toothed whale
"Arionius servatus n. sp." = Squalodon servatus8 Meyer 1841 toothed whale
Squalodon meyeri n. sp.2 Brandt 1873 toothed whale
 Cetacea -
"Acrodelphis denticulatus" = Champsodelphis denticulatus10, "Acrodelphis sp." = Champsodelphis10
"Acrodelphis denticulatus" = Champsodelphis denticulatus10 Probst 1886 toothed whale
"Acrodelphis sp." = Champsodelphis10 Gervais 1852 toothed whale
 Cetacea - Monodontidae
? Monodontidae indet.10 Gray 1821 toothed whale
 Cetacea - Delphinidae
Delphinidae indet.10 Gray 1821 dolphin
Delphinus baltringii n. sp.12 Van Beneden 1876 common dolphin
 Cetacea -
Miokogia elongatus n. gen. Pilleri 1986 toothed whale
 Cetacea - Eurhinodelphinidae
Eurhinodelphinidae indet.10 Abel 1901 toothed whale
Ziphiodelphis sp.10 Dal Piaz 1908 toothed whale
Ziphiodelphis cf. abeli10 Bassani and Misuri 1913 toothed whale
Schizodelphis sp.10 Gervais 1861 toothed whale
"Delphinus canaliculatus n. sp." = Schizodelphis sulcatus9 Gervais 1853 toothed whale
 Cetacea -
Hoplocetus crassidens11 Gervais 1852 toothed whale
 Cetacea - Physeteridae
"? Physeterula dubusii" = Physeterula dubusi10, "Delphinus acutidens" = Physeterula dubusi13, Ziphioides triangulus n. gen. n. sp.11, Ziphioides obliquus n. sp.11, ? Orycterocetus sp.10
"? Physeterula dubusii" = Physeterula dubusi10 Van Beneden 1877 sperm whale
[entered as Physeterula dubusi]
"Delphinus acutidens" = Physeterula dubusi13 Van Beneden 1877 sperm whale
Ziphioides triangulus n. gen. n. sp.11 Probst 1886 sperm whale
Ziphioides obliquus n. sp.11 Probst 1886 sperm whale
? Orycterocetus sp.10 Leidy 1853 sperm whale
 Cetacea -
Scaldicetus cf. grandis10 Du Bus 1872 toothed whale
 Cetacea - Balaenidae
? Balaena molassica n. sp.3 Bronn 1837 bowhead whale