Also known as Steinheim crater lake, Steinheimer Becken, Steinheim Basin
Where: Baden-Württemberg, Germany (48.7° N, 10.1° E: paleocoordinates 49.0° N, 8.9° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: MN 7 + 8 (12.8 - 11.1 Ma)
• The age of the Steinheim basin deposits is generelly regarded MN 7 + 8.
Environment/lithology: lacustrine - small; poorly lithified, fine, medium, calcareous siliciclastic sediments and lithified limestone
Size class: macrofossils
Primary reference: K. Heißig. 1989. The faunal succession of the Bavarian Molasse reconsidered - correlation of the MN5 and MN6 faunas. Lindsay, E. H., Fahlbusch, V. & Mein, P.: European Neogene Mammal Chronology. Nato ASI-series, Plenum Press; New York 181-192 [J. Alroy/S. Kuemmell/S. Kuemmell]more details
Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis
PaleoDB collection 49520: authorized by John Alroy, entered by Susanna Kümmell on 19.04.2005, edited by Torsten Liebrecht, Philip Mannion, Evangelos Vlachos and Graham Slater
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Taxonomic list
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? Falseryx sp.10 Szyndlar and Rage 2003 dwarf boa Based on number of specimens, this may be the taxon mentioned as Bransateryx by Szyndlar & Schleich (1993, Stuttg. Beitr. Naturk. B 192) and Szyndlar & Böhme (1993). If so, all specimens are vertebrae, belong to the original type material of "Coluber" steinheimensis and their catalogue no. is SMNS 51152
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Vipera "subtaxon "Vipera aspis complex""8 Laurenti 1768 pit viper 7 vertebrae (SMNS 51153), part of the original type material of "Coluber" steinheimensis
Vipera "subtaxon "Oriental vipers complex""9 Laurenti 1768 pit viper 2 vertebrae (SMNS 53264/1/1 + 2)
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Natricinae indet.8 Bonaparte 1838 colubrid snake a single vertebra (SMNS 51027a = lectoholotype, designated by Rage, 1984, Handb. Paläoherpetol. 11)
"Naja suevica n. sp." = Coluber suevicus3 Fraas 1870 racer parts of lower jaw and more than 40 vertebrae, partially articulated
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"Clemmys steinheimensis n. sp." = Clemmydopsis steinheimensis7
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Testudo steinheimensis n. sp.7
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"Chelydropsis murchisoni" = Chelydropsis murchisoni5, "Chelydropsis staeschei n. sp." = Chelydropsis murchisoni6
"Chelydropsis murchisoni" = Chelydropsis murchisoni5 Bell 1836 turtle Fraas (1870) referred this to Chelydropsis decheni; however, Ml⁄ynarski (1980b) transferred this material to Chelydropsis murchisoni
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Mammalia | |
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Democricetodon freisingensis2, Democricetodon mutilus2, Eumyarion latior2, Megacricetodon minor2, Megacricetodon gregarius
Megacricetodon gregarius Schaub 1925 rodent | |
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