Dorn-Dürkheim 1 (Miocene of Germany)

Where: Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany (49.8° N, 8.3° E: paleocoordinates 50.0° N, 7.5° E)

• coordinate based on political unit

When: MN 11 (8.7 - 7.8 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial

Reposited in the SMF

Primary reference: C. G. Rümke. 1985. A review of fossil and recent Desmaninae (Talpidae, Insectivora). Utrecht Micropaleontological Bulletins 4:1-241 [L. van den Hoek Ostende/L. van den Hoek Ostende]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 69802: authorized by Lars van den Hoek Ostende, entered by Lars van den Hoek Ostende on 07.03.2007, edited by Pete Wagner, Richard Hulbert and Evangelos Vlachos

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Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Testudines - Emydidae
Emydidae indet.3 Rafinesque 1815 turtle
 Testudines - Testudinidae
Testudo sp.3 Linnaeus 1758 turtle
 Testudines - Trionychidae
Trionyx sp.3 Geoffroy Saint-Hilaire 1809 softshell turtle
 Testudines - Chelydridae
Chelydropsis sp.3 Peters 1868 turtle
Mammalia
 Perissodactyla - Tapiridae
Tapiriscus pannonicus1 Kretzoi 1951 tapir
Tapirus priscus1 Kaup 1833 tapir
 Carnivora - Hyaenidae
Allohyaena kadici2 Kretzoi 1938 hyaena
 Theriamorpha - Talpidae
Desmanella rietscheli n. sp.5 Storch and Dahlmann 2000 mole
Talpa gilothi n. sp.4 Storch 1978 mole
Talpa vallesensis4 Villalta and Crusafont 1944 mole
"Dibolia vinea" = Archaeodesmana vinea Storch 1978 mole
Originally Desmana pontica vinea Storch, 1978
 Theriamorpha - Soricidae
Dinosorex sp.4, "Anourosorex kormosi" = Crusafontina kormosi4
Dinosorex sp.4 Engesser 1972 shrew
"Anourosorex kormosi" = Crusafontina kormosi4 Bachmayer and Wilson 1970 red-toothed shrew
 Theriamorpha - Erinaceidae
Galerix sp.4 Pomel 1848 hedgehog
Lanthanotherium cf. sanmigueli4 Villalta and Crusafont 1944 hedgehog
 Theriamorpha - Erinaceoidae
Plesiodimylus cf. chantrei4 Gaillard 1899 placental