Hambach mine horizon 11 (Pliocene of Germany)

Also known as Hambach 11

Where: North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany (50.9° N, 6.5° E)

• Paleocoordinates: 50.4° N, 6.9° E (Wright 2013)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: MN 16a mammal zone, Reuver clay Formation, Piacenzian (3.6 - 2.6 Ma)

• Late Pliocene (MN 16a). Contemporaneous with Hambach horizon 13.

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: paralic; lignite and lenticular, sandy claystone

• sediments are channel-fill, but environment interpreted as including brackish-estuarine, lacustrine-fluviatile and terrestrial environments.

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Primary reference: A. Čerňanský, Z. Szyndlar, and T. Mörs. 2017. Fossil squamate faunas from the Neogene of Hambach (northwestern Germany). Palaeobiodiversity and Palaeoenvironments 97:329-354 [T. Cleary/T. Cleary]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 199747: authorized by Terri Cleary, entered by Terri Cleary on 12.02.2019

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Taxonomic list

• Taxonomic list in Mors 2002 is presented as a composite between this collection and Frechen mine. As a result I've put most of the stuff in here and only included taxa there talked about in papers referenced in Mors. Once other lit comes out it should be easier to define what is in which collection.
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unclassified
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Sylvaemus cf. dominans, Sylvaemus cf. atavus
Insecta
 Lepidoptera - Tineidae
Tinea cf. tinca
Actinopteri
 Esociformes - Esocidae
Esox cf. lucius
 Perciformes -
Perca cf. fluviatilis
Perca cf. fluviatilis Linnaeus 1758 perch
 Perciformes - Percidae
Lucioperca cf. lucioperca
Lucioperca cf. lucioperca Linnaeus 1758 perch
 Siluriformes - Siluridae
Silurus sp.
Silurus sp. Linnaeus 1758 catfish
 Cypriniformes - Cyprinidae
Scardinius cf. erythrophthalmus, Rutilus cf. rutilus
Rutilus cf. rutilus carp-like fish
Amphibia
 Salientia - Ranidae
Ranidae indet.
Ranidae indet. Rafinesque 1814 frog
 Salientia - Pelobatidae
? Pelobates sp.
? Pelobates sp. Wagler 1830 spadefoot toad
 Salientia - Palaeobatrachidae
Palaeobatrachidae indet.
 Salientia - Discoglossidae
Latonia sp.
Latonia sp. von Meyer 1843 painted frog
 Caudata - Urodela
Andrias sp., Salamandridae indet., Mioproteus sp.
Andrias sp. Tschudi 1837 giant salamander
Salamandridae indet. Gray 1825 newt
Mioproteus sp. Estes and Darevsky 1978 mudpuppy
Mammalia
 Lagomorpha - Leporidae
Leporidae indet.
Leporidae indet. Fischer de Waldheim 1817 rabbit
 Rodentia - Cricetidae
Prospalax sp., Ungaromys altenburgensis, Mimomys hassiacus, Mimomys cf. polonicus
Prospalax sp. Mehely 1908 rodent
 Rodentia - Sciuridae
Hylopetes hungaricus, Pliopetaurista pliocaenica, Sciurus sp., Blackia sp., Blackia aff. miocaenica
Sciurus sp. Linnaeus 1758 squirrel
Blackia sp. Mein 1970 squirrel
Blackia aff. miocaenica Mein 1970 squirrel
 Rodentia - Gliridae
Muscardinus aff. helleri, "Glirulus cf. pusillus" = Amphidyromys pusillus, Glis minor
Muscardinus aff. helleri Fejfar and Storch 1990 dormouse
"Glirulus cf. pusillus" = Amphidyromys pusillus Heller 1936 Japanese dormouse
Glis minor Kowalski 1963 dormouse
 Rodentia - Castoridae
Trogontherium minus, Castor fiber
Castor fiber Linnaeus 1758 Eurasian beaver
 Soricomorpha - Talpidae
Talpa cf. minor, Talpa europaea, Galemys sp., Desmana cf. thermalis, Desmana cf. nehringi, Talpinae indet.
Talpa cf. minor Freudenberg 1914 mole
Talpa europaea Linnaeus 1758 European mole
Galemys sp. Kaup 1829 Pyrenean desman
Desmana cf. thermalis Kormos 1930 Russian desman
Desmana cf. nehringi Kormos 1913 Russian desman
Talpinae indet. Fisher von Waldheim 1817 mole
 Soricomorpha - Soricidae
Sorex cf. minutus, Deinsdorfia hibbardi, Deinsdorfia sp., Blarinoides mariae, Beremendia fissidens
Sorex cf. minutus Linnaeus 1766 Eurasian pygmy shrew
Deinsdorfia hibbardi red-toothed shrew
Deinsdorfia sp. Heller 1963 red-toothed shrew
Blarinoides mariae Sulimski 1959 red-toothed shrew
Beremendia fissidens Petényi 1864 shrew
 Carnivora - Mustelidae
Mustelidae indet.
Mustelidae indet. Fischer 1817 mustelid carnivore
 Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Rhinocerotidae indet.
Rhinocerotidae indet. Gray 1821 rhinoceros
 Artiodactyla - Cervidae
Cervidae indet., ""Cervus" cf. pyrenaicus" = Croizetoceros pyrenaicus
Cervidae indet. Gray 1821 deer
""Cervus" cf. pyrenaicus" = Croizetoceros pyrenaicus Mennecart et al. 2017 deer
Reptilia
 Squamata - Lacertidae
Lacerta sp.
Lacerta sp. Linnaeus 1758 squamates
 Squamata - Anguidae
Anguidae "indet. 2", Pseudopus "sp. 2", Pseudopus cf. pannonicus
Anguidae "indet. 2" Gray 1825 squamates
IPB-HaR 3009, two caudal vertebrae
Pseudopus "sp. 2" Merrem 1820 legless lizard
IPB-HaR 3006, right nasal; IPB-HaR 3007, four dorsal vertbrae; IPB-HaR 3008, twenty osteoderms that are split between Hambach 11 and 13, so are listed in both collections
Pseudopus cf. pannonicus Kormos 1911 legless lizard
IPB-HaR 3002, left maxilla; IPB-HaR 3003, right dentary
 Squamata - Natricidae
Natrix "sp. 2"
Natrix "sp. 2" Laurenti 1768 water snake
IPB-HaR 3010, 3401, four trunk vertebrae. Designated as from MN 16 of Hambach, so placed here uncertainly.
 Squamata - Colubridae
"Colubrinae" "indet. 2"
"Colubrinae" "indet. 2" Oppel 1811 colubrid snake
IPB-HaR 3001, one trunk vertebra
 Testudines - Chelydridae
Chelydropsis sp.
Chelydropsis sp. Peters 1868 turtle
 Testudines - Emydidae
Emys sp.
Emys sp. Dumeril 1806 pond turtle
Aves
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Aves indet.
Aves indet. Linnaeus 1758 bird