Where: Bavaria, Germany (49.0° N, 11.2° E: paleocoordinates 49.2° N, 9.7° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: MN 4 (16.9 - 16.0 Ma)

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: fissure fill; poorly lithified claystone

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Preservation: permineralized

Reposited in the BSP

Collection methods: mechanical

• Fissure was discovered by H. Eisen (quarry manager) who informed G. Viohl of the Juramuseum Eichstätt; first investigations were made in 1977.

•Note: Total collection size entry (4436 specimens) has been removed since specimen numbers for individual snake taxa had been entered already. Hence, also specimen numbers of mammal taxa should be entered individually. (TL)

Primary reference: Z. Szyndlar and H. H. Schleich. 1993. Description of Miocene snake from Petersbuch 2 with comments on the lower and middle Miocene ophidian faunas of southern Germany. Stuttgarter Beitrage zur Naturkunde, Series B. Geologie und Palaontologie (192)1-47 [J. Head/J. Head/J. Head]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 28629: authorized by Jason Head, entered by Jason Head on 20.02.2003, edited by Lars van den Hoek Ostende, Juliette Richter, Terri Cleary, Matthew Carrano and Philip Mannion

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