Ehrenstein 10 (Oligocene of Germany)

Where: Baden-Württemberg, Germany (48.4° N, 9.9° E: paleocoordinates 47.9° N, 6.3° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: MP 22 (33.9 - 28.4 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: fissure fill; lithology not reported

• infill of karstic fissure in Upper Jurassic limestones of the Swabian Jura (Schwäbische Alb)

Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils

Collection methods: f

Primary reference: M. Hugueney and O. Maridet. 2017. Evolution of Oligo-Miocene talpids (Mammalia, Talpidae) in Europe: focus on the genera Myxomygale and Percymygale n. gen. Historical Biology [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 184463: authorized by Philip Mannion, entered by Philip Mannion on 02.03.2017

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Taxonomic list

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Mammalia
 Theriamorpha - Talpidae
Talpidae "indet. sp. 1"2, "Geotrypus minor" = Tegulariscaptor minor2, "Myxomygale vauclusensis" = Percymygale vauclusensis2
Talpidae "indet. sp. 1"2 Fischer de Waldheim 1817 mole
SMNS 45216
"Geotrypus minor" = Tegulariscaptor minor2 Ziegler 2012 mole
SMNS 45216 and 47461
"Myxomygale vauclusensis" = Percymygale vauclusensis2 Crochet 1995 mole
SMNS 45216
 Theriamorpha - Nyctitheriidae
Cryptotopos communis1, Euronyctia sp.1
Cryptotopos communis1 Ziegler 2007 placental
SMNS 45217
Euronyctia sp.1 Sigé 1997 placental
SMNS 47286
1Ziegler 2007; 2Ziegler 2012