Where: Bayern, Germany (48.7° N, 12.0° E: paleocoordinates 49.0° N, 10.6° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Langhian (16.0 - 13.8 Ma)
• mittlere Serie der Oberen Süßwasser-Molasse (middle series of Upper Freshwater Molasse); Above the "Brockhorizont" (generated by the Ries-impact)
•the Ries ejecta are 14.88 +/- 0.11 Ma old (Aziz et al. 2007), implying a Langhian age
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: "floodplain"; unlithified marl and unlithified conglomerate
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: bulk, sieve,
• Most fossils are stored in the Bayerische Staatssammlung
Primary reference: K. Heissig. 1989. Neue Ergebnisse zur Stratigraphie der mittleren Serie der Oberen Süßwassermolasse Bayerns (New results on the stratigraphy of the middle series of upper Freshwater Molasse, Bavaria). Geologica Bavarica 94:239-257 [J. Alroy/S. Kuemmell/S. Kuemmell]more details
Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis
PaleoDB collection 45612: authorized by John Alroy, entered by Susanna Kümmell on 17.11.2004, edited by Matthew Carrano
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Mammalia | |
Amphiperatherium frequens von Meyer 1846 marsupial | |
Chiroptera indet. Blumenbach 1779 bat | |
Prolagus oeningensis König 1825 pika | |
Anomalomys minor Fejfar 1972 rodent | |
Microdyromys miocaenicus, Paraglirulus werenfelsi, Miodyromys aegercii, Eomuscardinus sansaniensis, Bransatoglis astaracensis
Microdyromys miocaenicus dormouse
Paraglirulus werenfelsi Engesser 1972 dormouse
Miodyromys aegercii Baudelot 1972 dormouse
Eomuscardinus sansaniensis Lartet 1851 dormouse
Bransatoglis astaracensis Baudelot 1970 dormouse | |
Keramidomys capathicus rodent | |
Blackia miocaenica Mein 1970 squirrel
Miopetaurista sp. Kretzoi 1962 squirrel
Spermophilinus bredai von Meyer 1848 squirrel
Heteroxerus sp. Stehlin and Schaub 1951 squirrel | |
Eumyarion weinfurteri, Eumyarion bifidus, Democricetodon mutilus, "Democricetodon gracilis" = Democricetodon minor gracilis, Megacricetodon aff. minor
Eumyarion weinfurteri Schaub and Zapfe 1953 mouse
Eumyarion bifidus Fahlbusch 1964 mouse
Democricetodon mutilus Fahlbusch 1964 mouse
"Democricetodon gracilis" = Democricetodon minor gracilis Fahlbusch 1964 mouse
Megacricetodon aff. minor Lartet 1851 mouse | |
Anchitherium aurelianense Cuvier 1825 anchitheriine horse | |
Rhinocerotidae indet. Gray 1821 rhinoceros | |
Lagomeryx pumilio ruminant
Lagomeryx parvulum ruminant | |
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Micromeryx cf. flourensianus Lartet 1851 musk deer | |
Plesiodimylus sp. Gaillard 1897 placental | |
Lanthanotherium sansaniense hedgehog
Galerix sp. Pomel 1848 hedgehog | |
Soricinae indet. Fischer von Waldheim 1817 red-toothed shrew
Dinosorex sansaniensis Lartet 1851 shrew | |
"Talpini indet." = Talpidae, Proscapanus sansaniensis
"Talpini indet." = Talpidae Fischer de Waldheim 1817 mole
Proscapanus sansaniensis Lartet 1851 mole | |
Reptilia | |
Lacerta sp. Linnaeus 1758 squamates | |
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Gekkonidae indet. Gray 1825 gecko | |
Ophisaurus sp. Daudin 1803 glass lizard | |
Testudo sp. Linnaeus 1758 turtle | |
Amphibia | |
Albanerpeton inexpectatum Estes and Hoffstetter 1976 tetrapod | |
Gastropoda | |
Cochlostoma sp. Jan 1830 snail | |
Brotia sp. Adams 1866 snail | |
Bithynia sp. Leach 1818 snail | |
Pomatias sp. Stimpson 1860 periwinkle | |
Planorbarius sp. Dumeril 1806 snail | |
Limax sp. Linnaeus 1758 slug | |
Cepaea sp. Held 1838 slug |