Where: Bayern, Germany (48.4° N, 11.1° E: paleocoordinates 48.7° N, 9.9° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: MN 6 (13.7 - 12.8 Ma)
• MN6; mittlere Serie der Oberen Süßwasser-Molasse (middle series of Upper Freshwater Molasse);Bollinger 1994: "MN6 not certain, can be called 'primitive MN6'"
•Above the "Brockhorizont", a layer generated by the Ries-impact
• bed-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: fluvial-lacustrine; marl
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 45603: authorized by John Alroy, entered by Susanna Kümmell on 17.11.2004
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
unclassified | |
Pisces | |
"Pisces indet." = Osteichthyes
"Pisces indet." = Osteichthyes Huxley 1880 bony fish | |
Amphibia | |
Amphibia indet. Linnaeus 1758 tetrapod | |
Reptilia | |
Testudo sp. Linnaeus 1758 turtle | |
Lacertilia indet. lizard | |
Ophisaurus sp. Daudin 1803 glass lizard | |
Aves | |
Aves indet. Linnaeus 1758 bird | |
Mammalia | |
Amphiperatherium frequens von Meyer 1846 marsupial | |
Keramidomys sp. Hartenberger 1966 rodent | |
"Democricetodon gracilis" = Democricetodon minor gracilis, Democricetodon cf. mutilus, Megacricetodon minor, Cricetodon aff. meini, Cricetodon cf. jotae, ? Eumyarion bifidus, Eumyarion medius
"Democricetodon gracilis" = Democricetodon minor gracilis Fahlbusch 1964 mouse
Democricetodon cf. mutilus Fahlbusch 1964 mouse
Megacricetodon minor Lartet 1851 mouse
Cricetodon aff. meini Freudenthal 1963 mouse
Cricetodon cf. jotae Mein and Freudenthal 1971 mouse
? Eumyarion bifidus Fahlbusch 1964 mouse
Eumyarion medius Lartet 1851 mouse | |
Eomuscardinus cf. sansaniensis Lartet 1851 dormouse
Glirudinus aff. undosus Mayr 1979 dormouse
Microdyromys miocaenicus dormouse
Miodyromys sp. Kretzoi 1943 dormouse | |
Spermophilinus bredai von Meyer 1848 squirrel
Heteroxerus sp. Stehlin and Schaub 1951 squirrel
Albanensia sp. Daxner-Höck and Mein 1975 squirrel | |
Prolagus oeningensis König 1825 pika
Lagopsis verus Hensel 1856 pika | |
Palaeomeryx sp. von Meyer 1834 ruminant | |
Lagomeryx parvulus Roger 1898 ruminant | |
Micromeryx cf. flourensianus Lartet 1851 musk deer | |
Hyotherium sp. von Meyer 1834 pig | |
Mustelidae indet. Fischer 1817 mustelid carnivore | |
Lanthanotherium sansaniense hedgehog
Galerix sp. Pomel 1848 hedgehog | |
cf. Sorex dehmi long-tailed shrew
Dinosorex cf. sansaniensis Lartet 1851 shrew | |
Talpinae indet. Fisher von Waldheim 1817 mole
Proscapanus sansaniensis Lartet 1851 mole | |
Gastropoda | |
Limax sp. Linnaeus 1758 slug | |
Cepaea sp. Held 1838 slug | |
Testacella sp. Draparnaud 1801 slug | |
Cochlostoma sp. Jan 1830 snail | |
Bivalvia | |
Unio sp. Philipsson 1788 freshwater mussel |