Gallenbach 2b (Miocene of Germany)

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
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Pisces
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"Pisces indet." = Osteichthyes
"Pisces indet." = Osteichthyes Huxley 1880 bony fish
Amphibia
  -
Amphibia indet. Linnaeus 1758 tetrapod
Reptilia
 Testudines - Testudinidae
Testudo sp. Linnaeus 1758 turtle
 Squamata -
 Squamata - Anguidae
Ophisaurus sp. Daudin 1803 glass lizard
Aves
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Aves indet. Linnaeus 1758 bird
Mammalia
 Theriamorpha - Herpetotheriidae
Amphiperatherium frequens von Meyer 1846 marsupial
 Rodentia - Eomyidae
Keramidomys sp. Hartenberger 1966 rodent
 Rodentia - Cricetidae
"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
 Rodentia - Gliridae
Eomuscardinus cf. sansaniensis Lartet 1851 dormouse
Glirudinus aff. undosus Mayr 1979 dormouse
Miodyromys sp. Kretzoi 1943 dormouse
 Rodentia - Sciuridae
Spermophilinus bredai von Meyer 1848 squirrel
Heteroxerus sp. Stehlin and Schaub 1951 squirrel
Albanensia sp. Daxner-Höck and Mein 1975 squirrel
 Lagomorpha - Ochotonidae
Prolagus oeningensis König 1825 pika
Lagopsis verus Hensel 1856 pika
 Artiodactyla - Palaeomerycidae
Palaeomeryx sp. von Meyer 1834 ruminant
 Artiodactyla - Lagomerycidae
Lagomeryx parvulus Roger 1898 ruminant
 Artiodactyla - Moschidae
Micromeryx cf. flourensianus Lartet 1851 musk deer
 Artiodactyla - Suidae
Hyotherium sp. von Meyer 1834 pig
 Carnivora - Mustelidae
Mustelidae indet. Fischer 1817 mustelid carnivore
 Theriamorpha - Erinaceidae
Galerix sp. Pomel 1848 hedgehog
 Theriamorpha - Soricidae
cf. Sorex dehmi long-tailed shrew
Dinosorex cf. sansaniensis Lartet 1851 shrew
 Theriamorpha - Talpidae
Talpinae indet. Fisher von Waldheim 1817 mole
Proscapanus sansaniensis Lartet 1851 mole
Gastropoda
 Stylommatophora - Limacidae
Limax sp. Linnaeus 1758 slug
 Stylommatophora - Helicidae
Cepaea sp. Held 1838 slug
 Stylommatophora - Testacellidae
Testacella sp. Draparnaud 1801 slug
 Architaenioglossa - Diplommatinidae
Cochlostoma sp. Jan 1830 snail
Bivalvia
 Unionida - Unionidae
Unio sp. Philipsson 1788 freshwater mussel