Where: Germany (48.4° N, 13.0° E: paleocoordinates 48.6° N, 11.3° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Burdigalian (20.4 - 16.0 Ma)
• middle Ottnangian; late Burdigalian
Environment/lithology: sand shoal; silty, sandy sandstone and marl
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Primary reference: S. Schneider and O. Mandic. 2014. Middle Ottnangian (late Burdigalian) mollusks from the Rott Valley (SE Germany): the ultimate marine fauna of the Western Paratethys. Paläontologische Zeitschrift 88:375-403 [W. Kiessling/M. Krause]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 164944: authorized by Wolfgang Kiessling, entered by Mihaela Krause on 07.01.2015
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda | |
Paroxystele amedei Brogniart 1823 top snail | |
"Calyptraea depressa" = Calyptraea (Calyptraea) depressa
"Calyptraea depressa" = Calyptraea (Calyptraea) depressa Lamarck 1822 slipper shell | |
Euthriofusus burdigalensis Defrance 1820 snail | |
Euspira sp. Agassiz 1837 moon snail | |
Bivalvia | |
Nucula mayeri Hörnes 1865 nut clam | |
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Caryocorbula basteroti Hörnes 1870 clam | |
Macrocallista cf. erycinoides, "Dosinia lupinus" = Dosinia lupina
Macrocallista cf. erycinoides venus clam
"Dosinia lupinus" = Dosinia lupina Linnaeus 1758 venus clam | |
Europicardium multicostatum Brocchi 1814 cockle
Bucardium hians cockle | |
Gastrana fragilis, "Moerella donacina" = Tellina (Moerella)
Gastrana fragilis Linnaeus 1758 tellin clam
"Moerella donacina" = Tellina (Moerella) tellin clam | |
Glycymeris deshayesi clam | |
"Anadara diluvii" = Scapharca (Scapharca) diluvii
"Anadara diluvii" = Scapharca (Scapharca) diluvii Lamarck 1805 clam | |
"Ostrea digitalina" = Cubitostrea digitalina
"Ostrea digitalina" = Cubitostrea digitalina Eichwald 1830 oyster | |
Limaria tuberculata Olivi 1792 file clam | |
Anomia ephippium Linnaeus 1758 jingle | |
Pecten herrmannseni scallop |