Treuchtlingen (Oligocene of Germany)

Where: Germany (49.0° N, 10.9° E: paleocoordinates 48.9° N, 8.1° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: MP 27 (28.4 - 23.0 Ma)

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

• Interpreted as "a field of fresh water (Lake, mud pit)."
• Sediments of Ronheim first described by Trischler and Winkler (1968).

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: O. Maridet, M. Hugueney, and K. Heissig. 2010. New data about the diversity of Early Oligocene eomyids (Mammalia, Rodentia) in Western Europe. Geodiversitas 32(2):221-254 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 183681: authorized by Philip Mannion, entered by Philip Mannion on 13.01.2017

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Rodentia - Eomyidae
Eomys sp. Schlosser 1884 rodent
Eomys aff. zitteli Schlosser 1884 rodent