PBDB Collection

Sandelzhausen, layer C3 (Miocene of Germany)

Where: Germany (48.6° N, 11.8° E: paleocoordinates 48.9° N, 10.4° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Ober Süßwassermolasse Formation, MN 5 (16.0 - 13.7 Ma)

• The fossils from Sandelzhausen derive from a member of the OSM called Nördlicher Vollschotter, composed primarily of marl and gravel (Moser et al. 2009a). The age of these fossiliferous deposits was established by stratigraphic, biostratigraphic, and magnetostratigraphic correlations: the Early/Middle Miocene Burdigalian/Langhian boundary, early middle MN5 European Mammal Neogene zone (~16.47-16.27 Ma; Moser et al. 2009a).

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lacustrine; marl

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: original aragonite

Reposited in the BSP

Collection methods: quarrying

Primary reference: R. B. Salvador. 2015. The fossil pulmonate snails of Sandelzhausen (Early/Middle Miocene, Germany): Ellobiidae, Pupilloidea, and Clausilioidea. Paläontologische Zeitschrift 89:37-50 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 231109: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 04.08.2023

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Taxonomic list

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Gastropoda
Heterostropha - Lymnaeidae	Galba dupuyiana² Galba dupuyiana² Noulet 1845 snail
Heterostropha - Planorbidae	Planorbarius cornu², Gyraulus albertanus², "Gyraulus dealbatus" = Gyraulus applanatus² Planorbarius cornu² Brongniart 1810 snail Gyraulus albertanus² Clessin 1877 snail "Gyraulus dealbatus" = Gyraulus applanatus² Thomae 1845 snail
Stylommatophora - Succineidae	"Succinea minima" = Oxyloma minima¹ "Succinea minima" = Oxyloma minima¹ Klein 1853 amber snail Succineidae in Moser et al. (2009)
Stylommatophora - Elonidae	"Tropidomphalus cf. incrassatus" = Pseudochloritis incrassata¹, "Klikia cf. coarctata" = Apula coarctata¹ "Tropidomphalus cf. incrassatus" = Pseudochloritis incrassata¹ Klein 1853 slug "Klikia cf. coarctata" = Apula coarctata¹ Klein 1853 slug Klikia (Klikia) giengensis in Gall (1972); Soosia (Prosoosia) cf. godarti in Moser et al. (2009)
Stylommatophora - Helicodontidae	? Helicodonta sp.¹ ? Helicodonta sp.¹ Ferussac 1821 slug
Stylommatophora - Helicidae	Helicidae indet.¹, Cepaea cf. sylvestrina¹, Cepaea cf. eversa¹ Helicidae indet.¹ Rafinesque 1815 slug Cepaea cf. sylvestrina¹ Schlotheim 1820 slug Cepaea cf. eversa¹ Deshayes 1851 slug
Stylommatophora - Vertiginidae	Vertigo callosa Vertigo callosa Reuss 1849 slug
Stylommatophora - Chondrinidae	Granaria sp., Granaria cf. grossecostata Granaria sp. Held 1837 slug Napaeus? sp. (in part) in Gall (1972); Granaria sp. 2 and ?Chondrinidae/?Enidae in Moser et al. (2009) Granaria cf. grossecostata Gottschick and Wenz 1919 slug Napaeus? sp. (in part) in Gall (1972); Granaria sp. 1 in Moser et al. (2009)
Stylommatophora - Clausiliidae	Pseudidyla moersingensis Pseudidyla moersingensis Boettger 1877 slug Clausiliidae indet 1 and 2 in Moser et al. (2009)
Stylommatophora - Filholiidae	Triptychia sp. Triptychia sp. Sandberger 1876 slug
Stylommatophora - Zonitidae	Archaeozonites sp.² Archaeozonites sp.² Sandberger 1873 true glass snail
Heterostropha - Carychiidae	Carychium (Carychium) galli Carychium (Carychium) galli Salvador 2015 snail Carychium nouleti nouleti and gibbum in Gall (1972); C. sp. 1 and 2 in Moser et al. (2009)

¹Salvador 2013; ²Salvador and Rasser 2014