Tobel Oelhalde-Nord (Miocene of Germany)

Where: Germany (48.0° N, 9.8° E: paleocoordinates 48.3° N, 8.4° E)

• coordinate stated in text

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Langhian (16.0 - 13.8 Ma)

• Two fine-grained sand horizons with reworked OSM components, 604.6 m and 612.5 m a.s.l.; Mammal Neogene zones MN 5/6 (transition).

• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: fluvial-lacustrine; fine-grained sandstone

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: original aragonite

Reposited in the SMNS

Primary reference: R. B. Salvador, V. J. Sach, and B. L. Valentas-Romera. 2015. The fossil continental mollusks in the upper freshwater molasse (Middle Miocene) of the districts of Biberach, Ravensburg and Neu-Ulm, Germany. Revista Brasileira de Paleontologia 18:201-216 [M. Clapham/M. Clapham]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 231122: authorized by Matthew Clapham, entered by Matthew Clapham on 05.08.2023

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Gastropoda
 Heterostropha - Planorbidae
Planorbarius cornu Brongniart 1810 snail
 Stylommatophora - Elonidae
 Stylommatophora - Helicidae
Palaeotachea renevieri, "Megalotachea silvana" = Palaeotachea silvana
Palaeotachea renevieri Maillard 1892 slug
"Megalotachea silvana" = Palaeotachea silvana Klein 1853 slug
Bivalvia
 Unionida - Margaritiferidae
Margaritifera flabellata Goldfuss 1837 clam