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 | |
Planorbarius cornu Brongniart 1810 snail | |
Pseudochloritis incrassata Klein 1853 slug | |
Palaeotachea renevieri, "Megalotachea silvana" = Palaeotachea silvana
Palaeotachea renevieri Maillard 1892 slug
"Megalotachea silvana" = Palaeotachea silvana Klein 1853 slug | |
Bivalvia | |
Margaritifera flabellata Goldfuss 1837 clam |