Where: Bayern, Germany (48.7° N, 12.0° E: paleocoordinates 49.0° N, 10.6° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Langhian (16.0 - 13.8 Ma)
• mittlere Serie der Oberen Süßwasser-Molasse (middle series of Upper Freshwater Molasse); Above the "Brockhorizont" (generated by the Ries-impact)
•the Ries ejecta are 14.88 +/- 0.11 Ma old (Aziz et al. 2007), implying a Langhian age
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: "floodplain"; unlithified marl and unlithified conglomerate
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: bulk, sieve,
• Most fossils are stored in the Bayerische Staatssammlung
Primary reference: K. Heissig. 1989. Neue Ergebnisse zur Stratigraphie der mittleren Serie der Oberen Süßwassermolasse Bayerns (New results on the stratigraphy of the middle series of upper Freshwater Molasse, Bavaria). Geologica Bavarica 94:239-257 [J. Alroy/S. Kuemmell/S. Kuemmell]more details
Purpose of describing collection: paleoecologic analysis
PaleoDB collection 45612: authorized by John Alroy, entered by Susanna Kümmell on 17.11.2004, edited by Matthew Carrano
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Amphibia | |
Albanerpeton inexpectatum Estes and Hoffstetter 1976 tetrapod | |
Mammalia | |
Chiroptera indet. Blumenbach 1779 bat | |
Soricinae indet. Fischer von Waldheim 1817 red-toothed shrew
Dinosorex sansaniensis Lartet 1851 shrew | |
"Talpini indet." = Talpidae, Proscapanus sansaniensis
"Talpini indet." = Talpidae Fischer de Waldheim 1817 mole
Proscapanus sansaniensis Lartet 1851 mole | |
Plesiodimylus sp. Gaillard 1897 placental | |
Galerix sp. Pomel 1848 hedgehog
Lanthanotherium sansaniense hedgehog | |
Lagomeryx pumilio ruminant
Lagomeryx parvulum ruminant | |
Micromeryx cf. flourensianus Lartet 1851 musk deer | |
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Anchitherium aurelianense Cuvier 1825 anchitheriine horse | |
Rhinocerotidae indet. Gray 1821 rhinoceros | |
Prolagus oeningensis König 1825 pika | |
Democricetodon mutilus, "Democricetodon gracilis" = Democricetodon minor gracilis, Eumyarion bifidus, Eumyarion weinfurteri, Megacricetodon aff. minor
Democricetodon mutilus Fahlbusch 1964 mouse
"Democricetodon gracilis" = Democricetodon minor gracilis Fahlbusch 1964 mouse
Eumyarion bifidus Fahlbusch 1964 mouse
Eumyarion weinfurteri Schaub and Zapfe 1953 mouse
Megacricetodon aff. minor Lartet 1851 mouse | |
Paraglirulus werenfelsi, Microdyromys miocaenicus, Bransatoglis astaracensis, Miodyromys aegercii, Eomuscardinus sansaniensis
Paraglirulus werenfelsi Engesser 1972 dormouse
Microdyromys miocaenicus dormouse
Bransatoglis astaracensis Baudelot 1970 dormouse
Miodyromys aegercii Baudelot 1972 dormouse
Eomuscardinus sansaniensis Lartet 1851 dormouse | |
Keramidomys capathicus rodent | |
Spermophilinus bredai von Meyer 1848 squirrel
Blackia miocaenica Mein 1970 squirrel
Miopetaurista sp. Kretzoi 1962 squirrel
Heteroxerus sp. Stehlin and Schaub 1951 squirrel | |
Anomalomys minor Fejfar 1972 rodent | |
Amphiperatherium frequens von Meyer 1846 marsupial | |
Reptilia | |
Ophisaurus sp. Daudin 1803 glass lizard | |
Gekkonidae indet. Gray 1825 gecko | |
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Lacerta sp. Linnaeus 1758 squamates | |
Testudo sp. Linnaeus 1758 turtle | |
Gastropoda | |
Limax sp. Linnaeus 1758 slug | |
Cepaea sp. Held 1838 slug | |
Planorbarius sp. Dumeril 1806 snail | |
Cochlostoma sp. Jan 1830 snail | |
Pomatias sp. Stimpson 1860 periwinkle | |
Bithynia sp. Leach 1818 snail | |
Brotia sp. Adams 1866 snail |