Where: Bayern, Germany (48.8° N, 11.2° E: paleocoordinates 49.1° N, 10.4° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Tortonian (11.6 - 7.2 Ma)

• Upper Fresh-water Molasse, Lower Tortonian

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; shelly/skeletal lignite

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: bulk,

Primary reference: V. Fahlbusch. 1964. Die Cricetiden (Mamm.) der Oberen Süßwasser-Molasse Bayerns (Cricetids of the Upper Freshwater Molasse of Bavaria). Bayerische Akademie der Wissenschaften; mathematisch-naturwissenschaftliche Klasse; Abhandlungen, neue Folge 118:1-136 [J. Alroy/S. Kuemmell/S. Kuemmell]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 48321: authorized by John Alroy, entered by Susanna Kümmell on 16.03.2005, edited by Matthew Carrano

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