Where: Bayern, Germany (48.4° N, 10.5° E: paleocoordinates 48.7° N, 9.6° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Tortonian (11.6 - 7.2 Ma)
• Upper Fresh-water Molasse, Upper Tortonian
Environment/lithology: terrestrial; unlithified, coarse-grained sandstone and lignite
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: bulk, sieve,
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 48476: authorized by John Alroy, entered by Susanna Kümmell on 21.03.2005, edited by David Nicholson
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Mammalia | |
Democricetodon aff. schaubi, Democricetodon cf. minor, Megacricetodon aff. germanicus1, "Democricetodon gregarius" = Megacricetodon gregarius, "Cotimus aff. medius" = Leidymys
"Democricetodon gregarius" = Megacricetodon gregarius Schaub 1925 mouse aff. bavaricus (n. ssp), 97 teeth
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Reptilia | |
"Ocadia sophiae" = Mauremys sophiae2
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