Steinberg, close to Nördlingen (Miocene of Germany)

Where: Bayern, Germany (48.9° N, 10.5° E: paleocoordinates 49.1° N, 9.3° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

When: MN 6 (13.7 - 12.8 Ma)

• MN6

Environment/lithology: fluvial-lacustrine; limestone

Size class: macrofossils

Primary reference: K. Heißig. 1989. The faunal succession of the Bavarian Molasse reconsidered - correlation of the MN5 and MN6 faunas. Lindsay, E. H., Fahlbusch, V. & Mein, P.: European Neogene Mammal Chronology. Nato ASI-series, Plenum Press; New York 181-192 [J. Alroy/S. Kuemmell/S. Kuemmell]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 49522: authorized by John Alroy, entered by Susanna Kümmell on 19.04.2005, edited by Lars van den Hoek Ostende, Juliette Richter and Terri Cleary

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Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Squamata -
Palaeogekko risgoviensis n. sp.2 Schleich 1987 squamates
BSP 1970 XVIII 7300 (holotype), a right mandibular ramus; BSP 1970 XVIII 7249–7299, 7301– 7366, includes several dentaries, maxillae, and premaxillae
Mammalia
 Chiroptera - Molossidae
Tadarida engesseri n. sp.4 Rachl 1983 free-tailed bat
 Artiodactyla - Cainotheriidae
Cainotherium huerzeleri n. sp.3 Heizmann 1983 even-toed ungulate
 Rodentia - Cricetidae
Democricetodon mutilus1 Fahlbusch 1964 mouse
Megacricetodon minor Lartet 1851 mouse
Cricetodon aff. aureus1 Mein and Freudenthal 1971 mouse
Meganycteris monslapidis
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Meganycteris monslapidis n. sp.4 Rachl 1983