Altheim-Breitenlauh 1 (Miocene of Germany)

Where: Germany (48.3° N, 9.8° E: paleocoordinates 48.4° N, 7.7° E)

• coordinate estimated from map

When: MN 1 (23.0 - 22.4 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; sandstone

Primary reference: V. J. Sach and E. P. J. Heizmann. 2001. Stratigraphy and mammal faunas of the Brackwassermolasse in the surroundings of Ulm (Southwest Germany). Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde Serie B (Geologie und Paläontologie) 310:1-95 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]more details

Purpose of describing collection: general faunal/floral analysis

PaleoDB collection 70325: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 21.03.2007

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Taxonomic list

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Actinopteri
 Teleostei -
Teleostei indet.
Mammalia
 Theriamorpha - Soricidae
Soricidae indet., Heterosoricinae indet.
Soricidae indet. Fischer 1814 shrew
Heterosoricinae indet. Viret and Zapfe 1951 shrew
 Theriamorpha - Talpidae
Talpidae indet., cf. Desmanella sp.
Talpidae indet. Fischer de Waldheim 1817 mole
cf. Desmanella sp. Engesser 1972 mole
 Theriamorpha - Erinaceidae
Amphechinus sp.
Amphechinus sp. Aymard 1850 hedgehog
 Placentalia -
Lagomorpha indet.
Lagomorpha indet. Brandt 1885 placental
 Rodentia - Zapodidae
Plesiosminthus myarion
Plesiosminthus myarion Schaub 1930 jumping mouse
 Rodentia - Cricetidae
Eucricetodon sp.
Eucricetodon sp. Thaler 1966 mouse
 Rodentia - Gliridae
cf. Peridyromys sp.
cf. Peridyromys sp. Stehlin and Schaub 1951 dormouse
 Rodentia - Eomyidae
Pseudotheridomys sp., Rhodanomys cf. transiens
Pseudotheridomys sp. Schlosser 1926 rodent
Rhodanomys cf. transiens Hugueney 1969 rodent
 Rodentia - Sciuridae
Sciuridae indet.
Sciuridae indet. Gray 1821 squirrel
Gastropoda
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Gastropoda indet.
Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795 snail