Altheim-Breitenlauh 2 (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 70327: authorized by Mark Uhen, entered by Mark Uhen on 21.03.2007

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Taxonomic list

Gastropoda
 Architaenioglossa - Viviparidae
Viviparus suevicus Wenz 1919 snail
Bivalvia
 Unionida - Unionidae
cf. Anodonta splendens freshwater mussel
Chondrichthyes
 Lamniformes - Carchariidae
Mammalia
 Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Rhinocerotidae indet. Gray 1821 rhinoceros
 Placentalia -
Artiodactyla indet. even-toed ungulate
 Cetacea -
Odontoceti indet. Flower 1867 toothed whale
 Sirenia - Dugongidae
Metaxytherium sp. de Christol 1840 dugong
 Proboscidea - Gomphotheriidae
Gomphotherium sp. Burmeister 1837 gomphothere