Where: Bavaria, Germany (50.3° N, 9.8° E: paleocoordinates 50.1° N, 6.9° E)
• coordinate estimated from map
• small collection-level geographic resolution
When: MP 30 (28.4 - 23.0 Ma)
• group of beds-level stratigraphic resolution
Environment/lithology: sinkhole; unlithified siliciclastic sediments
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
• The Palaeorutilus spp. and Gobioninae spp. are primarily represented by dentigerous pharyngeal bones and isolated teeth.
•Turtles are represented by isolated plastron/carapax elements or limb bones only.
Collected in 1999; reposited in the SMF
Collection methods: sieve,
• The fossil locality was discovered by a private collector in 1998 and one year later larger amounts of sediment for screenwashing have been recovered.
Primary reference: B. Engesser and G. Storch. 2008. Latest Oligocene Didelphimorpha, Lipotyphla, Rodentia and Lagomorpha (Mammalia) from Oberleichtersbach, Rhön Mountains, Germany. Courier Forschungsinstitut Senckenberg 260:185-251 [L. van den Hoek Ostende/L. van den Hoek Ostende/T. Liebrecht]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 84364: authorized by Lars van den Hoek Ostende, entered by Lars van den Hoek Ostende on 12.10.2008, edited by Torsten Liebrecht and Matthew Carrano
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Actinopteri | |
Cobitis primigenius n. sp.1
Cobitis primigenius n. sp.1 Böhme 2008 carp-like fish holotype: left lateroethmoid (SMF P 9735), paratypes: 5 further lateroethmoids (SMF P 9748-9752)
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Gobioninae "sp. A"1, Gobioninae "sp. B"1, Gobioninae "sp. C"1, Palaeorutilus "sp. 1"1, Palaeorutilus "sp. 2"1, Tarsichthys macrurus1
Gobioninae "sp. C"1 Bleeker 1863 carp-like fish "large", "cf. Varhostichthys eurystomus (Troschel 1861)"
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Mammalia | |
Amphilagus antiquus pika | |
Bransatoglis fugax Hugueney 1967 dormouse
Peridyromys cf. murinus Pomel 1853 dormouse
Microdyromys monspeliensis Aguilar 1977 dormouse
Glirudinus glirulus Dehm 1935 dormouse | |
Rhodanomys transiens, Rhodanomys aff. hugueneyae, Pseudotheridomys werneri n. sp., Eomyodon volkerti, Eomyodon mayoi
Rhodanomys transiens Hugueney 1969 rodent
Rhodanomys aff. hugueneyae Engesser 1987 rodent
Pseudotheridomys werneri n. sp. rodent
Eomyodon volkerti rodent
Eomyodon mayoi Engesser 1990 rodent | |
Steneofiber dehmi beaver | |
Heteroxerus lavocati squirrel
Heteroxerus paulhiacensis squirrel
Blackia miocaenica Mein 1970 squirrel
Palaeosciurus goti Vianey-Liaud 1974 squirrel | |
Melissiodon cf. quercyi, Rhizospalax poirrieri, Pseudocricetodon thaleri, Adelomyarion vireti, Eucricetodon longidens, Eucricetodon collatus
Melissiodon cf. quercyi Schaub 1920 mouse
Rhizospalax poirrieri mouse
Pseudocricetodon thaleri Hugueney 1969 mouse
Adelomyarion vireti Hugueney 1969 mouse
Eucricetodon longidens Hugueney 1969 mouse
Eucricetodon collatus Schaub 1925 mouse | |
Plesiosminthus winistoerferi Engesser 1987 jumping mouse | |
Archaeomys laurillardi rodent | |
Plesiosorex martinii n. sp.
Plesiosorex martinii n. sp. placental | |
Myxomygale cf. antiqua, "Myxomygale minor" = Percymygale minor, Geotrypus "sp. 1", Geotrypus "sp. 2", Paratalpa micheli, Asthenoscapter ziegleri n. sp.
Myxomygale cf. antiqua Filhol 1890 mole
"Myxomygale minor" = Percymygale minor Ziegler 1990 mole
Geotrypus "sp. 1" Pomel 1848 mole
Geotrypus "sp. 2" Pomel 1848 mole
Paratalpa micheli Lavocat 1951 mole
Asthenoscapter ziegleri n. sp. mole | |
Oligosorex cf. thauensis, Ulmensia cf. antecedens, Heterosoricinae indet., Quercysorex cf. ulmensis, Dinosorex pusillus n. sp.
Oligosorex cf. thauensis shrew
Ulmensia cf. antecedens Ziegler 1998 shrew
Heterosoricinae indet. Viret and Zapfe 1951 shrew
Quercysorex cf. ulmensis Ziegler 1998 shrew
Dinosorex pusillus n. sp. shrew | |
Galericinae indet. Pomel 1848 hedgehog | |
Dimyloides hecki n. sp.
Dimyloides hecki n. sp. placental | |
Amphiperatherium exile Gervais 1848 marsupial | |
Reptilia | |
Miolacerta sp.1, Lacerta "sp. 1"1, Lacerta "sp. 2"1, Lacerta "sp. 3"1, Lacerta "sp. 4"1, aff. Pseudeumeces sp.1
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Texasophis hecki n. sp.1 Böhme 2008 colubrid snake holotype: a single trunk vertebra (SMF R 5014), paratypes: 8 further vertebrae (SMF R 5015-5022)
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"Palaeochelys mlynarskii" = Palaeomauremys mlynarskii1
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Amphibia | |
Salamandridae indet.1, Chioglossa cf. meini1, Triturus sp.1, Triturus roehrsi1, aff. Chelotriton sp.1, Andrias scheuchzeri1
Andrias scheuchzeri1 Tschudi 1837 giant salamander 1 left maxilla, 1 right dentary, 43 isolated teeth
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Palaeobatrachus "sp. 3"1 Tschudi 1839 frog "aff. P. laubei vel diluvianus"; Walter Heck collection, Oberleichtersbach
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