Öhningen: MN 7 + 8, Germany
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Amphibia
- Temnospondyli
- Urodela
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Tylototriton primigenius n. sp.
Noble 1928
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Noble 1928 | |||||||||
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Reptilia
- Colubridae
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Elaphis oweni
(Meyer 1844)
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Lydekker 1888 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| BMNH 42734 ("van Breda collection") | ||||||||||
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= Colubridae indet.
Oppel 1811
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Szyndlar 1997 | |||||||||
| "non-natricine colubrid" | ||||||||||
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Coluber owenii n. sp.
Meyer 1844
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Szyndlar 1997 | 2 specimens | ||||||||
| nomen dubium belonging to Colubridae | ||||||||||
| Holotype: "Exemplar der Seyfried'schen Sammlung" (SMNK te-mi 126; formerly TE 58), referred specimen: PIMUZ A/III 688 | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Crotalidae
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Coluber kargii n. sp.
von Meyer 1845
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Szyndlar 1992 | 1 individual | ||||||||
| nomen dubium belonging to Vipera | ||||||||||
| Syntypes: PIMUZ A/III 163 + 164 (part and counterpart) | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
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? Coluber kargi
(von Meyer 1845)
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Lydekker 1888 | 1 individual | ||||||||
| BMNH 42733 ("van Breda collection") | ||||||||||
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= Macrostomata indet.
Ritgen 1828
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Szyndlar 1997 | |||||||||
| not explicitly cited in the reference under that taxon name, but it says that it "most likely [...] represented the Boidae s. l., although its allocation in the Colubridae is also possible" | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Anguidae
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Ophisaurus holeci
Klembara 2015
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Čerňanský and Klembara 2017 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| SMNK-PAL.8541, partially preserved skeleton | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Testudines
- Trionychidae
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Trionyx teyleri n. sp.
Winkler 1869
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Winkler 1869 | |||||||||
| synonym of Trionyx vindobonensis | ||||||||||
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Reptilia
- Testudines
- Chelydridae
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Chelydra murchisoni n. sp.
Bell 1836
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Joyce 2016 | |||||||||
| recombined as Chelydropsis murchisoni | ||||||||||
| BMNH 37204 - type | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Lagomorpha
- Ochotonidae
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Lagopsis verus
Hensel 1856
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| fragments found as part of a rapatorial pellet | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Rodentia
- Cricetidae
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Megacricetodon gregarius
(Schaub 1925)
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| Upper M1 and M2 found as part of a rapatorial pellet | ||||||||||
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Actinopteri
- Anguilliformes
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Anguilliformes indet.
Greenwood et al. 1966
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Szyndlar 1997 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| SMNK Oe 337 (formerly TE 57), labelled as the type specimen of C. arcuatus v. Meyer 1845, but is not the specimen described and figured in the first description of that taxon by von Meyer (1845) | ||||||||||
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unclassified
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Coluber arcuatus n. sp.
von Meyer 1845
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Szyndlar 1997 | 1 specimen | ||||||||
| nomen dubium belonging to Craniata | ||||||||||
| supposed type specimen of C. arcuatus, described and figured by v. Meyer (1845), now lost; figure by v. Meyer does not allow to determine whether this is a snake or just another snake-bodied vertebrate | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Germany | State/province: | Baden-Württemberg | County: | Konstanz |
| Coordinates: | 47.7° North, 8.9° East (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 47.9° North, 7.8° East | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Miocene |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 5-6 | ||
| Key time interval: | MN 7 + 8 | ||
| Age range of interval: | 12.80000 - 11.10000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Geological group: | Molasse | Formation: | Upper Freshwater Molasse | ||
| Stratigraphy comments: The Öhningen localities are of Middle Miocene age (MN 7+8) according to Szyndlar (1992, 1997) | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | "limestone" | ||
| Lithology description: "limestone" (Noble 1928) | |||
| Environment: | lacustrine indet. | Tectonic setting: | foreland basin |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body,mold/impression,adpression,trace |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Spatial orientation: | random |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | variable |
| Articulated whole bodies: | none |
| Disassociated minor elements: | all |
| Fragmentation: | occasional |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection excludes: | some genera |
| Collection methods: | survey of museum collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Museum repositories: | BMNH |
| Collection method comments: classic 19th century collections are presumably distributed amongst numerous museums (SMNK, PIMUZ and some smaller museums in southern Baden-Württemberg and northern Switzerland) | |
| Taxonomic list comments:omits large numbers of insects and plants | |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Oeningen, Oehningen, Öningen | ||
| Database number: | 34534 | ||
| Authorizer: | J. Hunter, J. Mueller, E. Vlachos, J. Alroy, T. Cleary, P. Mannion | Enterer: | M. Hall, T. Liebrecht, T. Cleary, P. Mannion, J. Alroy, E. Vlachos |
| Modifier: | T. Liebrecht | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2003-09-05 13:17:27 | Last modified: | 2013-01-31 06:01:42 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2003-09-05 13:17:27 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 9114. | 5% 34540 | H. Tobien. 1977. Ein Gewöllrest mit Megacricetodon (Rodentia, Mammalia) aus dem Obermiozän von Öhningen (Baden-Württemberg). Berichte der Naturforschenden Gesellschaft zu Freiburg im Breisgau 67:359-369 [J. Hunter/M. Hall/T. Liebrecht] |
Secondary references:
| 67884 | A. Čerňanský and J. Klembara. 2017. A skeleton of Ophisaurus (Squamata: Anguidae) from the middle Miocene of Germany, with a revision of the partly articulated postcranial material from Slovakia using micro-computed tomography. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology e1333515 [T. Cleary/T. Cleary/T. Cleary] | |
| 62897 | W. G. Joyce. 2016. A Review of the Fossil Record of Turtles of the Clade Pan-Chelydridae. Bulletin of the Peabody Museum of Natural History 57(1):21-56 [P. Holroyd/P. Holroyd/P. Mannion] | |
| 14142 | ETE | R. Lydekker. 1888. Catalogue of the Fossil Reptilia and Amphibia in the British Museum (Natural History). Part I. Containing the Orders Ornithosauria, Crocodilia, Dinosauria, Squamata, Rhynchocephalia, and Proterosauria. British Museum (Natural History), London 1-309 [M. Carrano/M. Carrano/M. Uhen] |
| 28416 | G. K. Noble. 1928. Two new fossil amphibia of zoögeographic importance from the Miocene of Europe. American Museum Novitates 303:1-13 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy] | |
| 44573 | Z. Szyndlar. 1992. “Coluber” kargii von Meyer, 1845 (Serpentes: Viperidae), from the Miocene of Öhningen (Germany). Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie, Monatshefte 1992(11):692-700 [J. Mueller/T. Liebrecht] | |
| 43688 | Z. Szyndlar. 1997. A review of the fossil Snakes (Reptilia: Serpentes) described by Herman von Meyer. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie, Abhandlungen 203(2):211-219 [J. Mueller/T. Liebrecht] | |
| 64249 | T. C. Winkler. 1869. Des tortues fossiles conservées dans le Musée Teyler et dans quelques autres Musées. 1-151 [E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos] |