Ziemetshausen 1b: Langhian, Germany

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Mammalia - Proboscidea - Proboscidea
Proboscidea indet. Illiger 1811
Mammalia - Carnivora - Mustelidae
Mustelidae indet. Fischer 1817
Mammalia
Taucanamo sansaniense Lartet 1851
Mammalia - Cervidae
Euprox sp. Stehlin 1928
Euprox/Heteroprox sp.
Mammalia - Palaeomerycidae
Palaeomeryx cf. bojani
Mammalia - Lagomerycidae
Lagomeryx sp. Roger 1904
Dicrocerus elegans Lartet 1837
Mammalia - Tragulidae
Dorcatherium vindobonense von Meyer 1846
Dorcatherium guntianum von Meyer 1846
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Chalicotheriidae
Chalicotherium sp. Kaup 1833
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Brachypotherium brachypus Lartet 1848
Mammalia - Erinaceidae
Erinaceidae indet. Fischer von Waldheim 1817
Mammalia - Soricidae
Soricidae indet. Fischer 1814
Mammalia - Lagomorpha - Ochotonidae
Prolagus oeningensis (König 1825)
Mammalia - Rodentia - Sciuridae
Heteroxerus cf. rubricati
Boon 1991
Miopetaurista cf. dehmi de Bruijn et al. 1980
Boon 1991
Blackia sp. Mein 1970
Boon 1991
n. sp.
Palaeosciurus sutteri Ziegler and Fahlbusch 1986
Boon 1991
Mammalia - Rodentia - Cricetidae
Democricetodon mutilus (Fahlbusch 1964)
Boon 1991
    = Democricetodon sp. Fahlbusch 1964
Bollinger 1994
Democricetodon gracilis (Fahlbusch 1964)
original and current combination Democricetodon minor gracilis
Cricetodon aff. meini Freudenthal 1963
Boon 1991
    = Cricetodon meini Freudenthal 1963
Bollinger 1994
Megacricetodon minor Lartet 1851
Boon 1991
Eumyarion sp. Thaler 1966
Boon 1991
latior-bifidus-complex
    = ? Eumyarion bifidus Fahlbusch 1964
Bollinger 1994
Eumyarion weinfurteri Schaub and Zapfe 1953
Mammalia - Rodentia - Gliridae
Bransatoglis sp. Hugueney 1967
Mammalia - Primates - Pliopithecidae
Pliopithecus antiquus (Blainville 1839)
Reptilia
Diplocynodon sp. Pomel 1847
Reptilia - Anguidae
Ophisaurus sp. Daudin 1803
Reptilia - Varanidae
Varanus sp. Merrem 1820
Reptilia - Testudines - Testudinidae
Testudo sp. Linnaeus 1758
Reptilia - Testudines - Trionychidae
Pisces
Pisces indet. Linnaeus 1758
synonym of Osteichthyes
Gastropoda - Pomatiidae
Pomatias sp. Stimpson 1860
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Planorbidae
Planorbarius sp. Dumeril 1806
Gastropoda - Heterostropha - Limacidae
Limax sp. Linnaeus 1758
see common names

Geography
Country:Germany State/province:Bayern
Coordinates: 48.5° North, 10.6° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:48.7° North, 9.2° East
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Altitude:515 meters
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Neogene Epoch:Miocene
Stage:Langhian 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 5
Key time interval:Langhian
Age range of interval:15.98000 - 13.82000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Local section:Brockhorizont Local bed:Brockhorizont
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Stratigraphy comments: MN5"c"; Obere Süßwassermolasse (Upper Freshwater Molasse), Middle Miocene, MN6; the fossils are taken from the "Brockhorizont" a layer in the sorrounding of the Ries, which generated during the Ries-meteor-impact. So the fossils have the same age as the impact, which is estimated to have taken place 14,7 Myr ago.
MN5"c" (=upper MN5) after Bollinger 1994.
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: unlithified sandstone
Secondary lithology: unlithified argillaceous marl
Lithology description: The "Brockhorizont" is characterized by boulders of Weißjura (Upper Jurassic) scattered around in the sand- and claydeposits.
Environment:terrestrial indet.
Geology comments: material from the Ries-meteor impact mixed with underlaying sediments (lacustrine-fluvial indet.)
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Disassociated minor elements:all
Temporal resolution:time-averaged
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:bulk,sieve,field collection
Minimum sieve size:0.500
Reason for describing collection:biostratigraphic analysis
Collection method comments: Museum: Bayerische Staatssammlung für Paläontologie und historische Geologie, München
Metadata
Database number:44977
Authorizer:J. Alroy Enterer:S. Kuemmell
Modifier:G. Varnham Research group:vertebrate
Created:2004-09-24 03:15:47 Last modified:2022-02-22 08:22:44
Access level:the public Released:2004-09-24 03:15:47
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
11994. K. Heissig. 1989. Neue Ergebnisse zur Stratigraphie der mittleren Serie der Oberen Süßwassermolasse Bayerns (New results on the stratigraphy of the middle series of upper Freshwater Molasse, Bavaria). Geologica Bavarica 94:239-257 [J. Alroy/S. Kuemmell/S. Kuemmell]

Secondary references:

117125% 6560T.h. Bollinger. 1994. Die Obere Süßwassermolasse in Bayern und der Ostschweiz: bio- und lithostratigraphische Korrelationen (Upper Freshwater molasse in Bavaria and Eastern Switzerland: bio- and lithostratigraphic correlations). Mitteilungen der Bayerischen Staatssammlung für Paläontologie und Historische Geologie 34:109-144 [J. Alroy/S. Kuemmell/S. Kuemmell]
11707 E. Boon. 1991. Die Cricetiden und Sciuriden der oberen Süßwasser-Molasse von Bayerisch-Schwaben und ihre stratigraphische Bedeutung (The Cricetida and Sciurida of the Upper Suesswasser-Molasse (lower Middle Miocene) from Bavarian Schwaben and their stratigraphic significance). Die Cricetiden und Sciuriden der oberen Süßwasser-Molasse von Bayerisch-Schwaben und ihre stratigraphische Bedeutung; München, 1991 1-159 [J. Alroy/S. Kuemmell/S. Kuemmell]