Ziemetshausen 1a: Langhian, Germany

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda
Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795
Mammalia - Lagomorpha - Ochotonidae
Prolagus oeningensis (König 1825)
Mammalia - Insectivora
Insectivora indet. Bowdich 1821
Reptilia - Testudines - Testudinidae
Testudo sp. Linnaeus 1758
Reptilia - Testudines - Trionychidae
Reptilia - Anguidae
Ophisaurus sp. Daudin 1803
Reptilia
Diplocynodon sp. Pomel 1847
Pisces
Pisces indet. Linnaeus 1758
synonym of Osteichthyes
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:based on nearby landmark
Altitude:510 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:15.97000 - 13.82000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Stratigraphy comments: Mittlere Serie der Oberen Süßwasser-Molasse (Middle series of Upper freshwater Molasse); 4 m below "Brockhorizont", a layer generated by the Ries-impact. After Heissig 1989: MN 6
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: unlithified sandstone
Secondary lithology: unlithified marl
Environment:fluvial-lacustrine indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Temporal resolution:time-averaged
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:bulk,field collection
Reason for describing collection:paleoecologic analysis
Collection method comments: Most fossils are stored in the Bayerische Staatssammlung
Metadata
Database number:45594
Authorizer:J. Alroy Enterer:S. Kuemmell
Modifier:G. Varnham Research group:vertebrate
Created:2004-11-17 02:06:57 Last modified:2022-02-22 08:21:35
Access level:the public Released:2004-11-17 02:06:57
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:

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]