PBDB Collection

Baltringen: Burdigalian, Germany

List of taxa

Where & when

Geology

Taphonomy & methods

Metadata & references

Taxonomic list

Reptilia - Testudines

	Allaeochelys parayrei Noulet 1867	Karl 2013
Reptilia - Testudines - Geoemydidae

	Ptychogaster kinkelini Reinach 1900	Karl 2013
Reptilia - Testudines - Trionychidae

	Trionyx triunguis Forksal 1775	Karl 2013
Mammalia - Sirenia - Sirenia

	Sirenia indet. Illiger 1811	Pilleri 1986
Mammalia - Sirenia - Dugongidae

	Hippopotamus medius n. sp. Desmarest 1822	Desmarest 1822
	recombined as Metaxytherium medium
Mammalia - Carnivora - Odobenidae

	Trichechus molassicus n. sp. Bronn 1837	Bronn 1837
Mammalia - Cetacea

	Champsodelphis cristatus n. sp. Probst 1886	Probst 1886
	= Odontoceti indet. Flower 1867	Fordyce and de Muizon 2001
Mammalia - Cetacea - Platanistidae

	Pomatodelphis sp. Allen 1921	Bianucci and Landini 2002

	Zarhachis sp. Cope 1868	Bianucci and Landini 2002
Mammalia - Cetacea - Squalodontidae

	Arionius servatus n. sp. Meyer 1841	Meyer 1841
	recombined as Squalodon servatus

	Squalodon meyeri n. sp. Brandt 1873	Brandt 1873

	Delphinus molassicus n. sp. Bronn 1837	Bronn 1837
	recombined as Squalodon molassicus

	? Physeter molassicus n. sp. Bronn 1837	Bronn 1837
	recombined as Squalodon molassicus
Mammalia - Cetacea - Monodontidae

	? Monodontidae indet. Gray 1821	Pilleri 1986
Mammalia - Cetacea - Delphinidae

	Delphinidae indet. Gray 1821	Pilleri 1986

	Delphinus baltringii n. sp. Van Beneden 1876	Van Beneden 1876
Mammalia - Cetacea - Squalodelphinidae

	Squalodelphis cf. fabianii Dal Piaz 1917	Pilleri 1986
Mammalia - Cetacea

	Hoplocetus crassidens Gervais 1852	Probst 1886

	Scaldicetus cf. grandis (Du Bus 1872)	Pilleri 1986
Mammalia - Cetacea - Physeteridae

	Ziphioides obliquus n. sp. Probst 1886	Probst 1886
	nomen dubium belonging to Physeteridae

	Ziphioides triangulus n. gen., n. sp. Probst 1886	Probst 1886
	nomen dubium belonging to Physeteridae

	? Orycterocetus sp. Leidy 1853	Pilleri 1986

	? Physeterula dubusii Van Beneden 1877	Pilleri 1986
	corrected as Physeterula dubusi
	[entered as Physeterula dubusi]

	Delphinus acutidens von Meyer 1859	von Meyer 1859
	synonym of Physeterula dubusi
Mammalia - Cetacea

	Acrodelphis sp. Abel 1900	Pilleri 1986
	nomen dubium belonging to Odontoceti

	Champsodelphis denticulatus n. sp. Probst 1886	Probst 1886
	= Acrodelphis denticulatus Probst 1886	Pilleri 1986
	nomen dubium belonging to Odontoceti
Mammalia - Cetacea - Eurhinodelphinidae

	Eurhinodelphinidae indet. (Abel 1901)	Pilleri 1986

	Ziphiodelphis sp. Dal Piaz 1908	Pilleri 1986

	Ziphiodelphis cf. abeli Bassani and Misuri 1913	Pilleri 1986

	Schizodelphis sp. Gervais 1861	Pilleri 1986

	Delphinus canaliculatus n. sp. Meyer 1853	Meyer 1853
	synonym of Schizodelphis sulcatus
Mammalia - Cetacea

	Miokogia n. gen. elongatus (Pilleri 1986)		1 specimen
Mammalia - Cetacea - Balaenidae

	? Balaena molassica n. sp. Bronn 1837	Bronn 1837
	nomen dubium belonging to Balaena
see common names

Geography

Country:	Germany
Coordinates:	48.1° North, 9.9° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:	48.3° North, 8.2° East

Time

Period:	Neogene	Epoch:	Miocene
Stage:	Burdigalian	10 m.y. bin:	Cenozoic 5
Key time interval:	Burdigalian
Age range of interval:	20.44000 - 15.98000 m.y. ago

Stratigraphy

Lithology and environment

Primary lithology:	not reported
Lithology description: upper marine molasse
Environment:	marine indet.

Taphonomy

Modes of preservation:	body,original phosphate
Size of fossils:	macrofossils

Collection methods and comments

Reason for describing collection:

general faunal/floral analysis

Metadata

Also known as:	Oberschwaben, Wurttemberg
Database number:	47425
Authorizer:	M. Uhen, E. Vlachos	Enterer:	M. Uhen, E. Vlachos
Modifier:	M. Uhen	Research group:	vertebrate
Created:	2005-02-24 11:56:15	Last modified:	2019-11-20 12:02:54
Access level:	the public	Released:	2005-02-24 11:56:15
Creative Commons license:	CC BY

Reference information

Primary reference:

12747.

G. Pilleri. 1986. The taxonomic status of Schizodelphis elongatus = Miokogia elongatus (Probst, 1886) (Cetacea, Physeteridae). Investigations on Cetacea 18:155-162 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]

Secondary references:

46366		G. Bianucci and W. Landini. 2002. Change in diversity, ecological significance and biogeographical relationships of the Mediterranean Miocene toothed whale fauna. Geobios Mémoire spécial 24:19-28 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]
11981		J. F. Brandt. 1873. Untersuchungen über die fossilen und subfossilen cetaceen Europa's. Mémoires de L'Académie Impériale des Sciences de Saint-Petersbourg, Series 7 20(1):1-372 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]
20407		H. G. Bronn. 1837. Lethaea Geognostica oder Abbildungen und Beschreibungen der für die Gebirge-Formationen bezeichnendsten Versteinerungen 1-544 [G. Webster/G. Webster/M. Uhen]
76347		H. G. Bronn. 1837. [on Jäger: Über die fossilen Säugethiere]. Neus Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Geognosie, Geologie und Petrefakenkunde 1837:731-740 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]
29834		A. G. Desmarest. 1822. Mammalogie ou description des especes de mammiferes. Second partie, contenant les orders des rongeurs, des edentes, des pachydermes, des ruminans et des cetaces 277-556 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]
10151		R. E. Fordyce and C. de Muizon. 2001. Evolutionary history of the cetaceans: a review. Secondary Adaptations of Tetrapods to Life in the Water 169-233 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]
67646		H.-V. Karl. 2013. Die fossilen Schildkröten aus der Molasse von Oberschwaben mit taxonomischen Notizen zu „Promalacoclemmys Reinach, 1900“ und Testudo antiqua Bronn, 1831 (Testudines: Cryptodira). Mainzer naturwiss. Archiv 50:121-146 [E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos]
6031		R. Kellogg. 1923. Description of two squalodonts recently discovered in the Calvert Cliffs, Maryland; and notes on the shark-toothed cetaceans. Proceedings of the U. S. National Museum 62(16):1-69 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]
13941		H. v. Meyer. 1841. Arionius servatus, ein den Delphinen verwandtes Meeres-Säugethier aus der Molasse von Baltringen in Württemberg. Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Geognosie, Geologie und Petrefakten-Kunde 1841:315-331 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/T. Liebrecht]
28565		H. v. Meyer. 1853. [Description of Delphinus canaliculatus]. Neues Jahrbuch für Mineralogie, Geologie und Paläontologie 161-165 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Carrano]
13396		H. v. Meyer. 1858. Delphinus canaliculatus aus der Molasse. Palaeontographica 44-49 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Carrano]
13125		G. Pilleri. 1986. The Cetacea of the Western Paratethys 1-70 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]
18736		G. Pilleri. 1987. The Sirenia of the Swiss Molasse 1-114 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]
12981		G. Pilleri and O. Pilleri. 1982. Catalogue of the fossil odontocetes (Cetaca) in the Bologna Giovanni Capellini Museum of Palaeontology with description of a new species of Hoplocetus (Physeteridae). Memorie di Scienceze Geologische, Memoire degli Istituti de Geologia e Minerologia dell'universita di Padova 35:293-317 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]
15277		J. Probst. 1885. Ueber fossile Reste von Squalodon. Beitrag zur Kenntniss der fossilen Reste der Meeressäugetiere aus der Molasse von Baltringen. Jahresh. Ver. Naturk. Württemberg 41:49-67 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]
12862		J. Probst. 1886. Uber die fossilen Reste von Zahnwalen (Cetodonten) aus der Molasse von Baltringen OA. Laupheim. Jahreshefte des Vereins fur vaterlandische Naturkende in Wurttemberg 102-145 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]
12324		P. J. Van Beneden. 1876. Les thalassotheriens de Baltringen (Wurtemberg). Bulletins de L'Academi Royal des Sciences, des Lettres et des Beaux-arts de Belgique XLI:471-495 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]
23603		H. von Meyer. 1859. Teriaire Wirbelthiere von Haslach und Steinheim bei Ulm, Mitteilungen an Professor Bronn. Neues Jahrbuch fur Mineralogie, Geognosie, Geologie und Petrefaktenkunde. 172-177 [L. van den Hoek Ostende/J. Richter/J. Richter]