Langenmoosen: MN 5, Germany

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia - Testudines - Trionychidae
Schleich 1984
Reptilia - Testudines - Geoemydidae
Clemmydopsis turnauensis (Meyer 1847)
Schleich 1984
Reptilia - Testudines - Testudinidae
Testudo sp. Linnaeus 1758
Schleich 1984
Reptilia - Testudines - Chelydridae
Chelydropsis sp. Peters 1868
Schleich 1984
Mammalia - Rodentia - Cricetidae
Cotimus aff. medius
synonym of Leidymys
29 teeth
Democricetodon minor (Lartet 1851)
n.ssp. gracilis, 35 teeth
    = Democricetodon gracilis Fahlbusch 1964
Bollinger 1994
original and current combination Democricetodon minor gracilis
Democricetodon affinis Schaub 1925
n.ssp. mutilus, 86 teeth
    = Democricetodon mutilus Fahlbusch 1964
Bollinger 1994
Megacricetodon bavaricus (Fahlbusch 1964)
Heißig 1989
Democricetodon gregarius (Schaub 1925)
recombined as Megacricetodon gregarius
n.ssp. bavaricus,168 teeth
see common names

Geography
Country:Germany State/province:Bayern
Coordinates: 48.6° North, 11.2° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:48.9° North, 9.8° East
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Altitude:397 meters
Time
Period:Neogene Epoch:Miocene
Stage:Langhian 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 5
Key time interval:MN 5
Age range of interval:15.98000 - 13.82000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphy comments: MN5"a"; Obere Süßwassermolasse (Upper Freshwater Molasse), Lower Tortonian, Upper Helvetian is also possible.
After Bollinger 1994: MN5"a" (=lower MN5).

MN5 is at the Burdigalian/Langhian boundary. "Tortonian" was used in a different context in the eastern Paratethys.
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: marl
Secondary lithology:fine unlithified sandstone
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: The fossils were discovered in a layer of marl 10 cm in thickness, intercalated in fine sand.
Environment:fluvial-lacustrine indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Disassociated minor elements:all
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:bulk,sieve,field collection
Collection size:318 specimens
Rock censused:800 kg
Reason for describing collection:biostratigraphic analysis
Metadata
Database number:48318
Authorizer:J. Alroy, E. Vlachos Enterer:S. Kuemmell, E. Vlachos
Modifier:J. Alroy Research group:vertebrate
Created:2005-03-16 06:29:56 Last modified:2007-03-02 23:07:55
Access level:the public Released:2005-03-16 06:29:56
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
12913. V. Fahlbusch. 1964. Die Cricetiden (Mamm.) der Oberen Süßwasser-Molasse Bayerns (Cricetids of the Upper Freshwater Molasse of Bavaria). Bayerische Akademie der Wissenschaften; mathematisch-naturwissenschaftliche Klasse; Abhandlungen, neue Folge 118:1-136 [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]
13262 K. Heißig. 1989. The faunal succession of the Bavarian Molasse reconsidered - correlation of the MN5 and MN6 faunas. Lindsay, E. H., Fahlbusch, V. & Mein, P.: European Neogene Mammal Chronology. Nato ASI-series, Plenum Press; New York 181-192 [J. Alroy/S. Kuemmell/S. Kuemmell]
66150 H.H. Schleich. 1984. Neogene Testudines of Germany. Their stratigraphical and ecological evaluation. Studia Geologica Salmanticensia (Studia Palaeocheloniologica 1), volumen especial 1:249-267 [E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos]