Gaimersheim: MP 28, Germany

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia
? Palaeoblanus sp. Schleich 1988
Augé 2005 1 specimen
BSP 1952 II4106, left dentary
Mammalia - Rodentia - Aplodontidae
Plesispermophilus macrodon n. sp. Schmidt-Kittler and Vianey-Liaud 1979
Schmidt-Kittler and Vianey-Liaud 1979
BSP 1952 II-3421 - type
Mammalia - Rodentia - Zapodidae
Plesiosminthus bavaricus Freudenberg 1941
Freudenthal and Martín-Suárez 2017
SNSB-BSPG 1939 XI 23
Mammalia - Rodentia - Gliridae
Microdyromys praemurinus n. sp. Freudenberg 1941
Vianey-Liaud 2003
Peridyromys murinus Pomel 1853
Vianey-Liaud 2003
Mammalia - Rodentia - Eomyidae
Eomyodon volkeri Engesser 1987
Maridet et al. 2010
Eomyodon pusillus n. sp. Fahlbusch 1969
Maridet et al. 2010
Eomys major n. sp.
Maridet et al. 2010
Eomys zitteli Schlosser 1884
Maridet et al. 2010
Mammalia - Palaeomerycidae
Amphitragulus quercyi Filhol 1887
Mennecart 2015
SNSB-BSPG 1952II304, 4803, etc.
Mammalia
Dremotherium cf. guthi Jehenne 1987
Mennecart 2015
SNSB-BSPG 1952II4855 and 4870
Babameryx engesseri Mennecart et al. 2012
Mennecart 2015
SNSB-BSPG 1952II4818
Mammalia - Gelocidae
Bachitherium lavocati Sudre 1986
Mennecart 2015
SNSB-BSPG 1952II4800-4953
Mammalia - Cainotheriidae
Plesiomeryx huerzeleri n. sp. Berger 1959
1 specimen
BSP 1952 II 1149
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Tapiridae
Protapirus bavaricus n. sp. Oettingen-Spielberg 1952
Scherler et al. 2011
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Ronzotherium romani
Ménouret et al. 2015
see common names

Geography
Country:Germany
Coordinates: 48.8° North, 11.4° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:48.7° North, 8.5° East
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:small collection
Time
Period:Paleogene Epoch:Oligocene
Stage:Chattian 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 4
Key time interval:MP 28 Mammal zone:
Age range of interval:27.82000 - 23.03000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphic resolution:bed
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: not reported
Environment:fissure fill
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils,mesofossils
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Metadata
Database number:59886
Authorizer:M. Uhen, P. Mannion, P. Barrett Enterer:M. Uhen, P. Mannion, T. Cleary
Modifier:P. Mannion Research group:vertebrate
Created:2006-04-19 08:52:57 Last modified:2017-01-13 05:06:35
Access level:the public Released:2006-04-19 08:52:57
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

17174. C. Blondel. 2005. New data on the Cainotheriidae (Mammalia, Artiodactyla) from the early Oligocene of south-western France. Zoological Journal fo the Linnaean Society 144:125-166 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen]

Secondary references:

59290 M. L. Augé. 2005. Evolution des lézards du Paléogène en Europe. Mémoires du Muséum national d'histoire naturelle 192:1-369 [P. Barrett/T. Cleary/T. Cleary]
63153 M. Freudenthal and E. Martín-Suárez. 2017. A revision of European Plesiosminthus (Rodentia, Dipodidae), and new material from the upper Oligocene of Teruel (Spain). Palaeontologia Electronica 20(2):41A:1-25 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]
61364 O. Maridet, M. Hugueney, and K. Heissig. 2010. New data about the diversity of Early Oligocene eomyids (Mammalia, Rodentia) in Western Europe. Geodiversitas 32(2):221-254 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]
61482 B. Mennecart. 2015. The European Ruminants during the "Microbunodon Event" (MP28, Latest Oligocene): Impact of Climate Changes and Faunal Event on the Ruminant Evolution. PLoS ONE 10(2):e0116830:1-28 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion/P. Mannion]
65807 B. Ménouret, J.-J. Châteauneuf, D. Nury and S. Peigné. 2015. Aubenas-les-Alpes, a forgotten Oligocene mammalian site in Provence (S-E France). Part I – Carnivora, Perissodactyla and Microflora. Annales de Paléontologie 101:241-250 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]
61798 L. Scherler, D. Becker, and J.-P. Berger. 2011. Tapiridae (Perissodactyla, Mammalia) of the Swiss Molasse Basin during the Oligocene–Miocene transition. Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 31(2):479-496 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]
61489 N. Schmidt-Kittler and M. Vianey-Liaud. 1979. Evolution des Aplodontidae Oligocènes Européens. Palaeovertebrata 9(2):33-82 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]
61321 M. Vianey-Liaud. 2003. Gliridae (Mammalia, Rodentia) de l’Oligocène européen: origine de trois genres miocènes. Coloquios de Paleontología 1:669-698 [P. Mannion/P. Mannion]