Altheim-Breitenlauh 2: MN 1, Germany

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda - Viviparidae
Viviparus suevicus Wenz 1919
Bivalvia - Unionida - Unionidae
cf. Anodonta splendens
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Carchariidae
Carcharias crassidens
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Rhinocerotidae indet. Gray 1821
Mammalia - Artiodactyla
Artiodactyla indet. Owen 1848
Mammalia - Cetacea
Odontoceti indet. Flower 1867
Mammalia - Sirenia - Dugongidae
Metaxytherium sp. de Christol 1840
Mammalia - Proboscidea - Gomphotheriidae
Gomphotherium sp. Burmeister 1837
see common names

Geography
Country:Germany
Coordinates: 48.3° North, 9.8° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:48.4° North, 7.7° East
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Time
Period:Neogene Epoch:Miocene
Stage:Aquitanian 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 5
Key time interval:MN 1
Age range of interval:23.03000 - 22.40000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: sandstone
Includes fossils?Y
Environment:marine indet.
Taphonomy
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Metadata
Database number:70327
Authorizer:M. Uhen Enterer:M. Uhen
Research group:vertebrate
Created:2007-03-21 08:37:24 Last modified:2007-03-21 10:37:24
Access level:the public Released:2007-03-21 08:37:23
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

23602. V. J. Sach and E. P. J. Heizmann. 2001. Stratigraphy and mammal faunas of the Brackwassermolasse in the surroundings of Ulm (Southwest Germany). Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde Serie B (Geologie und Paläontologie) 310:1-95 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]