Ringingen-Frontal 1: Early/Lower Miocene, Germany

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Gastropoda
cf. Gastropoda indet. Cuvier 1795
Gastropoda - Viviparidae
Viviparus suevicus Wenz 1919
Chondrichthyes - Myliobatiformes - Dasyatidae
Dasyatis sp. Rafinesque 1810
Dasyatis rugosa Probst 1877
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Carchariidae
Carcharias actussimus
Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Urodela
Andrias scheuchzeri Tschudi 1837
Mioproteus caucasicus Estes and Darevsky 1978
Mammalia - Rodentia
Rodentia indet. Bowdich 1821
Mammalia - Lagomorpha - Ochotonidae
Ochotonidae indet. Thomas 1897
Mammalia - Artiodactyla
Artiodactyla indet. Owen 1848
Reptilia - Phoenicopteriformes - Palaelodidae
cf. Megapaloelodus goliath
Actinopteri - Perciformes - Sparidae
Sparus umbonatus
Pagrus cinctus
Actinopteri - Cypriniformes - Cyprinidae
Cyprinidae indet. Rafinesque 1815
see common names

Geography
Country:Germany
Coordinates: 48.3° North, 9.8° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:48.5° North, 8.0° East
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Time
Period:Neogene Epoch:Miocene
10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 5
Key time interval:Early/Lower Miocene
Age range of interval:23.03000 - 15.97000 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:70332
Authorizer:M. Uhen Enterer:M. Uhen
Modifier:M. Uhen Research group:vertebrate
Created:2007-03-21 08:42:18 Last modified:2007-03-21 10:45:41
Access level:the public Released:2007-03-21 08:42:18
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]