Baggersee Freudenegg 1: Early/Lower Miocene, Germany

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Chondrichthyes - Myliobatiformes - Myliobatidae
Myliobatis sp. Cuvier 1816
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Carchariidae
Carcharias cf. acutissimus (Agassiz 1843)
Chondrichthyes - Lamniformes - Otodontidae
Procarcharodon megalodon (Agassiz 1835)
recombined as Otodus megalodon
no evidence of this species and because of early Miocene age, occurrence dubious
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Rhinocerotidae indet. Gray 1821
cf. Plesiaceratherium sp. Young 1937
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Equidae
Anchitherium aurelianense Cuvier 1825
Mammalia - Suidae
Suidae indet. Gray 1821
Mammalia - Cetacea
Odontoceti indet. Flower 1867
Mammalia - Cetacea - Squalodontidae
Squalodontidae indet. Brandt 1873
Mammalia - Cetacea - Physeteridae
Physeteridae indet. Gray 1821
Mammalia - Cetacea - Delphinidae
Delphinidae indet. Gray 1821
Mammalia - Carnivora
Carnivora indet. Bowdich 1821
Reptilia - Crocodylia
Crocodylia indet. (Owen 1842)
Actinopteri
Teleostei indet. Müller 1846
see common names

Geography
Country:Germany
Coordinates: 48.3° North, 10.0° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:48.5° North, 8.2° East
Basis of coordinate:estimated from map
Geographic resolution:outcrop
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
Environment:marine indet.
Taphonomy
Collection methods and comments
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Metadata
Database number:70360
Authorizer:M. Uhen Enterer:M. Uhen
Modifier:M. Uhen Research group:vertebrate
Created:2007-03-21 10:29:00 Last modified:2007-03-21 12:33:34
Access level:the public Released:2007-03-21 10:29:00
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]