Rott: MP 30, Germany

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Lithobatrachus europaeus
Mors 2002
Actinopteri - Cypriniformes - Cyprinidae
Tarsichthys macrurus (Agassiz 1839)
Mors 2002
Leuciscus (Tarsichthys) tarsiger n. sp. Troschel 1854
Troschel 1854 1 individual
synonym of Tarsichthys macrurus
GPIBo Ro 4100 (holotype)
Cyprinus papyraceus n. sp. Bronn 1828
Bronn 1828
recombined as Palaeorutilus papyraceus
Bronn speaks of "several hundred" specimens, coming from the Geistinger Busch between Rott and Dambruch (= Dambroich)
Palaeorutilus papyraceus (Bronn 1828)
Mors 2002
Actinopteri - Osmeriformes
Enoplophthalmus sp. Sauvage 1880
Mors 2002
Actinopteri - Esociformes - Esocidae
Esox (Kenoza) papyraceus
Mors 2002
Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Palaeobatrachidae
Palaeobatrachus gigas
Mors 2002
Palaeobatrachus diluvianus (Goldfuss 1831)
Mors 2002
Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Hylidae
Hyla europaea n. sp. Noble 1928
Noble 1928
type was "doubtfully referred to Rana meriana by Lydekker (1890)"
Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Ranidae
Rana meriani Meyer 1853
Mors 2002
nomen dubium belonging to Rana
Rana noeggerathi Meyer 1952
Mors 2002
nomen dubium belonging to Rana
Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Pelobatidae
Pelobates decheni
Mors 2002
Eopelobates anthracinus n. gen., n. sp. Parker 1929
Zweifel 1956
Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Discoglossidae
Zaphrissa eurypelis n. gen., n. sp. Cope 1866
Baird 1970
Princeton specimen "purchased abroad in 1861" by A. Guyot
Discoglossus troscheli
Mors 2002
Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Urodela
Andrias scheuchzeri Tschudi 1837
Mors 2002
Brachycormus noachicus
Mors 2002
Chelotriton paradoxus Pomel 1853
Mors 2002
Reptilia - Lacertidae
Lacerta sp. Linnaeus 1758
Mors 2002
"Lacerta" pulla
Mors 2002
"Lacerta" rottensis
Mors 2002
Reptilia - Anguidae
Anguini indet. Augé 2005
Augé 2005
Pseudopus heymanni
Mors 2002
Pseudopus moguntinus Boettger 1875
Estes 1983
SM specimens, mostly disarticulated; BM 42756, skeleton. See also Auge 2005.
Reptilia - Tropidophiidae
Tropidonotus atavus n. sp. von Meyer 1855
Szyndlar 1994 2 individuals
recombined as Rottophis atavus
GPIBo Ro 4023 (holotype), from Romerikenberg mine, also regarded as the holotype of Coluber papyraceus Fischer 1857; BMNH 36377, described and figured as Coluber (Tropidonotus ?) atavus in von Meyer (1860, Palaeontographica 7(4)), referred to as Morelia papyracea by Troschel (1861, Archiv f. Naturgesch. 27(1)), and listed as Elaphis atavus by Lydekker (1888)
Elaphis atavus (von Meyer 1855)
Lydekker 1888 2 individuals
recombined as Rottophis atavus
BMNH 33065, 36378 (counterpart of 36377), 41088
Morelia papyracea n. sp. Troschel 1858
Szyndlar and Böhme 1996 1 individual
synonym of Rottophis atavus
GPIBo Ro 4024, regarded as holotype
Reptilia
Aves indet. Linnaeus 1758
Mors 2002
2 species
Diplocynodon ratelii Pomel 1847
Mors 2002
Reptilia - Testudines - Chelydridae
Chelydra decheni n. sp. Meyer 1852
recombined as Chelydropsis decheni
IPB Ro4016 - type
Reptilia - Testudines - Trionychidae
Mors 2002
Reptilia - Testudines
Palaeochelys mlynarskii n. sp. Hervet and de Broin 2000
recombined as Palaeomauremys mlynarskii
Mammalia
Amphiperatherium exile Gervais 1848
Mors 2002
Mammalia - Chiroptera
Chiroptera indet. Blumenbach 1779
Mors 2002
Mammalia - Chiroptera - Vespertilionidae
Vespertilionidae indet. Gray 1821
Mors 2002
Mammalia - Lagomorpha - Ochotonidae
Ochotonidae indet. Thomas 1897
Mors 2002
Amphilagus sp. OR Piezodus sp.
Mammalia - Rodentia - Gliridae
Peridyromys cf. murinus Pomel 1853
Mors 2002
Glirudinus glirulus Dehm 1935
Mors 2002
Bransatoglis cf. fugax Hugueney 1967
Mors 2002
Mammalia - Rodentia - Cricetidae
Adelomyarion vireti Hugueney 1969
Mors 2002
Pseudocricetodon cf. thaleri Hugueney 1969
Mors 2002
Eucricetodon cf. collatus
Mors 2002
Mammalia - Rodentia - Sciuridae
Blackia aff. miocaenica Mein 1970
Mors 2002
Mammalia - Rodentia - Castoridae
Steneofiber cf. eseri
Mors 2002
Mammalia - Rodentia - Eomyidae
Pseudotheridomys cf. schaubi
Mors 2002
Rhodanomys sp. Depéret and Douxami 1902
Mors 2002
Rhodanomys aff. hugueneyae Engesser 1987
Mors 2002
Eomyodon weidmanni Engesser 1990
Mors 2002
Mammalia - Talpidae
Talpidae indet. (Fischer de Waldheim 1817)
Mors 2002
Desmanella sp. Engesser 1972
Mors 2002
Paratalpa sp. Lavocat 1951
Mors 2002
Mammalia - Soricidae
Soricidae informal indet 1
Mors 2002
Ulmensia ehrensteinensis OR Soricella discrepans
Soricidae informal indet 2
Mors 2002
Dinosorex sp. OR Heterosorex sp.
Mammalia - Dimylidae
Dimylidae indet. Schlosser 1887
Mors 2002
Mammalia - Carnivora - Mustelidae
? Mustelidae indet. Fischer 1817
Mors 2002
2 species
Mammalia - Carnivora - Amphicyonidae
Amphicyon sp. Lartet 1836
Mors 2002
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Rhinocerotidae
Brachydiceratherium lemanense
Mors 2002
Mammalia - Anthracotheriidae
Microbunodon breviceps
Mors 2002
Mammalia - Moschidae
Moschidae indet. Gray 1821
Mors 2002
Pomelomeryx sp. OR Amphitragulus sp.
see common names

Geography
Country:Germany State/province:North Rhine-Westfalia County:Rhein-Sieg
Coordinates: 50.8° North, 7.3° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:50.6° North, 4.3° East
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Paleogene Epoch:Oligocene
Stage:Chattian 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 4
Key time interval:MP 30
Age range of interval:27.82000 - 23.03000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphy comments: "MP30"
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:planar lamination,diatomaceous poorly lithified carbonaceous "shale"
Includes fossils?Y
Lithology description: "fine layered brown coal" also called "lignites" or "Blätterkohle" or "Papierkohle" - actually these deposits are not true lignite but are bituminous, diatomaceous shale (referred to as "oil shale" by Szyndlar & Böhme, 1996); lithology etries (originally "lithified lignite") has been changed accordingly figures of specimens indicate lithification to a certain degree
Environment:lacustrine - small
Geology comments: According to the reconstruction of the sedimentary history, the limnic sediments of the Rott Formation were deposited in a single, relatively small and shallow lake (Mörs, 1995). This lake was at least 3 km in diameter, and was encircled by a large accretion zone, which passed into an alluvial forest. Many small rivulets are expected to have flown into the Rott Lake, but no large river could be evidenced (Mörs, 1995). The estimated mean aunual temperature (MAT) in this area at the accumulation time of lake sediments was 17.5 ± 1.2°C, based on the leaf margin analysis (Winterscheid, 2006).
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body,mold/impression,adpression
Size of fossils:macrofossils,mesofossils
Articulated whole bodies:some
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes:some genera
Collection methods:selective quarrying,survey of museum collection
Reason for describing collection:taxonomic analysis
Museum repositories:BMNH,LACM
Collection method comments: several specimens (turtles ,snakes insects) are housed in the Institut für Paläontologie of the Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelm-Universität, Bonn (GPIBO)
Taxonomic list comments:list omits numerous plants, insects, and vertebrates described in 19th and 20th century literature
Metadata
Also known as:Siebengebirge, Romerikenberg mine, Krautgarten mine, Geistinger Busch, Geistinger Wald, Dambruch, Dambroich
Database number:84606
Authorizer:J. Alroy, J. Mueller, P. Barrett, T. Cleary Enterer:J. Alroy, T. Cleary, T. Liebrecht
Modifier:T. Liebrecht Research group:paleoentomology,vertebrate
Created:2008-11-02 08:22:42 Last modified:2013-06-01 06:05:57
Access level:the public Released:2008-11-02 08:22:42
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
28384. S. Hervet and F. de Broin. 2000. Palaeochelys mlynarskii n. sp., de l’Oligocène supérieur de Rott (Allemagne), et redescription de l’espèce type P. bussenensis Meyer, 1847. Comptes Rendus de l’Académie des Sciences - Series IIA - Earth and Planetary Science 331(8):563-569 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy]

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30970 D. Baird. 1970. Type specimen of the Oligocene frog Zaphrissa eurypelis Cope, 1866. Copeia 1970(2):384-385 [J. Alroy/J. Alroy/J. Alroy]
46997 H. Bronn. 1828. Über die fossilen Reste der Papierkohle vom Geistinger Busch im Siebengebirge. Zeitschrift für Mineralogie. Herausgegeben von Karl Cäsar von Leonhard. Jahrgang 1828, I. Band (Taschenbuch für die gesammte Mineralogie, mit Hinsicht auf die neuesten Entdeckungen, herausgegeben von Karl Caesar Ritter von Leonhard. 22. Jahrgang, I. Band. Heidelberg, 1828) 374-384 [J. Mueller/T. Liebrecht/T. Liebrecht]
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