Edelbeuren-Mauerkopf
Basic information
Sample name: Edelbeuren-Mauerkopf
Reference: V. J. Sach. 1999. Litho- und biostratigraphische Untersuchungen in der Oberen Süsswassermolasse des Landkreises Biberach a. d. Riss (Oberschwaben). Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde. Serie B, Geologie und Paläontologie 276:1-167 [ER 4405]
Geography
Country: Germany
State: Baden-Württemberg
Coordinate: 48.09° N, 10.03° E
Coordinate basis: estimated from map
Scale: quarry
Time interval: Middle Miocene
Zone: MN5
Geography comments: a sand quarry about 750 m E of the center of Edelbeuren
"from pre-Ries sediments" (meaning older than the Nördlinger Ries impact)
from "the upper part" of MN5 and "latest Orleanian" (see Fig. 34)
"from pre-Ries sediments" (meaning older than the Nördlinger Ries impact)
from "the upper part" of MN5 and "latest Orleanian" (see Fig. 34)
Environment
Lithology: sandstone
Taphonomic context: fluvial deposit
Habitat comments: from two approximately 1.0 m thick layers in an apparent channel cut consisting of muscovite-rich fine sand and small sandstone concretions with clay and marl lenses
Methods
Life forms: carnivores,rodents,ungulates,other small mammals
Sampling methods: screenwash
Sample size: 192 specimens
Museum: Staatlichen Museum für Naturkunde Stuttgart
Sampling comments: most of the large material was surface collected, but 150 kg was sieved and slurried
plants, snails, freshwater bivalves, ostracods, the crab Potamon, fishes, frogs, a salamander, snakes, lizards, turtles, Diplocynodon, and birds are also present
plants, snails, freshwater bivalves, ostracods, the crab Potamon, fishes, frogs, a salamander, snakes, lizards, turtles, Diplocynodon, and birds are also present
Metadata
Sample number: 4681
Contributor: John Alroy
Enterer: John Alroy
Created: 2025-08-28 10:38:05
Modified: 2025-08-28 10:38:05
Abundance distribution
27 species
10 singletons
total count 192
geometric series index: 55.6
Fisher's α: 8.561
geometric series k: 0.8669
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.8768
Shannon's H: 2.5285
Good's u: 0.9481
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Register
| †Galerix aff. symeonidisi | 6 | |
| Erinaceinae indet. | 1 | |
| Mioechinus or Amphechinus | ||
| Miosorex sp. | 1 | |
| Soricidae indet. | 1 | |
| possibly the same as the preceding | ||
| Plesiodimylus sp. | 1 | |
| Talpidae indet. | 3 | |
| Sciuridae indet. | 1 | |
| Keramidomys sp. | 2 | |
| carpathicus or thaleri | ||
| †Microdyromys cf. miocaenicus | 1 | |
| †Paraglirulus werenfelsi | 3 | |
| †Miodyromys aegercii | 8 | |
| plus 3 Gliridae indet. | ||
| †Megacricetodon minor | 40 | |
| †Megacricetodon lappi | 11 | |
| †Democricetodon mutilus | 2 | |
| †Eumyarion cf. medius | 11 | |
| †Cricetodon aff. meini | 4 | |
| plus 1 Cricetodon sp. | ||
| †Prolagus oeningensis | 41 | |
| †Trocharion albanense | 3 | |
| †Proputorius aff. sansaniensis | 1 | |
| †Semigenetta sansaniensis | 1 | |
| Carnivora indet. | 1 | |
| Viverridae or Mustelidae: plus 2 Carnivora indet. | ||
| Chalicotheriidae indet. | 1 | |
| Rhinocerotidae indet. | 9 | |
| Suidae indet. | 3 | |
| †Cainotherium cf. huerzeleri | 2 | |
| †Procervulus cf. dichotomus | 8 | |
| †Dorcatherium guntianum | 26 | |