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Puttenhausen, Lower Bavaria, Bavaria, Germany

Lat/Long (Decimal)	48.6086,11.7758
Co-ordinates Derivation	based on nearby landmark
Given Location	Bavaria, Germany
Mindat.org Region (for given coordinates)	Lower Bavaria, Bavaria, Germany

Collections

Collection	Reference	Stratigraphic Name	Comments	Lithology	Age
Puttenhausen	Wu W. (1982)	Molasse - Upper Freshwater Molasse	MN5"b"; Obere Süßwasser-Molasse (Upper Freshwater Molasse); Wu: MN 5/6: Upper Orleanian-Lower Astaracian.\nAfter Bollinger 1994: MN5"b" (=middle MN5).	not reported	15.97 - 13.65 Ma Miocene

Recorded Fossils

Accepted Name	Hierarchy	Age
Desmanodon antiquus species	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Soricomorpha : Talpidae : Desmanodon : *Desmanodon antiquus*	15.97 - 13.65 Ma Miocene
Proscapanus sansaniensis species	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Soricomorpha : Talpidae : Proscapanus : *Proscapanus sansaniensis*	15.97 - 13.65 Ma Miocene
Scaptonyx edwardsi species	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Soricomorpha : Talpidae : Scaptonyx : *Scaptonyx edwardsi*	15.97 - 13.65 Ma Miocene
Anomalomys minutus species	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Rodentia : Muridae : Anomalomys : *Anomalomys minutus*	15.97 - 13.65 Ma Miocene
Democricetodon minor gracilis subspecies	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Rodentia : Cricetidae : Democricetodon : *Democricetodon minor gracilis*	15.97 - 13.65 Ma Miocene
Democricetodon mutilus species	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Rodentia : Cricetidae : Democricetodon : *Democricetodon mutilus*	15.97 - 13.65 Ma Miocene
Eumyarion bifidus species	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Rodentia : Muridae : Eumyarion : *Cotimus bifidus*	15.97 - 13.65 Ma Miocene
Eumyarion weinfurteri species	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Rodentia : Muridae : Eumyarion : *Eumyarion weinfurteri*	15.97 - 13.65 Ma Miocene
Megacricetodon sp. genus	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Rodentia : Muridae : *Megacricetodon*	15.97 - 13.65 Ma Miocene
Megacricetodon minor species	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Rodentia : Muridae : Megacricetodon : *Megacricetodon minor*	15.97 - 13.65 Ma Miocene
Neocometes similis species	Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Rodentia : Muridae : Neocometes : *Neocometes similis*	15.97 - 13.65 Ma Miocene
Albanerpeton inexpectatum species	Animalia : Chordata : Amphibia : Gymnophiona : Albanerpetontidae : Albanerpeton : *Albanerpeton inexpectatum*	15.97 - 13.65 Ma Miocene
Bavaricordylus molassicus species	Animalia : Chordata : Reptilia : Squamata : Cordylidae : Bavaricordylus : *Bavaricordylus molassicus*	15.97 - 13.65 Ma Miocene

References

Wu W. (1982) Die Cricetiden (Mammalia, Rodentia) aus der Oberen Süßwasser-Molasse von Puttenhausen (Niederbayern); (The Cricetids of the Upper Freshwater Molasse of Puttenhausen, Bavaria), Zitteliana 9, 37-80

Ziegler R. (1985) Talpiden (Mammalia, Insectivora) aus dem Orleanium and Astaracium Bayerns., Mitteilungen der Bayerische Staatssammlung für Paläontologie und historische Geologie 25, 131-175

Bollinger Th. (1994) Die Obere Süßwassermolasse in Bayern und der Ostschweiz: bio- und lithostratigraphische Korrelationen (Upper Freshwater molasse in Bavaria and Eastern Switzerland: bio- and lithostratigraphic correlations), Mitteilungen der Bayerischen Staatssammlung für Paläontologie und Historische Geologie 34, 109-144

Gardner J. D., Böhme M. (2008) Review of the Albanerpetontidae (Lissamphibia), with comments on the paleoecological preferences of European Tertiary albanerpetontids, Vertebrate Microfossil Assemblages: Their Role in Paleoecology and Paleobiogeography, 178-218

Böhme M. (2010) Ectothermic vertebrates (Actinopterygii, Allocaudata, Urodela, Anura, Crocodylia, Squamata) from the Miocene of Sandelzhausen (Germany, Bavaria) and their implications for environment reconstruction and palaeoclimate, Paläontologische Zeitschrift 84 1, 3-41 doi:10.1007/s12542-010-0050-4

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