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Wintershof-West, Eichstätt District, Upper Bavaria, Bavaria, Germany

Lat/Long (Decimal)48.9094,11.1639
Co-ordinates Derivationunpublished field data
Given LocationBavaria, Germany
Mindat.org Region (for given coordinates)Eichstätt District, Upper Bavaria, Bavaria, Germany

Collections

CollectionReferenceStratigraphic NameCommentsLithologyAge
Wintershof-Westde Bruijn H., van der Meulen A.J., et al (1980)Reference locality for MN 320 - 16.9 Ma
Miocene

Recorded Fossils

Accepted NameHierarchyAge
Palaeortyx intermedia
species
Animalia : Chordata : Aves : Galliformes : Phasianidae : Palaeortyx : Palaeortyx intermedia20 - 16.9 Ma
Miocene
Zygodactylus ignotus
species
Animalia : Chordata : Aves : Zygodactylidae : Zygodactylus : Zygodactylus ignotus20 - 16.9 Ma
Miocene
Cainotherium bavaricum
species
Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Artiodactyla : Cainotheriidae : Cainotherium : Cainotherium bavaricum20 - 16.9 Ma
Miocene
Megaderma franconica
species
Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Chiroptera : Megadermatidae : Megaderma : Megaderma franconica20 - 16.9 Ma
Miocene
Rhinolophus dehmi
species
Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Chiroptera : Rhinolophidae : Rhinolophus : Rhinolophus dehmi20 - 16.9 Ma
Miocene
Eptesicus aurelianensis
species
Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Chiroptera : Vespertilionidae : Eptesicus : Eptesicus aurelianensis20 - 16.9 Ma
Miocene
Myxomygale hutchisoni
species
Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Lipotyphla : Talpidae : Myxomygale : Myxomygale hutchisoni20 - 16.9 Ma
Miocene
Chainodus intercedens
species
Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Dimylidae : Chainodus : Chainodus intercedens20 - 16.9 Ma
Miocene
Heterosorex sp.
genus
Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Soricomorpha : Soricidae : Heterosorex20 - 16.9 Ma
Miocene
Florinia stehlini
species
Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Soricidae : Florinia : Florinia stehlini20 - 16.9 Ma
Miocene
Miosorex sp.
genus
Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Soricomorpha : Soricidae : Miosorex20 - 16.9 Ma
Miocene
Paenelimnoecus micromorphus
species
Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Soricidae : Paenelimnoecus : Paenelimnoecus micromorphus20 - 16.9 Ma
Miocene
Soricella discrepans
species
Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Soricomorpha : Soricidae : Soricella : Soricella discrepans20 - 16.9 Ma
Miocene
Ansomys descendens
species
Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Rodentia : Aplodontidae : Ansomys : Ansomys descendens20 - 16.9 Ma
Miocene
Miopetaurista dehmi
species
Animalia : Chordata : Mammalia : Rodentia : Sciuridae : Miopetaurista : Miopetaurista dehmi20 - 16.9 Ma
Miocene
Albanerpeton inexpectatum
species
Animalia : Chordata : Amphibia : Gymnophiona : Albanerpetontidae : Albanerpeton : Albanerpeton inexpectatum20 - 16.9 Ma
Miocene

References

Schmidt-Kittler N., Vianey-Liaud M. (1979) Evolution des Aplodontidae Oligocènes Européens, Palaeovertebrata 9 2, 33-82
de Bruijn H., van der Meulen A.J., et al (1980) The mammals from the Lower Miocene of Aliveri (Island of Evia, Greece). Part 1. The Sciuridae, Proceedings of the Koninklijke Akademie van Wetenschappen, Series B 83 3, 241-261
Heizmann E.P.J. (1983) Die Gattung Cainotherium (Cainotheriidae) im Orleanium und im Astaracium SĂĽddeutschlands., Eclogae Geologicae Helvetiae 76 3, 781-825
Ziegler R. (1989) Heterosoricidae und Soricidae (Insectivora, Mammalia) aus dem Oberoligozän und Untermiozän Süddeutschlands, Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde, Serie B 154, 1-73
Ziegler R. (1990) Didelphidae, Erinaceidae, Metacodontidae und Dimylidae (Mammalia) aus dem Oberoligozän und Untermiozän Süddeutschlands, Stuttgarter Beiträge zur Naturkunde. Serie B (Geologie und Paläontologie) 158, 1-99
Ziegler R. (1993) Die Chiroptera (Mammalia) aus dem Untermiozän von Wintershof-West bei Eichstätt (Bayern), Mitteilungen der Bayerischen Staatssammlung für Paläontologie und historische Geologie 33, 119-154
Gohlich U. B. (2003) The avifauna of the Grund Beds (Middle Miocene, Early Badenian, northern Austria), Annalen des Naturhistorischen Museums in Wien, Serie A 104, 237-249
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
Mayr G. (2008) Phylogenetic affinities of the enigmatic avian taxon Zygodactylus based on new material from the early Oligocene of France, Journal of Systematic Palaeontology 6 3, 333-344
Hugueney M., Maridet O. (2017) Evolution of Oligo-Miocene talpids (Mammalia, Talpidae) in Europe: focus on the genera Myxomygale and Percymygale n. gen, Historical Biology doi:10.1080/08912963.2017.1282477
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