Wannenwaldtobel 2
Basic information
Sample name: Wannenwaldtobel 2
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: 48.02° N, 9.84° E
Coordinate basis: estimated from map
Scale: quarry
Time interval: Middle Miocene
Zone: MN5/6
Geography comments: about 2 km southwest of Fischbach along the stream called Umlach, about 10 km south of Biberach (see Fig. 2)
"belongs to the transitional period MN 5/6" meaning late MN5 or anywhere within MN6 (see Fig. 35)
"belongs to the transitional period MN 5/6" meaning late MN5 or anywhere within MN6 (see Fig. 35)
Environment
Lithology: marl
Habitat comments: from a 0.3 m thick layer consisting of light to medium grey calcareous marl
the palaeoenvironment is not indicated
the palaeoenvironment is not indicated
Methods
Life forms: bats,rodents,ungulates,other small mammals
Sampling methods: screenwash
Sample size: 181 specimens
Years: 1992 - 1996
Museum: Staatlichen Museum für Naturkunde Stuttgart
Sampling comments: collected between 1992 and 1996 by the author
about 150 kg of sediment was sampled
plants, snails, freshwater bivalves, ostracods, fishes, frogs, snakes, lizards, turtles, and Diplocynodon are also present
about 150 kg of sediment was sampled
plants, snails, freshwater bivalves, ostracods, fishes, frogs, snakes, lizards, turtles, and Diplocynodon are also present
Metadata
Sample number: 4683
Contributor: John Alroy
Enterer: John Alroy
Created: 2025-08-29 02:40:49
Modified: 2025-08-29 02:40:49
Abundance distribution
17 species
4 singletons
total count 181
geometric series index: 25.8
Fisher's α: 4.597
geometric series k: 0.8085
Hurlbert's PIE: 0.8943
Shannon's H: 2.4287
Good's u: 0.9780
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Register
| †Galerix aff. exilis | 7 | |
| Erinaceinae indet. | 1 | |
| Mioechinus or Amphechinus | ||
| Soricidae indet. | 10 | |
| †Proscapanus cf. sansaniensis | 2 | |
| may well also include 1 Talpidae indet. | ||
| Myotis sp. | 1 | |
| †Heteroxerus aff. rubricati | 9 | |
| Miopetaurista sp. | 1 | |
| plus 1 Sciuridae indet. | ||
| Microdyromys sp. | 16 | |
| praemurinus or miocaenicus | ||
| †Miodyromys aegercii | 15 | |
| plus 4 Gliridae indet. | ||
| †Megacricetodon minor | 30 | |
| †Democricetodon gracilis | 4 | |
| †Democricetodon mutilus | 13 | |
| Eumyarion sp. | 1 | |
| †Cricetodon aff. meini | 3 | |
| †Prolagus oeningensis | 15 | |
| †Heteroprox larteti | 27 | |
| plus 1 Heteroprox or Euprox dp4 | ||
| †Dorcatherium guntianum | 26 | |