Original paper
Miocene continental gastropods from the southern margin of the Swabian Alb (Baden-Württemberg, SW Germany)
Höltke, Olaf; Salvador, Rodrigo B.; Rasser, Michael W.
Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie - Abhandlungen Band 287 Heft 1 (2018), p. 17 - 44
published: Jan 1, 2018
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Abstract
The Middle Miocene silvana-beds outcropping at the southern margin of the Swabian Alb bear a wide array of terrestrial and freshwater gastropods. Especially in the surroundings of the Emerberg and Tautschbuch hills, there are records of several collection sites. In the present work, we investigated material from the historical localities from these two regions, housed in museum collections, in order to provide an updated check list, synthesizing the knowledge of the region in the hopes to spur renewed interest. In total, we report 14 freshwater and 50 land snail species from the area, but not all species reported in the literature could be confirmed.
Keywords
baden-württemberg • european land mammal zone mn 5 • upper freshwater molasse • langhian beds