Ziemetshausen 1b, Deutschland


Fundort: Ziemetshausen 1b, Deutschland, Bayern, Deutschland
Taxon: Pliopithecus antiquus aus der Familie Pliopithecidae
Fossilien und Beschreibung der Fundstelle:
Macrofossils, MN5"c"; Obere Süßwassermolasse (Upper Freshwater Molasse), Middle Miocene, MN6; the fossils are taken from the "Brockhorizont" a layer in the sorrounding of the Ries, which generated during the Ries-meteor-impact. So the fossils have the same age as the impact, which is estimated to have taken place 14,7 Myr ago. MN5"c" (=upper MN5) after Bollinger 1994., The "Brockhorizont" is characterized by boulders of Weißjura (Upper Jurassic) scattered around in the sand- and claydeposits.
Geschätztes Alter
der Fundstelle:
zwischen 13,82 und 15,97 Millionen Jahre aus der Formation in Deutschland
Geologie, Sratigraphie Langhian / Langhian /
Koordinaten: 48° 28 ' 12 '' N, 10° 33 ' 0 '' O

Literatur

K. Heissig 1989, Neue Ergebnisse zur Stratigraphie der mittleren Serie der Oberen Süßwassermolasse Bayerns (New results on the stratigraphy of the middle series of upper Freshwater Molasse, Bavaria). Geologica Bavarica. 94, p. 239 - 257

Systematik