Herein we present an account of the fossil terrestrial and freshwater gastropods from the locality of Hohenmemmingen (Baden-Württemberg state, SW Germany) based on museum collections. The fossil outcrops belong to the Silvana Beds of the Upper Freshwater Molasse, being of Early/Middle Miocene age. In total, 23 gastropod species, all pulmonates, are documented in the material (whereas 33 species had been previously reported in the literature): five freshwater species and 18 terrestrial. From an actualistic palaeoecological approach, this palaeoevironment featured a humid and warm forest cover, with a well-vegetated and likely shallow water body.
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15 May 2017
Fossil land and freshwater gastropods from the Miocene of Hohenmemmingen, Germany
Rodrigo B. Salvador,
Olaf Höltke,
Michael W. Rasser
Palaeodiversity
Vol. 10 • No. 1
December 2017
Vol. 10 • No. 1
December 2017
Pulmonata
Silvana Beds
Upper Freshwater Molasse