Naturhistorisches Museum Mainz

Address:

• Reichklarastraße 10 / Mitternacht
• 55116 Mainz
• Germany
• Tel.: +49 6131 122646
• Fax: +49 6131 122975
• E-Mail: naturhistorisches.museum@stadt.mainz.de
• Homepage german, english

Collection References:

• Grimm & Grimm, 2003
• Grimm & Grimm, 2005

The Museum is housed in an old church:

Entry to the Museum

Samples of the Collection of the Naturhistorisches Museum Mainz:

Aporrhais oxydactyla (Sandberger, 1861); Meeressand, Rupelian, lower Oligocene; Trift, Alzey-Weinheim, Mainz Basin, Rhineland-Palatinate State, Germany; 17 mm; Coll. Naturhistorisches Museum Mainz no. 1945/10567

Aporrhais oxydactyla (Sandberger, 1861); Meeressand, Rupelian, lower Oligocene; Trift, Alzey-Weinheim, Mainz Basin, Rhineland-Palatinate State, Germany; Coll. Naturhistorisches Museum Mainz

Aporrhais cf. oxydactyla (Sandberger, 1861); Alzey-Formation, Meeressand, Rupelian, lower Oligocene; Welschberg, Waldböckelheim, Rhineland-Palatinate State, Germany; 15 mm; Coll. Naturhistorisches Museum Mainz no. 1945/10083

Aporrhais cf. oxydactyla (Sandberger, 1861); Alzey-Formation, Meeressand, Rupelian, lower Oligocene; Welschberg, Waldböckelheim, Rhineland-Palatinate State, Germany; Coll. Naturhistorisches Museum Mainz no. 1945/10083

Aporrhais tridactyla (Braun, 1850); Syntypes?; Schleichsand, Rupelian, lower Oligocene; Flonheim, Rhineland-Palatinate State, Germany; Coll. Naturhistorisches Museum Mainz no. 1945/11529

1. 20 mm
2. 21 mm
3. 19 mm

Aporrhais tridactyla (Braun, 1850); Schleichsand, Rupelian, lower Oligocene; Flonheim, Rhineland-Palatinate State, Germany; Coll. Naturhistorisches Museum Mainz no. PWL 1982-134

1. 20 mm
2. 20 mm
3. 22 mm

Aporrhais tridactyla (Braun, 1850); Schleichsand, Glycimerisschill, Rupelian, lower Oligocene; Bodenheim, Rhineland-Palatinate State, Germany; Ex-coll. Volker Knörzer; Coll. Naturhistorisches Museum Mainz

1. 19,7 mm
2. 15,7 mm
3. 16,5 mm

Aporrhais tridactyla (Braun, 1850); Rupelian, lower Oligocene; Bodenheim, Rhineland-Palatinate State, Germany; 19 mm; Coll. Naturhistorisches Museum Mainz no. PWL 1999/1208

Aporrhais tridactyla (Braun, 1850); Schleichsand, Rupelian, lower Oligocene; Kuhhimmel, Gumbsheim, Rhineland-Palatinate State, Germany; Ex-coll. Volker Knörzer; Coll. Naturhistorisches Museum Mainz

1. 24 mm
2. 19 mm
3. 24 mm
4. 21 mm
5. 21 mm
6. 17 mm
7. 23 mm
8. 18 mm

Aporrhais tridactyla (Braun, 1850); Schleichsand, Rupelian, lower Oligocene; Kuhhimmel, Gumbsheim, Rhineland-Palatinate State, Germany; Ex-coll. Volker Knörzer; Coll. Naturhistorisches Museum Mainz

1. 22 mm
2. 20 mm
3. 21 mm
4. 18 mm
5. 20 mm
6. 20 mm
7. 20 mm
8. 21 mm
9. 20 mm
10. 20 mm

Aporrhais tridactyla (Braun, 1850); Schleichsand, Rupelian, lower Oligocene; Eckelsheim, Rhineland-Palatinate State, Germany; Coll. Naturhistorisches Museum Mainz no. 1945/11259

Aporrhais tridactyla (Braun, 1850); Pernabank, Schleichsand, Rupelian, lower Oligocene; Jugenheim, Hesse State, Germany; Ex-coll. Volker Knörzer; Coll. Naturhistorisches Museum Mainz

1. 20 mm
2. 14 mm
3. 19 mm
4. 17 mm
5. 15 mm

Aporrhais tridactyla (Braun, 1850); Pinna-Schichten, Schleichsand, Rupelian, lower Oligocene; Jugenheim, Hesse State, Germany; Ex-coll. Volker Knörzer; Coll. Naturhistorisches Museum Mainz

Aporrhais tridactyla (Braun, 1850); Schleichsand, Rupelian, lower Oligocene; Saulheim, Rhineland-Palatinate State, Germany; Ex-coll. Volker Knörzer; Coll. Naturhistorisches Museum Mainz

Aporrhais tridactyla (Braun, 1850); Schleichsand, Rupelian, lower Oligocene; Hackenheim, Rhineland-Palatinate State, Germany; Coll. Naturhistorisches Museum Mainz

1. 14 mm
2. 15 mm
3. 20 mm

Aporrhais tridactyla (Braun, 1850); Schleichsand, Rupelian, lower Oligocene; Hackenheim, Rhineland-Palatinate State, Germany; 19 mm; Coll. Naturhistorisches Museum Mainz

Aporrhais tridactyla (Braun, 1850); Stadecken Formation, Oligocene; Bodenheim, Rhineland-Palatinate State, Germany; 21 mm; Coll. Naturhistorisches Museum Mainz no. PWL 1999/1220

Aporrhais unisinuata (Sandberger, 1861); Meeressand, Rupelian, lower Oligocene; Alzey-Weinheim, Mainz Basin, Rhineland-Palatinate State, Germany; Coll. Naturhistorisches Museum Mainz

Aporrhais unisinuata (Sandberger, 1861); Meeressand, Rupelian, lower Oligocene; Trift, Alzey-Weinheim, Mainz Basin, Rhineland-Palatinate State, Germany; Coll. Naturhistorisches Museum Mainz

Aporrhais unisinuata (Sandberger, 1861); Meeressand, lower Oligocene; Waldböckelheim, Rhineland-Palatinate State, Germany; 25 mm; Coll. Naturhistorisches Museum Mainz

Aporrhais unisinuata (Sandberger, 1861); Stadecken Formation, Oligocene; Bodenheim, Rhineland-Palatinate State, Germany; 34 mm; Coll. Naturhistorisches Museum Mainz no. PWL 1999/1220

Aporrhais pespelecani bilobatus (Clement, 1875); Portmanock, Eire, Irish Sea; 9/1960; Ex-coll. U. Hecker; Coll. Naturhistorisches Museum Mainz

1. subadult, 48 mm
2. subadult, 41 mm
3. adult, 40 mm