Trelde Naes (Eocene to of Denmark)

Where: Denmark (55.6° N, 9.8° E: paleocoordinates 52.1° N, 5.8° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• local area-level geographic resolution

When: Lillebaelt Clay Formation, Early/Lower Eocene to Early/Lower Eocene (55.8 - 37.7 Ma)

Environment/lithology: marine; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: mold/impression

Primary reference: H.-V. Karl and B. E. K. Lindow. 2010. Eocene leatherback turtle material of the genus Egyptemys (Testudines: Dermochelyidae) from Denmark. Studia Geologica Salmanticensia 46(1):55-63 [P. Holroyd/P. Holroyd]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 167718: authorized by Patricia Holroyd, entered by Patricia Holroyd on 29.03.2015

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Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Testudines - Dermochelyidae
Egyptemys aff. eocaenus Andrews 1901 leatherback