PBDB Collection

Geiseltal, Mittelkohle, Zone I (Middlecoal, zone I) (Eocene of Germany)

Where: Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany (51.3° N, 12.0° E: paleocoordinates 48.3° N, 7.7° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• outcrop-level geographic resolution

When: Lutetian (47.8 - 41.3 Ma)

• Age: Lower Lutetian

•Franzen & Haubold 1986: middle Middle Eocene

Environment/lithology: lacustrine; lignite

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: bulk,

Primary reference: H. Haubold. 1982. Zur Stellung der Wirbeltierfauna des Geiseltals, insbesondere der Mammalier, im europäischen Mitteleozän (Position of the European Middle Eocene vertebrate fauna of the Geisel Valley, with special focus on mammals). Zeitschrift für geologische Wissenschaften 10(12):1539-1551 [J. Alroy/S. Kuemmell/S. Kuemmell]more details

Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis

PaleoDB collection 45001: authorized by John Alroy, entered by Susanna Kümmell on 27.09.2004, edited by Philip Mannion

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Taxonomic list

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Reptilia
Squamata - Eolacertidae	Eolacerta robusta n. sp.⁶ Eolacerta robusta n. sp.⁶ Nöth 1940 squamates
Testudines - Geoemydidae	Geoemyda ptychogastroides n. sp. Geoemyda ptychogastroides n. sp. Hummel 1935 turtle
Mammalia
Creodonta - Hyaenodontidae	Leonhardtina gracilis n. gen. n. sp.⁷, ? Prodissopsalis robustum n. sp., Imperatoria hageni n. gen. n. sp.⁷, Imperatoria gallwitzi n. gen. n. sp.⁷ Leonhardtina gracilis n. gen. n. sp.⁷ Matthes 1952 creodont ? Prodissopsalis robustum n. sp. creodont Imperatoria hageni n. gen. n. sp.⁷ Matthes 1952 creodont Imperatoria gallwitzi n. gen. n. sp.⁷ Matthes 1952 creodont
Creodonta -	Proviverra gracilis n. sp., Proviverra pilzi n. sp., Geiselotherium robustum n. gen. n. sp.⁷, Geiselotherium pilzi n. gen. n. sp.⁷, Proviverra typica¹ Proviverra gracilis n. sp. creodont Proviverra pilzi n. sp. creodont Geiselotherium robustum n. gen. n. sp.⁷ Matthes 1952 creodont Geiselotherium pilzi n. gen. n. sp.⁷ Matthes 1952 creodont Proviverra typica¹ Rütimeyer 1862 creodont
Perissodactyla - Palaeotheriidae	Propalaeotherium voigti⁵, Propalaeotherium hassiacum⁵, "Propalaeotherium isselanum" = Palaeotherium isselanum⁵, "Propalaeotherium parvulum" = Eurohippus parvulus⁵ Propalaeotherium voigti⁵ Matthes 1977 odd-toed ungulate Propalaeotherium hassiacum⁵ Haupt 1925 odd-toed ungulate "Propalaeotherium isselanum" = Palaeotherium isselanum⁵ Cuvier 1824 odd-toed ungulate "Propalaeotherium parvulum" = Eurohippus parvulus⁵ Laurillard 1849 odd-toed ungulate
Perissodactyla - Lophiodontidae	Lophiodon remensis⁴, ? Lophiodon tapirotherium, Rhinocerolophiodon buxovillanum³ Lophiodon remensis⁴ Lemoine 1878 odd-toed ungulate ? Lophiodon tapirotherium Desmarest 1822 odd-toed ungulate Rhinocerolophiodon buxovillanum³ Cuvier 1812 odd-toed ungulate
Perissodactyla - Hyrachyidae	"Hyrachyus minimus" = Hyrachyus, "Chasmotherium minimum" = Hyrachyus² "Hyrachyus minimus" = Hyrachyus odd-toed ungulate "Chasmotherium minimum" = Hyrachyus² odd-toed ungulate
Artiodactyla - Choeropotamidae	"Anthracobunodon weigelti n. sp." = Amphirhagatherium weigelti "Anthracobunodon weigelti n. sp." = Amphirhagatherium weigelti Heller 1934 even-toed ungulate
Primates - Adapidae	"Protadapis klatti n. sp." = Protoadapis, "Protoadapis weigelti n. sp." = Protoadapis "Protadapis klatti n. sp." = Protoadapis primate "Protoadapis weigelti n. sp." = Protoadapis primate entered as "Protadapis"

¹Dubied et al. 2019; ²Fischer 1964; ³Fischer 1977; ⁴Fischer 1977; ⁵Franzen and Haubold 1986; ⁶Haubold 1977; ⁷Matthes 1952