PBDB Collection

Geiseltal, Mittelkohle, Zone III (Middlecoal, zone III): Lutetian, Germany

List of taxa

Where & when

Geology

Taphonomy & methods

Metadata & references

Taxonomic list

unclassified

	Palaeoesox fritzschei n. sp.	Jerzmanska 1977

	Pelobatinopsis grandipes

	Opistocoelellus weigelti n. sp.

	Eobufella parvula n. sp.

	Capitolacerta dubia n. sp.	Haubold 1977

	Ornithocnemus geiseltalensis n. sp.

	Geiseloceros robustus n. sp.

	Placosauripos weigelti	Haubold 1977
Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Pelobatidae

	Eopelobates hinschei n. sp.
Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Ranidae

	Rana carbonicola n. sp.
Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Urodela

	Tylototriton weigelti n. sp. Herre 1935
Amphibia - Temnospondyli - Batrachosauroididae

	Palaeoproteus klatti n. sp. Herre 1935
Reptilia - Struthioniformes - Palaeotididae

	Palaeotis weigelti n. sp. Lambrecht 1928
Reptilia - Ciconiiformes

	Eocathartes robustus Lambrecht 1935	Emslie 1988
Reptilia

	Boverisuchus magnifrons n. gen., n. sp. Kuhn 1938	Brochu 2013
	Type - GM specimens

	Weigeltisuchus geiseltalensis n. gen., n. sp. Kuhn 1938	Brochu 2013
	synonym of Boverisuchus magnifrons
	Type - GM specimens

	Diplocynodon hallense n. sp.

	Allognathosuchus brevirostris n. sp.

	Allognathosuchus weigelti n. sp.

	Asiatosuchus germanicus Berg 1966
Reptilia - Colubridae

	cf. Colubridae indet. Oppel 1811
Reptilia - Boidae

	Paleryx spinifer n. sp.

	Palaeopython ceciliensis n. sp.
Reptilia - Aniliidae

	Aniliidae indet. Fitzinger 1826
Reptilia - Eolacertidae

	Eolacerta robusta n. sp. Nöth 1940	Haubold 1977

	Iguanosauriscus haupti n. sp. Kuhn 1958	Haubold 1977
	synonym of Eolacerta robusta
Reptilia - Necrosauridae

	Necrosaurus giganteus n. sp.	Haubold 1977
Reptilia - Anguidae

	Ophisaurus hallensis n. sp. (Kühn 1940)	Haubold 1977
	synonym of Ophisauriscus quadrupes

	Ophisaurus gracilis n. sp.	Haubold 1977

	? Ophisaurus voigti	Haubold 1977

	Placosaurus waltheri Weigelt 1929	Haubold 1977
	nomen dubium belonging to Placosaurus

	Glyptosaurus sp. Marsh 1871

	Xestops weigelti n. sp. (Kuhn 1940)
	original and current combination Placosauriops weigelti

	Placosauroides abderhaldeni Meszoely et al. 1978	Haubold 1977
	synonym of Placosauriops weigelti
Reptilia - Testudines

	Chrysemys germanica n. sp. (Hummel 1935)
	recombined as Borkenia germanica

	Ocadia germanica n. sp. Hummel 1935	Hervet 2004
	recombined as Borkenia germanica
	GM-MLU Leo-100 (LeoI/6977)
Reptilia - Testudines - Testudinidae

	Geochelone eocaenica n. sp.
Reptilia - Testudines - Trionychidae

	Trionyx hilberi Hoernes 1892
	nomen dubium belonging to Trionychidae
Mammalia - Pseudorhyncocyonidae

	Leptictidium sp. Tobien 1962
	= Leptictidium listeri n. sp. Hooker 2013	Hooker 2013
	GMH.XXII-719-1965 - type (left dentary with canine, P1–M3)
Mammalia - Apatemyidae

	Heterohyus heufelderi n. sp.
Mammalia - Chiroptera - Archaeonycteridae

	Cecilionycteris prisca n. sp. Heller 1935

	Matthesia germanica n. sp.

	? Matthesia insolita n. sp.
Mammalia - Condylarthra - Paroxyclaenidae

	Pugiodens mirus n. sp. Matthes 1952	Matthes 1952
Mammalia - Creodonta - Hyaenodontidae

	Prodissopsalis eocaenicus Matthes 1952	Matthes 1952
	this occurence is in brackets
Mammalia - Creodonta

	Proviverra typica Rütimeyer 1862	Dubied et al. 2019
Mammalia

	Quercygale helvetica (Rütimeyer 1862)
	original and current combination Cynodon helveticus
	this occurence is in brackets
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Palaeotheriidae

	Lophiotherium geiseltalensis n. sp. Matthes 1977	Matthes 1977
	= Propalaeotherium voigti Matthes 1977	Franzen and Haubold 1986
	Lophiotherium n.sp. geiseltalensis is split to P. parvulum and P. voigti

	Propalaeotherium helveticum Savage et al. 1965	Matthes 1977
	= Propalaeotherium hassiacum Haupt 1925	Franzen and Haubold 1986

	Lophiotherium magnum n. sp. Matthes 1977	Matthes 1977
	= Propalaeotherium hassiacum Haupt 1925	Franzen and Haubold 1986

	Propalaeotherium hassiacum Haupt 1925	Matthes 1972
	= Propalaeotherium isselanum Cuvier 1824	Franzen and Haubold 1986
	original and current combination Palaeotherium isselanum
	in the Middlecoal, derived from P. hassiacum

	Propalaeotherium isselanum (Cuvier 1824)	Matthes 1977
	original and current combination Palaeotherium isselanum

	Propalaeotherium parvulum (Laurillard 1849)	Matthes 1977
	original and current combination Lophiodon parvulum

	Lophiotherium geiseltalensis n. sp. Matthes 1977	Matthes 1977
	= Propalaeotherium parvulum Laurillard 1849	Franzen and Haubold 1986
	original and current combination Lophiodon parvulum
	Lophiotherium n.sp. geiseltalensis is split to P. parvulum and P. voigti
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Lophiodontidae

	Lophiodon cuvieri Filhol 1888	Fischer 1964

	Lophiodon tapirotherium Desmarest 1822	Fischer 1964
	= Lophiodon remensis Lemoine 1878	Fischer 1977

	? Lophiodon tapirotherium Desmarest 1822

	Lophiodon buchsowillanum Desmarest 1822	Fischer 1964
	= Rhinocerolophiodon buxovillanum Cuvier 1812	Fischer 1977
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Hyrachyidae

	Hyrachyus minimus

	Chasmotherium minimum	Fischer 1964
	synonym of Hyrachyus
Mammalia - Choeropotamidae

	Rhagatherium cf. kowalevskyi Stehlin 1908

	Haplobunodon cf. muelleri (Rutimeyer 1862)

	Anthracobunodon weigelti n. sp. (Heller 1934)
	original and current combination Amphirhagatherium weigelti
Mammalia - Dichobunidae

	Messelobunodon ceciliensis Franzen and Krumbiegel 1980	Franzen and Krumbiegel 1980

	Buxobune sp. Sudre 1978

	Parahexacodus germanicus n. gen., n. sp. Erfurt and Sudre 1996	Erfurt and Sudre 1996
Mammalia - Homacodontidae

	Lophiotherium pygmaeum Cope 1872	Franzen and Haubold 1986
	recombined as Antiacodon pygmaeus
Mammalia - Rodentia - Ischyromyidae

	Ailuravus picteti Rütimeyer 1891
Mammalia - Primates - Adapidae

	Protoadapis klatti n. sp.
Mammalia - Primates - Notharctidae

	Periconodon roselli
Mammalia - Primates

	Ceciliolemur delasaucei n. sp.
	it is written: "Ceciliolemur de la saucei"

	Microtarsioides voigti n. sp.
Mammalia - Primates - Omomyidae

	Nannopithex raabi n. sp. (Heller 1930)
	recombined as Vectipithex raabi
Mammalia

	Peratherium giselense n. sp. Heller 1936
Actinopteri - Salmoniformes

	Thaumaturus spannuthi n. sp.	Jerzmanska 1977
Actinopteri - Perciformes

	Amphiperca siebergi n. sp.	Jerzmanska 1977
Actinopteri - Amiiformes - Amiidae

	Amia kehreri Andreae 1893	Jerzmanska 1977
	recombined as Cyclurus kehreri
Insecta - Orthoptera - Acrididae

	Acrididae indet. (Latreille 1802)	Zeuner 1943	1 specimen
	original and current combination Acrydiana
see common names

Geography

Country:	Germany	State/province:	Sachsen-Anhalt
Coordinates:	51.3° North, 12.0° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:	48.3° North, 7.7° East
Basis of coordinate:	based on nearby landmark

Time

Period:	Paleogene	Epoch:	Eocene
Stage:	Lutetian	10 m.y. bin:	Cenozoic 2
*Period:	Tertiary	*Epoch:	Middle Eocene
Key time interval:	Lutetian
Age range of interval:	47.80000 - 41.20000 m.y. ago
* legacy (obsolete) database fields

Stratigraphy

Local section:	Mittelkohle	Local bed:	III
Local order:	bottom to top
Stratigraphy comments: Age: Middle Lutetian Franzen & Haubold: upper Middle Eocene

Lithology and environment

Primary lithology:	lignite
Environment:	lacustrine indet.

Taphonomy

Modes of preservation:	body,adpression,soft parts
Size of fossils:	macrofossils
Articulated whole bodies:	many

Collection methods and comments

Collection methods:	bulk,field collection
Reason for describing collection:	taxonomic analysis
Taxonomic list comments:Eocarthartes robustus: not a vulturid

Metadata

Database number:

13322

Authorizer:

J. Hunter, P. Mannion, M. Uhen, M. Clapham, J. Alroy, D. Nicholson

Enterer:

J. Hunter, D. Nicholson, J. Karr, M. Uhen, S. Kuemmell, P. Mannion

Modifier:

J. Alroy

Research group:

vertebrate

Collections that are a subset of this one:

45736, 45739, 45741, 45745, 45746, 45751, 45801, 178141

Created:

2002-02-20 14:40:54

Last modified:

2008-11-13 15:44:53

Access level:

the public

Released:

2002-02-20 14:40:54

Creative Commons license:

CC BY

Reference information

Primary reference:

11714.

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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]

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