Septarienton, Malliss: Rupelian, Germany

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Holothuroidea - Priscopedatidae
Dictyothurites corbisema Deflandre-Rigaud 1959
15 elements
Holothuroidea - Molpadiida - Molpadiidae
Calcligula elgeri Deflandre-Rigaud 1959
5 elements
Holothuroidea - Dendrochirotida - Calclamnidae
Calclamnella fusiformis Deflandre-Rigaud 1959
2 elements
Elgerius ostrea Deflandre-Rigaud 1959
20 elements
Reptilia - Testudines - Cheloniidae
Chelyopsis holsaticus Dames 1894
Karl 2007
cheloniid plastron part
see common names

Geography
Country:Germany
Coordinates: 53.2° North, 11.3° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:52.7° North, 7.4° East
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:hand sample
Time
Period:Paleogene Epoch:Oligocene
Stage:Rupelian 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 4
Key time interval:Rupelian
Age range of interval:33.90000 - 27.82000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Formation:Rupel
Stratigraphic resolution:group of beds
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology:nodular lithified claystone
Includes fossils?Y
Environment:offshore indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Temporal resolution:time-averaged
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes:some macrofossils,some microfossils
Collection methods:sieve
Reason for describing collection:general faunal/floral analysis
Metadata
Also known as:Malliss Clay Pit
Database number:91095
Authorizer:L. Villier, P. Barrett Enterer:L. Villier, T. Cleary
Modifier:M. Uhen Research group:marine invertebrate
Created:2009-09-04 13:25:46 Last modified:2021-08-17 16:31:26
Access level:the public Released:2009-09-04 13:25:46
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:

30662. M. Reich. 2002. Holothuriensklerite (Echinodermata) aus dem Oligozän (Rupelium) Norddeutschlands. Neues Jahrbuch für Geologie und Paläontologie, Abhandlungen 224(1):97-113 [L. Villier/L. Villier]

Secondary references:

62970 H.-V. Karl. 2007. The fossil reptiles (Reptilia: Chelonii, Crocodylia) from the marine early Oligocene of the Weisselster Basin (Central Germany: Saxonia). Studia Geologica Salamanticensia 43(1):25-66 [P. Barrett/T. Cleary/M. Uhen]