Eckelsheim: Rupelian, Germany
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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unclassified
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Crocodylia indet.
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Hampe and von der Hocht 2024 | |||||||||
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Antracotherium sp.
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Hampe and von der Hocht 2024 | |||||||||
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Chondrichthyes
- Lamniformes
- Cetorhinidae
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Keasius parvus
(Leriche 1908)
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Reinecke and Radwanski 2015 | |||||||||
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Chondrichthyes
- Lamniformes
- Otodontidae
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Otodus (Charcharocles) angustidens
(Agassiz 1835)
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Hampe and von der Hocht 2024 | |||||||||
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Reptilia
- Diomedeoididae
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Diomedeoididae indet.
Fischer 1985
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Hampe and von der Hocht 2024 | |||||||||
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Reptilia
- Accipitriformes
- Accipitridae
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Accipitridae indet.
Viellot 1816
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Hampe and von der Hocht 2024 | |||||||||
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Reptilia
- Testudines
- Trionychidae
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Trionyx boulengeri
Reinach 1900
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Hampe and von der Hocht 2024 | |||||||||
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Reptilia
- Testudines
- Cheloniidae
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Rupelchelys breitkreutzi
Karl and Tichy 1999
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Hampe and von der Hocht 2024 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Sirenia
- Sirenia
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Sirenia indet.
Illiger 1811
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Mammalia
- Sirenia
- Dugongidae
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Kaupitherium bronni
(Krauss 1858)
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Hampe and von der Hocht 2024 | |||||||||
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Kaupitherium gruelli n. sp.
Voss and Hampe 2017
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Voss and Hampe 2017 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Carnivora
- Ursidae
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Amphicynodon sp.
Filhol 1881
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Hampe and von der Hocht 2024 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Creodonta
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Apterodon sp.
Fischer 1880
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Hampe and von der Hocht 2024 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Gelocidae
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Bachitherium sp.
Filhol 1882
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Hampe and von der Hocht 2024 | |||||||||
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Mammalia
- Cetacea
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Mysticeti indet.
Cope 1891
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Hampe and von der Hocht 2024 | |||||||||
| NHMMZ PW2022/5017-LS | ||||||||||
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Rhinocerotidae
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Rhinocerotidae indet.
Gray 1821
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Hampe and von der Hocht 2024 | |||||||||
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Geography
| Country: | Germany | State/province: | Rhineland-Palatinate |
| Coordinates: | 49.8° North, 8.0° East (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 49.2° North, 4.4° East | ||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map |
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: | Alzey | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: lower Oligocene |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | sandstone |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | general faunal/floral analysis |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Rathgeber sandpit | ||
| Database number: | 65088 | ||
| Authorizer: | M. Uhen | Enterer: | M. Uhen |
| Modifier: | M. Uhen | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2006-09-18 19:15:07 | Last modified: | 2024-03-11 15:12:44 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2006-09-18 19:15:07 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 18736. | G. Pilleri. 1987. The Sirenia of the Swiss Molasse 1-114 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |
Secondary references:
| 87798 | O. Hampe and F. von der Hocht. 2024. The first cetacean from the early Oligocene of the SW German Mainz Basin: a probable cheek tooth of a mysticete (Mammalia: Cetacea). PalZ [M. Uhen/M. Uhen] | |
| 77572 | T. Reinecke and A. Radwanski. 2015. Fossil sharks basking sharks of the genus Keasius (Lamniformes, Cetorhinidae) from the boreal North Sea Basin and Upper Rhine Graben: Evolution of dental characteristics from the Oligocene to Middle Miocene and description of two new species. Palaentos 28(3):39-98 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen] | |
| 61636 | M. Voss and O. Hampe. 2017. Evidence for two sympatric sirenian species (Mammalia, Tethytheria) in the early Oligocene of Central Europe. Journal of Paleontology 91(2):337-367 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen/M. Uhen] |