Geiseltal, oberes Hauptmittel (between Middlecoal and Uppercoal): Eocene, Germany
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Mammalia
- Perissodactyla
- Palaeotheriidae
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Plagiolophus cartieri
(Stehlin 1904)
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| original and current combination Palaeotherium cartieri | |||||||
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Propalaeotherium parvulum
(Laurillard 1849)
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| original and current combination Lophiodon parvulum | |||||||
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Mammalia
- Homacodontidae
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Lophiotherium pygmaeum
Cope 1872
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| recombined as Antiacodon pygmaeus | |||||||
| 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 |
| 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 2-3 | ||
| Key time interval: | Eocene | ||
| Age range of interval: | 56.00000 - 33.90000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Local section: | oberes Hauptmittel | ||||
| Stratigraphic resolution: | bed | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: On the border between Middle Eocene and Upper Eocene; the layer "oberes Hauptmittel" lies between "obere Mittelkohle" (upper Middlecoal) and "untere Oberkohle" (lower Uppercoal) | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Environment: | lacustrine indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Disassociated major elements: | some |
| Disassociated minor elements: | many |
Collection methods and comments
| Collection methods: | bulk,field collection |
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 45521 | ||
| Authorizer: | J. Alroy | Enterer: | S. Kuemmell |
| Modifier: | J. Alroy | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Collections that are a subset of this one: | |||
| Created: | 2004-10-29 07:53:21 | Last modified: | 2008-11-13 15:49:43 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2004-10-29 07:53:21 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 11941. | 5% 23500 | J. L. Franzen and H. Haubold. 1986. Revision der Equoidea aus den eozänen Braunkohlen des Geiseltales bei Halle (DDR). (Revision of Equoidea from the Eocene lignite of the Geiseltal, Halle (DDR)). Palaeovertebrata, Montpellier 16(1):1-34 [J. Alroy/S. Kuemmell/S. Hellert] |