Where: Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany (51.3° N, 12.0° E: paleocoordinates 48.3° N, 7.7° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
When: Lutetian (47.8 - 41.3 Ma)
• Age: Middle Lutetian
•Franzen & Haubold: upper Middle Eocene
Environment/lithology: lacustrine; lignite
Size classes: macrofossils, mesofossils
Preservation: adpression, soft parts
Primary reference: M. L. Augé. 2005. Evolution des lézards du Paléogène en Europe. Mémoires du Muséum national d'histoire naturelle 192:1-369 [P. Barrett/T. Cleary/T. Cleary]more details
Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis
PaleoDB collection 179236: authorized by Paul Barrett, entered by Terri Cleary on 08.06.2016, edited by Patricia Holroyd
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
| Reptilia | |
Placosauriops weigelti n. gen. n. sp.
Placosauriops weigelti n. gen. n. sp. Kuhn 1940 squamates GM 4027 (holotype), nearly complete skeleton; GM 1366, skeleton with damaged posterior (holotype of Placosauroides abderhaldeni)
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"Palaeoamyda messeliana" = Rafetoides messelianus
"Palaeoamyda messeliana" = Rafetoides messelianus Reinach 1900 softshell turtle | |