Also known as near Darmstadt, S-Hessen, Germany

Where: Hessen, Germany (49.9° N, 8.8° E: paleocoordinates 46.9° N, 4.8° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Oil Shale Formation, Lutetian (47.8 - 41.3 Ma)

• formation-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: crater lake; lithified shale

Size class: macrofossils

Preservation: adpression, soft parts

Collection methods: quarrying,

Primary reference: R. Stritzke. 1983. Saniwa feisti n. sp., ein Varanide (Lacertilia, Reptilia) aus dem Mittel-Eozän von Messel bei Darmstadt. Senckenbergiana Lethaea 64(5/6):497-508 [G. Lloyd/G. Lloyd]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 196028: authorized by Graeme Lloyd, entered by Graeme Lloyd on 03.09.2018

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