Biberach an der Riss (Miocene of Germany)

Where: Baden-Württemberg, Germany (48.1° N, 9.8° E: paleocoordinates 48.3° N, 8.1° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

When: Burdigalian (20.4 - 16.0 Ma)

Environment/lithology: terrestrial; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: Material stored in BMMB, Braith-Mali-Museum in Biberach an der Riss

Primary reference: H.-V. Karl. 2013. Die fossilen Schildkröten aus der Molasse von Oberschwaben mit taxonomischen Notizen zu „Promalacoclemmys Reinach, 1900“ und Testudo antiqua Bronn, 1831 (Testudines: Cryptodira). Mainzer naturwiss. Archiv 50:121-146 [E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 198614: authorized by Evangelos Vlachos, entered by Evangelos Vlachos on 29.12.2018

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Taxonomic list

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Reptilia
 Testudines - Carettochelyidae
Allaeochelys parayrei
Allaeochelys parayrei Noulet 1867 turtle
 Testudines - Trionychidae
Trionyx triunguis
Trionyx triunguis Forksal 1775 African softshell turtle
 Testudines - Geoemydidae
Mauremys pygolopha, Ptychogaster kinkelini, Clemmydopsis turnauensis
Mauremys pygolopha Peters 1868 pond turtle
Ptychogaster kinkelini Reinach 1900 turtle
Clemmydopsis turnauensis Meyer 1847 turtle
 Testudines - Testudinidae
Testudo antiqua, Testudo kalksburgensis
Testudo antiqua Bronn 1831 turtle
Testudo kalksburgensis Toula 1896 turtle
 Testudines - Chelydridae
Chelydropsis murchisoni
Chelydropsis murchisoni Bell 1836 turtle