Geiseltal, Ce VII, Grube "Cecilie" (Eocene of Germany)

Where: Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany (51.3° N, 12.0° E: paleocoordinates 48.3° N, 7.7° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

When: MP 13 (48.6 - 40.4 Ma)

• upper Mittelkohle, MP 13

Environment/lithology: lacustrine; lithology not reported

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: bulk,

Primary reference: J. Klembara and M. Rummel. 2018. New material of Ophisaurus, Anguis and Pseudopus (Squamata, Anguidae, Anguinae) from the Miocene of the Czech Republic and Germany and systematic revision and palaeobiogeography of the Cenozoic Anguinae. Geological Magazine 155(1):20-44 [T. Cleary/T. Cleary]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 201973: authorized by Terri Cleary, entered by Terri Cleary on 13.06.2019

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Squamata - Anguidae
Ophisauriscus quadrupes n. sp. Kühn 1940 squamates
GM Ce VII-804 (holotype), almost complete specimen