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