Where: Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany (51.3° N, 12.0° E: paleocoordinates 48.3° N, 7.7° E)
• coordinate based on nearby landmark
• outcrop-level geographic resolution
When: Lutetian (47.8 - 41.3 Ma)
• Age: Lower Lutetian
•Franzen & Haubold 1986: lower Middle Eocene
Environment/lithology: lacustrine; lignite
Size class: macrofossils
Collection methods: bulk,
Primary reference: H. Haubold. 1982. Zur Stellung der Wirbeltierfauna des Geiseltals, insbesondere der Mammalier, im europäischen Mitteleozän (Position of the European Middle Eocene vertebrate fauna of the Geisel Valley, with special focus on mammals). Zeitschrift für geologische Wissenschaften 10(12):1539-1551 [J. Alroy/S. Kuemmell/S. Kuemmell]more details
Purpose of describing collection: biostratigraphic analysis
PaleoDB collection 45000: authorized by John Alroy, entered by Susanna Kümmell on 27.09.2004
Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)
Taxonomic list
Mammalia | |
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Vulpavoides germanicus n. gen. n. sp.4
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Reptilia | |
Geochelone eocaenica n. sp.
Geochelone eocaenica n. sp. turtle | |
Geoemyda ptychogastroides n. sp.
Geoemyda ptychogastroides n. sp. Hummel 1935 turtle | |
Diplocynodon hallense n. sp.
Diplocynodon hallense n. sp. crocodilian |