Geiseltal, obere Unterkohle (upper Lowercoal) (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

• 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
 Perissodactyla - Palaeotheriidae
Propalaeotherium voigti3 Matthes 1977 odd-toed ungulate
Propalaeotherium hassiacum5 Haupt 1925 odd-toed ungulate
 Perissodactyla - Hyrachyidae
"Hyrachyus minimus" = Hyrachyus, "Chasmotherium minimum" = Hyrachyus1
"Hyrachyus minimus" = Hyrachyus odd-toed ungulate
"Chasmotherium minimum" = Hyrachyus1 odd-toed ungulate
 Perissodactyla - Lophiodontidae
Lophiodon remensis2 Lemoine 1878 odd-toed ungulate
 Condylarthra - Paroxyclaenidae
Vulpavoides germanicus n. gen. n. sp.4
Vulpavoides germanicus n. gen. n. sp.4 placental
Reptilia
 Testudines - Testudinidae
Geochelone eocaenica n. sp. turtle
 Testudines - Geoemydidae
Geoemyda ptychogastroides n. sp. Hummel 1935 turtle
 Crocodylia -
Diplocynodon hallense n. sp. crocodilian