Geiseltal, Cl V, Grube "Cecilie", Trichter Nord (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: Eocene (56.0 - 33.9 Ma)

• subset of collection no: 45522 and 45523

Environment/lithology: lacustrine

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: bulk,

Primary reference: K.-H. Fischer. 1964. Die tapiroiden Perissodactylen aus der eozänen Braunkohle des Geiseltales (The tapiroid Perissodactyla from the eocene Lignit of the Geiseltal). Geologie, Beihefte 45:1-101 [J. Alroy/S. Kuemmell/S. Kuemmell]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 45734: authorized by John Alroy, entered by Susanna Kümmell on 30.11.2004, edited by Lars van den Hoek Ostende

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Perissodactyla - Lophiodontidae
Lophiodon remensis1 Lemoine 1878 odd-toed ungulate
 Perissodactyla - Palaeotheriidae
Propalaeotherium sp.2 Gervais odd-toed ungulate
 Soricomorpha - Nyctitheriidae
Saturninia carbonum n. sp.3 Sigé and Storch 2001 placental