Geiseltal, Nw VI, Neumark-West, Trichter VI (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)

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 45747: authorized by John Alroy, entered by Susanna Kümmell on 30.11.2004, edited by Patricia Holroyd

Creative Commons license: CC BY (attribution)

Taxonomic list

Reptilia
 Testudines - Geoemydidae
Hummelemys ambigua n. gen. n. sp.4
Hummelemys ambigua n. gen. n. sp.4 Hervet 2004 turtle
Mammalia
 Perissodactyla - Lophiodontidae
Lophiodon remensis2 Lemoine 1878 odd-toed ungulate
Rhinocerolophiodon buxovillanum n. gen.1 Cuvier 1812 odd-toed ungulate
 Perissodactyla - Hyrachyidae
"Chasmotherium minimum" = Hyrachyus
"Chasmotherium minimum" = Hyrachyus odd-toed ungulate
 Perissodactyla - Palaeotheriidae
Propalaeotherium voigti3, "Propalaeotherium isselanum" = Palaeotherium isselanum3, "Propalaeotherium isselanum" = Palaeotherium isselanum3
Propalaeotherium voigti3 Matthes 1977 odd-toed ungulate
"Propalaeotherium isselanum" = Palaeotherium isselanum3 Cuvier 1824 odd-toed ungulate
"Propalaeotherium isselanum" = Palaeotherium isselanum3 Cuvier 1824 odd-toed ungulate
 Creodonta - Hyaenodontidae
Leonhardtina gracilis n. gen. n. sp.5, Imperatoria gallwitzi n. gen. n. sp.5, Imperatoria hageni n. gen. n. sp.5
Leonhardtina gracilis n. gen. n. sp.5 Matthes 1952 creodont
Imperatoria gallwitzi n. gen. n. sp.5 Matthes 1952 creodont
Imperatoria hageni n. gen. n. sp.5 Matthes 1952 creodont
 Creodonta -
Geiselotherium pilzi n. gen. n. sp.5, Geiselotherium robustum n. gen. n. sp.5
Geiselotherium pilzi n. gen. n. sp.5 Matthes 1952 creodont
Geiselotherium robustum n. gen. n. sp.5 Matthes 1952 creodont