Geiseltal, Ce III, Grube "Cecilie" (Eocene of Germany)

Also known as Leichenfeld II

Where: Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany (51.3° N, 12.0° E: paleocoordinates 48.3° N, 7.7° E)

• coordinate based on nearby landmark

• small collection-level geographic resolution

When: Lutetian (47.8 - 41.3 Ma)

• subset of collection 45002 or 13322

•Oberes Hauptmittel layer, MP13

• bed-level stratigraphic resolution

Environment/lithology: lacustrine; coal

• brown coal layer

Size class: macrofossils

Collection methods: bulk,

Primary reference: J. L. Franzen and H. Haubold. 1986. Revision der Equoidea aus den eozänen Braunkohlen des Geiseltales bei Halle (DDR). (Revision of Equoidea from the Eocene lignite of the Geiseltal, Halle (DDR)). Palaeovertebrata, Montpellier 16(1):1-34 [J. Alroy/S. Kuemmell/S. Hellert]more details

Purpose of describing collection: taxonomic analysis

PaleoDB collection 45801: authorized by John Alroy, entered by Susanna Kümmell on 03.12.2004, edited by Terri Cleary, David Nicholson and Philip Mannion

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Taxonomic list

Mammalia
 Artiodactyla - Homacodontidae
"Lophiotherium pygmaeum" = Antiacodon pygmaeus
"Lophiotherium pygmaeum" = Antiacodon pygmaeus Cope 1872 even-toed ungulate
Reptilia
 Squamata - Iguanidae
Geiseltaliellus longicaudus n. sp.4 Kuhn 1944 squamates
GM 4043 (holotype), complete specimen
 Squamata - Necrosauridae
Necrosaurus eucarinatus n. sp.1 Kuhn 1940 squamates
GM 4021 (holotype), hindlimb with associated osteoderms; GM 4139, disarticulated skeleton (type of Melanosauroides giganteus); GM 4049, vertebrae and ?osteoderms (attributed to Glyptosaurus hillsi by Kuhn 1940); GM 3013 and GM 4021, additional specimens
 Testudines -
Borkenia germanica3 Hummel 1935 turtle
 Crocodylia -
Diplocynodon darwini2 Ludwig 1877 crocodilian
GMH 6074