Harrl Hill: Late/Upper Berriasian, Germany
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Pleurosternidae
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Ballerstedtia bueckebergensis n. gen., n. sp.
Karl et al. 2012
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| synonym of Ballerstedtia typocardia | ||||||||||
| Holotype: Complete shell impression with steinkern, GZG.BA.533a-c | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Germany | State/province: | Lower Saxony | County: | Buckerberg |
| Coordinates: | 52.2° North, 9.0° East (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 43.3° North, 17.3° East | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | estimated from map | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | small collection |
Time
| Period: | Cretaceous | Epoch: | Early/Lower Cretaceous |
| Stage: | Berriasian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cretaceous 1 |
| Key time interval: | Late/Upper Berriasian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 140.60000 - 139.80000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Stratigraphy comments: Wealden facies (as used in the northern German stratigraphy) |
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body,mold/impression |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
Metadata
| Database number: | 138141 | ||
| Authorizer: | P. Mannion | Enterer: | J. Tennant | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2013-01-05 05:52:02 | Last modified: | 2013-01-04 12:52:02 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2013-01-05 05:52:02 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 44177. | H.-V. Karl, E. Groning, C. Brauckmann, and M. Reich. 2012. Ballerstedtia bueckebergensis, a new turtle from the Early Cretaceous Wealden facies of Germany (Testudines: Pleurosternidae). Studia Palaeocheloniologica 4:47-60 [P. Mannion/J. Tennant] |
Secondary references:
| 67729 | J. J. Hornung and M. Reich. 2014. Metatetrapous valdensis Nopcsa, 1923 and the Presence of Ankylosaur Tracks (Dinosauria: Thyreophora) in the Berriasian (Early Cretaceous) of Northwestern Germany. Ichnos 21(1):1-18 [A. Dunhill/B. Allen] |