Krebshagen, turtle locality: Berriasian, Germany
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Pleurosternidae
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Peltochelys duchastelli
(Dollo 1885)
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| GZG.V. 010.404, natural mould with remains of the left pleurals I-II | ||||||||||
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= Dorsetochelys typocardium
Seeley 1869
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Pérez-García 2014 | |||||||||
| recombined as Ballerstedtia typocardia | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Germany | State/province: | Lower Saxony |
| Coordinates: | 52.8° North, 9.7° East (view map) | ||
| Paleocoordinates: | 44.0° North, 17.5° 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: | Berriasian | ||
| Age range of interval: | 145.00000 - 139.80000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Stratigraphic resolution: | group | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: It is an approximate equivalent to the Wealden Clay unit of the Wealden Formation of SE-England and the “Bernissartian” of SW-Belgium | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | not reported |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Environment: | marine indet. |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body,mold/impression |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Collection method comments: Turtle material reposited at the Geoscience Centre of the University of Göttingen, Museum | |
Metadata
| Also known as: | Maschinenschacht,Schaumburg-Lippe | ||
| Database number: | 138299 | ||
| Authorizer: | P. Mannion | Enterer: | J. Tennant | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2013-01-10 06:58:13 | Last modified: | 2013-01-09 13:58:13 |
| Access level: | the public | Released: | 2013-01-10 06:58:13 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY | ||
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 38095. | H.-V. Karl, J. Milan, and G. Tichy. 2012. New shell remains of Peltochelys duchastelli (Dollo, 1884) from Western Europe and the rise of trionychids (Testudines: Trionychoidea). Studia Palaeocheloniologica 4:87-106 [R. Benson/R. Benson/J. Tennant] |
Secondary references:
| 50585 | A. Pérez-García. 2014. Revision of the poorly known Dorsetochelys typocardium, a relatively abundant pleurosternid turtle (Paracryptodira) in the Early Cretaceous of Europe. Cretaceous Research 49:152-162 [P. Mannion/J. Tennant/P. Mannion] |