Petersbuch 39-III: MN 5, Germany
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
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Reptilia
- Anguidae
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Pseudopus laurillardi
(Lartet 1851)
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| Parietal, NMA-2007-68/ 2035, 2007-70/2035, 2007-71/2035; Maxilla, NMA- 2007-72/2035, 2007-73/2035; Dentary, NMA-2007-74/ 2035, NMA-2007-92/2035 | ||||||||||
| see common names | ||||||||||
Geography
| Country: | Germany | State/province: | Bavaria | County: | Eichstätt |
| Coordinates: | 49.0° North, 11.2° East (view map) | ||||
| Paleocoordinates: | 49.2° North, 9.8° East | ||||
| Basis of coordinate: | stated in text | ||||
| Geographic resolution: | outcrop |
Time
| Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Miocene |
| Stage: | Langhian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 5 |
| Key time interval: | MN 5 | ||
| Age range of interval: | 15.98000 - 13.82000 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
| Stratigraphic resolution: | group of beds | ||||
| Stratigraphy comments: Petersuch 39 III is correlated with MN 5 (based on Megacricetodon aff. bavaricus, Democricetodon gracilis, D. mutilus, and Keramidomys thaleri; Rummel, unpublished.(From Klembara et al. 2010) | |||||
Lithology and environment
| Primary lithology: | red or brown poorly lithified "limestone" |
| Includes fossils? | Y |
| Environment: | fissure fill |
| Geology comments: Infill of system of carstic fissures in Upper Jurassic limestones (Weißjura δ, Kimmeridgian) of the southern Franconian Alb: several N-S trending fissures interconnected by a large NW-SE trendig fissure; fissures are about 1 m wide at the bottom of the quarry and become narrower upwards (Heissig, 1978). | |
Taphonomy
| Modes of preservation: | body |
| Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
| Preservation of anatomical detail: | good |
Collection methods and comments
| Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis |
| Museum repositories: | BSP |
Metadata
| Database number: | 174118 | ||
| Authorizer: | R. Butler | Enterer: | J. Benito Moreno |
| Modifier: | J. Benito Moreno | Research group: | vertebrate |
| Created: | 2015-10-29 05:01:04 | Last modified: | 2016-03-10 10:09:08 |
| Access level: | database members | Released: | 2017-10-29 05:01:04 |
| Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
| 56791. | J. Klembara, M. Böhme, and M. Rummel. 2010. Revision of the anguine lizard Pseudopus laurillardi (Squamata, Anguidae) from the Miocene of Europe, with comments on paleoecology. Journal of Paleontology 84(2):159-196 [R. Butler/J. Moreno] |