Braunkohlentagebau Frechen: Tortonian, Germany
collected by H. Kurth 1982
List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
Reptilia
- Testudines
- Geoemydidae
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Clemmydopsis sp.
Boda 1927
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two shell specimens | ||||||||||
see common names |
Geography
Country: | Germany |
Coordinates: | 50.9° North, 6.7° East (view map) |
Paleocoordinates: | 51.1° North, 5.8° East |
Basis of coordinate: | based on nearby landmark |
Time
Period: | Neogene | Epoch: | Miocene |
Stage: | Tortonian | 10 m.y. bin: | Cenozoic 6 |
Key time interval: | Tortonian | ||
Age range of interval: | 11.62000 - 7.24600 m.y. ago |
Stratigraphy
Stratigraphy comments: The specimen probably comes from the horizon 7C, but it is not certain |
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: | claystone |
Environment: | lacustrine - small |
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation: | body,cast,mold/impression |
Size of fossils: | macrofossils |
Collection methods and comments
Collection excludes: | some macrofossils | ||
Collection methods: | selective quarrying,survey of museum collection | ||
Collection size: | 2 specimens | ||
Reason for describing collection: | taxonomic analysis | ||
Collectors: | H. Kurth | Collection dates: | 1982 |
Collection method comments: The specimens are stored in the Administrative building of the Garzweiler open pit |
Metadata
Also known as: | Tagebau Frechen, Open Pit Lignite Mine Frechen, Lower Rhine Embayment | ||
Database number: | 200098 | ||
Authorizer: | E. Vlachos | Enterer: | E. Vlachos |
Created: | 2019-03-08 07:48:06 | Last modified: | 2019-03-08 07:48:06 |
Access level: | the public | Released: | 2019-03-08 07:48:06 |
Creative Commons license: | CC BY |
Reference information
Primary reference:
68088. | N. Klein and U. Lieven. 2007. Eine Sumpfschildkrote (Bataguridae) aus dem Ober-Miozan der Niederrheinischen Bucht (NW-Deutschland). Palaeontologische Zeitschrift 81(2):105-112 [E. Vlachos/E. Vlachos] |