Geiseltal, untere Unterkohle: Lutetian, Germany

List of taxa
Where & when
Geology
Taphonomy & methods
Metadata & references
Taxonomic list
unclassified
Saurornis matthesi n. sp.
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Palaeotheriidae
Propalaeotherium parvulum (Laurillard 1849)
Matthes 1977
original and current combination Lophiodon parvulum
Lophiotherium geiseltalensis n. sp. Matthes 1977
Matthes 1977
    = Propalaeotherium parvulum Laurillard 1849
Franzen and Haubold 1986
original and current combination Lophiodon parvulum
Lophiotherium n.sp. geiseltalensis is split to P. parvulum and P. voigti
Propalaeotherium argentonicum Gervais 1853
Franzen and Haubold 1986
Lophiotherium geiseltalensis n. sp. Matthes 1977
Matthes 1977
    = Propalaeotherium voigti Matthes 1977
Franzen and Haubold 1986
Lophiotherium n.sp. geiseltalensis is split to P. parvulum and P. voigti
Lophiotherium voigti n. sp. Matthes 1977
Matthes 1977
    = Propalaeotherium voigti Matthes 1977
Franzen and Haubold 1986
Propachynolophus gaudryi Lemoine 1878
Matthes 1977
recombined as Propalaeotherium gaudryi
Propalaeotherium hassiacum Haupt 1925
Matthes 1977
Propalaeotherium helveticum Savage et al. 1965
Matthes 1977
    = Propalaeotherium hassiacum Haupt 1925
Franzen and Haubold 1986
Propalaeotherium isselanum (Cuvier 1824)
Matthes 1977
    = Propalaeotherium hassiacum Haupt 1925
Franzen and Haubold 1986
only in the Lowercoal
Lophiotherium magnum n. sp. Matthes 1977
Matthes 1977
    = Propalaeotherium hassiacum Haupt 1925
Franzen and Haubold 1986
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Hyrachyidae
Hyrachyus minimus
originally entered as "Hyrachyus minimum"
Chasmotherium minimum
Fischer 1964
synonym of Hyrachyus
Mammalia - Perissodactyla - Lophiodontidae
Lophiodon tapirotherium Desmarest 1822
Fischer 1964
    = Lophiodon remensis Lemoine 1878
Fischer 1977
Mammalia - Diacodexeidae
Diacodexis cf. varleli
Erfurt and Sudre 1996
Mammalia - Dichobunidae
Protodichobune cf. oweni Lemoine 1878
Erfurt and Sudre 1996
Mammalia - Creodonta - Hyaenodontidae
Prodissopsalis theriodis Van Valen 1965
Matthes 1967
recombined as Eurotherium theriodis
Oxyaenoides bicuspidens n. gen., n. sp. Matthes 1967
Matthes 1967
Reptilia - Testudines - Trionychidae
Trionyx hilberi Hoernes 1892
nomen dubium belonging to Trionychidae
Reptilia - Testudines - Testudinidae
Geochelone eocaenica n. sp.
Reptilia - Testudines - Geoemydidae
Geoemyda ptychogastroides n. sp. Hummel 1935
Reptilia
Asiatosuchus germanicus Berg 1966
Reptilia - Diatrymiformes - Diatrymidae
Diatryma geiselensis n. sp.
see common names

Geography
Country:Germany State/province:Sachsen-Anhalt
Coordinates: 51.3° North, 12.0° East (view map)
Paleocoordinates:48.3° North, 7.7° East
Basis of coordinate:based on nearby landmark
Geographic resolution:outcrop
Time
Period:Paleogene Epoch:Eocene
Stage:Lutetian 10 m.y. bin:Cenozoic 2
Key time interval:Lutetian
Age range of interval:47.80000 - 41.20000 m.y. ago
Stratigraphy
Local section:Untere Unterkohle Local bed:I,II
Local order:bottom to top
Stratigraphy comments: The coallayer is at the border of Cusien to Lutetian
Franzen & Haubold 1986: lower Middle Eocene
Lithology and environment
Primary lithology: lignite
Environment:lacustrine indet.
Taphonomy
Modes of preservation:body
Size of fossils:macrofossils
Collection methods and comments
Collection methods:bulk,field collection
Reason for describing collection:biostratigraphic analysis
Metadata
Database number:44999
Authorizer:J. Alroy, A. Turner, M. Uhen Enterer:S. Kuemmell, H. O'Regan, M. Uhen
Modifier:J. Alroy Research group:vertebrate
Collections that are a subset of this one:45749, 45772, 45773, 45774, 45798
Created:2004-09-27 04:16:50 Last modified:2008-11-13 15:49:43
Access level:the public Released:2004-09-27 04:16:50
Creative Commons license:CC BY
Reference information

Primary reference:
11714.5% 24940H. Haubold. 1982. Zur Stellung der Wirbeltierfauna des Geiseltals, insbesondere der Mammalier, im europäischen Mitteleozän (Position of the European Middle Eocene vertebrate fauna of the Geisel Valley, with special focus on mammals). Zeitschrift für geologische Wissenschaften 10(12):1539-1551 [J. Alroy/S. Kuemmell/S. Kuemmell]

Secondary references:

80449 J. Erfurt and J. Sudre. 1996. Eurodexeinae, eine neue unterfamilie der Artiodactyla (Mammalia) aus dem unterund mitteleozän Europas. Palaeovertebrata 25:371-390 [M. Uhen/M. Uhen]
11932 K.-H. Fischer. 1964. Die tapiroiden Perissodactylen aus der eozänen Braunkohle des Geiseltales (The tapiroid Perissodactyla from the eocene Lignit of the Geiseltal). Geologie, Beihefte 45:1-101 [J. Alroy/S. Kuemmell/S. Kuemmell]
11934 K.-H. Fischer. 1977. Neue Funde von Rhinocerolophiodon (n. gen.), Lophiodon und Hyrachyus (Ceratomorpha, Perissodactyla, Mammalia) aus dem Eozän des Geiseltals bei Halle (DDR); Teil 2: Lophiodon. (New fossils of Rhinocerolophiodon (n. gen.), Lophiodon and Hyrachyus from the Eocene of the Geiseltal, Halle (DDR); second part: Lophiodon). Zeitschrift der geologischen Wissenschaften 5(9):1129-1152 [J. Alroy/S. Kuemmell/S. Kuemmell]
119415% 23500J. 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]
11716 G. Krumbiegel. 1977. Genese, Palökologie und Biostratigraphie der Fossilfundstellen im Eozän des Geiseltales/1 (Origin, paleoecology and biostratigraphy of the fossil localities in the Eocene Geiseltal). Wissenschaftliche Beiträge der Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg 2:113-138 [J. Alroy/S. Kuemmell/S. Kuemmell]
11935 H. W. Matthes. 1967. Erstmaliger Nachweis eines Vertreters der Oxyaeninae TROUESSART 1885 (Creodonta) in Europa (First record of a representative of the Oxyaeninae in Europe). Geologie, Berlin 16:452-456 [J. Alroy/S. Kuemmell/S. Kuemmell]
11937 H. W. Matthes. 1967. Ein neuer Creodontier: Prodissopsalis theriodis VAN VALEN 1965 aus der eozänen Braunkohle des Geiseltales (New Creodonta: Prodissopsalis theriodis from the Eocene lignit of the Geiseltal). Hallesches Jahrbuch für Mitteldeutsche Erdgeschichte 8:7-11 [J. Alroy/S. Kuemmell/S. Kuemmell]
11938 H. W. Matthes. 1977. Die Equiden aus dem Eozän des Geiseltales. I. Die Zähne. (The Equidae from the Eocene of the Geiseltal. I. The teeth). Wissenschaftliche Beiträge der Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg P5: Eozäne Wirbeltiere des Geiseltales 1977(2):5-39 [J. Alroy/S. Kuemmell/J. Alroy]